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| <h1>NetBeans Weekly News<br>Issue #215 - Oct 27, 2005</h1><hr> |
| NetBeans Weekly News, a newsletter for the NetBeans community<br> |
| Issue #215 - Oct 27, 2005<br> |
| URL: <<a href='https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2005-10-27.html'>https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2005-10-27.html</a>><br> |
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| <hr><pre>NetBeans Software Day at JavaOne Japan |
| Join the NetBeans software team on Monday, November 7, 2005 for NetBeans Software Day |
| (you don't have to be registered for JavaOne to attend). This free event features a |
| keynote from Jeff Jackson, and the first 300 attendees will receive a limited edition |
| NetBeans worldTour T-shirt and the opportunity to win other prizes. For more info and |
| to register: |
| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=97">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=97</a>> |
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| NetBeans Books |
| There are a number of new books on NetBeans and there are many new books that make use of |
| NetBeans. For example, Foundations of Ajax, Simply Java : An Introduction to Java |
| Programming, PMD Applied and Introduction to Java Programming all use NetBeans. Check out |
| the latest list on NetBeans.org. |
| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=98">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=98</a>> |
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| Plug-in Module Development Just Got (Even) Easier |
| Download the ZIP file containing the IDE's sources, don't worry about extracting the |
| files, but just put the ZIP straight into the Sources tab of the NetBeans Platform |
| Manager. Et voila, now you can access Javadoc and sources from the Source Editor. Need |
| more info? Geertjan's blog describes everything you need to know: |
| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=99">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=99</a>> |
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| NetBeans Refactoring: Tutorials and How To Contribute Your Own |
| Charles Ditzel once again provides a power blog entry that is linked up to multiple |
| resources. If you are interesting in Refactoring in NetBeans then read on. |
| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=100">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=100</a>> |
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| [TIP] Mobility Pack on Mac |
| This tip is provide via Lukas Hasik's weblog were he shows us a trick on how to use |
| the Mobility Pack on Mac despite having no official build. Use at your own risk. |
| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=101">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=101</a>> |
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| Checkout Roman's Plug-in From Update Center |
| The Project Packager plugin he created is now available from the development update |
| center. It is accessible from daily builds (not from beta) and still in the experimental |
| stage so he is looking for your help with the reporting of any bugs. |
| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=102">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=102</a>> |
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| I Just Ported V-Builder to NetBeans Platform 5.0 |
| Rich Unger provides a method to move an application from the cluster build harness on |
| 4.x to the 5.0 platform by creating a new module using the IDE and copying his source |
| code in. |
| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=103">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=103</a>> |
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| NetBeans In Budapest |
| Tim Bourdreau writes about his visit to great city of Budapest for their latest Java |
| developer event. Relive his experience by visiting his blog entry. |
| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=104">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=104</a>> |
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| Idistro |
| Idistro provides a set of plugin modules for NetBeans 4.1 environment, building on |
| the NetBeans J2EE development tools, to allow inclusion of Cougaar project archives |
| into EAR projects. The goal is to facilitate the use of Cougaar |
| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=108">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=108</a>> agent technology to achieve massive |
| scalability and adaptability in J2EE applications. |
| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=105">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=105</a>> |
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| Linux Magazine Review of NetBeans 4.1 |
| In this thorough review of the latest version of NetBeans, Jacques Surveyer assesses |
| how NetBeans is holding its own against Eclipse and praises the visual design |
| capabilities of the new release, stating that its GUI designer "gives it an edge" over |
| Eclipse. Surveyer highlights the strengths of NetBeans for J2EE by chronicling his |
| experience creating a JSP project. |
| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=106">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=106</a>> |
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| Read the latest NetBeans Testimonials |
| Find out what people are saying about NetBeans IDE 5.0. |
| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=107">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=107</a>> </pre><hr>This issue of NetBeans Weekly News was brought to you by Robert Demmer.<br> |
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