2.3. Domino Design elements

As a developer of Domino applications, you will work with the Domino Design elements to build your application. The following section gives a brief overview of the design elements. Most of these elements are covered in their own chapters in this book; the remaining ones are covered in Chapter 12, “New features in Domino 6” on page 347.

2.3.1. The Domino database

A Domino database is a collection of related information stored in a single file. A Domino application uses at least one database. It’s a .NSF file (meaning Notes Storage Facility). However, applications of a more complex nature may use several databases and may route information between databases on one or more servers.

A database holds information about ...

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