The Domino Designer should evolve to allow the creation of modern applications directly within the Domino environment, with native support for technologies such as React, TypeScript, and Node.js.
Today, with the HCL Domino REST API (DRAPI), it is already possible to use Domino as a database and backend. This is an important step forward, but it still requires the entire front-end layer and a large part of the application logic to be developed externally, in other tools, and then integrated through REST APIs.
This approach works, but it significantly limits Domino’s potential. In practice, it makes Domino dependent on a fragmented architecture, similar to that of many other platforms on the market, reducing one of its greatest differentiators: the ability to deliver complete solutions within its own ecosystem.
It would be extremely valuable if Domino Designer offered the ability to create new forms both in the classic (legacy) format and in a modern React-based format. This would make it possible to develop more modern interfaces directly within the NSF application, while also paving the way for using TypeScript in agents and script libraries.
This evolution would greatly strengthen the platform, expanding its relevance for modern application development without giving up the robustness and productivity that have always characterized Domino.
