IBM Connections Pink holds customization and extensibility near and dear as a central part of its core principles. So how does this work in reality? In this session you will learn how to configure Pink components like OrientMe and ImportantToMe so that they do what YOU want! Change the Pink look and feel, add your own content, define your own actions and behaviours … and all in a low-code / no-code manner! The Pink Application Registry puts a simple extensibility model at your finger tips so that you can easily call out whatever customizations you need. Pink – it’s all about you !

1. Vienna, October 16-17 2017
Customization & Extensibility in
IBM Connections Pink
Brian Gleeson
Martin Donnelly
Room 1, Oct 17 2017, 11:50am - 12:20pm

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Brian Gleeson
Software Developer
@BGleesonIE
Martin Donnelly
Software Architect
@TweeterDonnelly

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Pink Extensibility Introduction

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Pink App Dev Vision
The Next Generation of IBM Connections will have App Dev at its core !
1. Pink must be a customizable and extensible platform
• Organizations and users can modify IBM Connections in 3 critical ways
• UX Look & Feel
• Data Content
• Actions / Behaviors
2. Pink must support ad-hoc situational apps that enable users to collaborate
• Groups of users can create and share simple apps, e.g. A ToDo List
• You don’t need to be a developer to create a cool Pink app
3. Pink must provide modern APIs to facilitate apps and extensions
• This means a complete set of REST APIs for each IBM Connections service

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Pink App Dev Vision
New Philosophy for IBM Connections
Our cloud does not need to be completely standardized
and commoditized
IBM Connections is for Collaboration
• Are One-Size-Fits-All solutions conducive to
collaborative environments ?
• How can we give our users a work environment that
promotes productivity ?
App Dev Platform
Ad-hocSituationalAppsCapability

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Pink App Dev Vision
Standardization
vs
Customization
Customization without
Compromising the 4 S’s
• Scalability
• Security
• Stability
• Servicability
Image Source: article on saascribe.com by Michael Cullen

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App Registry Rebuilt on Pink

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Service
App
Ext1 Ext2
App
Ext
• A central app design repository with UI and API access
• Helps manage and deploy apps on a per-org basis
• Provides a hierarchical model for defining applications
1. Services (like Customizer & OrientMe) can declare Extension
Points that expose customizable features
2. Apps are containers for one or more extensions
3. An Extension is an implementation of an Extension Point
What is the App Registry?

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Service
App
Ext1 Ext2
App
Ext
{
"services": ["OrientMe"],
"name": "My App",
"extensions": [ {
"type": "com.ibm.connections.orientme.tile.action",
"payload": {
…
}
}]}
Simplified Anatomy of an App

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Pink Stack

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Pink App Registry
• Initial Release – JSON Editor Only
• On-Prem & Cloud
• Continuous Delivery
• Incremental Enhancements
• Step-by-step app creation
• App Builders
• Support new Pink services & extension points
• Replace classic ext. point support

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Out with the old…

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…in with the new!
DEMO

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OrientMe Extensibility

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Orient Me Extensibility
• Extensibility Support (a.k.a Extension Points)
• Customise existing tile actions or add new ones
• Customise existing tile menu actions or add new ones
• Customise existing tabs
• Add custom tabs & associated content
• Customise Home/Mentions/Responses bubbles, a.k.a. ‘Global’ bubbles
• Add custom ‘Global’ bubbles

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OrientMe Demo

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ImportantToMe Extensibility

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ITM Bar Anatomy
FavouritesGlobal Bubbles Suggestions Add/Remove
Info BubbleMail Bubble
Highlight Icon
Chat Bubble
Person Entry

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Important To Me (ITM) Extensibility
• Extensibility Support (a.k.a Extension Points)
• Customise default Config settings
• Bubble width
• Highlight icon/style
• Suggestions config
• Add person bubble(s)
• Add community bubble(s)
• Add custom bubble(s)

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ImportantToMe Demo

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Wrap Up

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Summary
• New App Registry built on Pink
• Micro-service architecture
• Coming to Connections Cloud and Connections on-prem
• Extensibility is core to Pink components
• OrientMe & ImportantToMe already on board
• More to come
• Phased release => continuous delivery

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Questions & Answers

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