If you want to use Dojo 1.8 with Domino 8.5.3, you can do the following:
1. Grab the Dojo JAR file from a ND9 installation:
<PATH TO DOMINO>\osgi\shared\eclipse\plugins\com.ibm.xsp.dojo_9.0.0<VERSION>.jar
2. Create a folder „dojo-1.8.0“ in your notes data directory
<PATH TO DOMINO DATA>\domino\js\dojo-1.8.0
4. Copy the content of the subfolder \resources\dojo-version of the unpacked JAR file in this folder:
5. Restart HTTP task.
6. Enjoy!
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xp:view xmlns:xp="http://www.ibm.com/xsp/core">
<script>document.write(dojo.version)</script>
<br/>
<xp:label value="#{javascript:
importPackage(com.ibm.xsp.core);
Version.CurrentRuntimeVersion}" />
</xp:view>
P.S. Keep in mind that this article has been posted in the “Quick-n-Dirty” category.