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| <h1>NetBeans Weekly News<br>Issue #259 - Sep 25, 2006</h1><hr> |
| NetBeans Weekly News, a newsletter for the NetBeans community<br> |
| Issue #259 - Sep 25, 2006<br> |
| URL: <<a href='https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2006-09-25.html'>https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2006-09-25.html</a>><br> |
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| <hr><pre>[ANNOUNCE] New NetBeans Governance Board Decided
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| The NetBeans Board Elections closed Thursday, September 21 and the
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| community has re-elected current board members David Strupl and Rich
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| Unger. Charlie Hunt will also stay on and serve another term as the Sun
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| appointed member of the NetBeans Governance Board. The web pages will
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| be updated shortly.
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| NetBeans WorldTour - Next Stop Beijing China - September 29, 2006
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| This is your last chance to register for the next stop on the NetBeans
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| WorldTour. Space is limited so reserve your spot today!
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=795">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=795</a>>
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| NetBeans 6.0 Milestone 3
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| NetBeans 6.0 (Dev) Milestone 3 is now available for download and
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| contains the following improvements:
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| * Ant output window now features Stop and Re-run buttons
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| * Windows Vista look and feel is fully supported if you run NetBeans
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| 6.0 on latest available build of Java SE 6.0
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| * Run configurations is now available also for Java SE projects.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=796">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=796</a>>
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| Run Configurations Available in Milestone 3
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| The "run configurations" feature is available in Milestone 3 of
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| NetBeans 6.0. This feature lets you define multiple main classes and
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| their parameters for your applications and switch between them easily:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=797">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=797</a>>
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| Things You'd Like to See in the New 6.0 Editor
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| There is a thread going on the nbusers mailing list that has posed the
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| question of the new editor that will be in NetBeans 6.0. Are you
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| missing something or know of a killer feature that should be added to.
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| Browse this thread and see what others think want and be sure to add
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| your comments.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=798">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=798</a>>
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| Got Identity on Your Web Service?
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| Follow this tutorial to understand how to create secure web services
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| using Liberty specifications. Identity tooling features available in
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| NetBeans Enterprise Pack 5.5 provide required tooling and runtime
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| support to do this easily. Prior knowledge of Liberty specifications
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| NOT required!
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=799">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=799</a>>
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| Get Started with On-device Debugging for NetBeans
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| A new tutorial from Sony Ericsson that includes information on on-
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| device debugging with the NetBeans Mobility Pack and the Sony Ericsson
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| K800 mobile phone.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=800">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=800</a>>
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| NetBeans Nodes, Explorer Manager, and Component Palette Tutorial
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| In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a BeanTreeView with drag
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| and drop functionality. You will view the nodes in a variety of
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| explorer views and create a Component Palette containing items created
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| from your nodes.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=806">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=806</a>>
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| Drag and Drop Tutorial
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| In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a Component Palette for
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| a custom component. A custom component is provided by the NetBeans API
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| TopComponent class. You will use a wizard to create a TopComponent.
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| Then you will create items that can be dragged from the TopComponent's
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| Component Palette onto the TopComponent. You will also be shown how to
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| add functionality for dragging an item after it has been dropped.
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| * Use at your own Risk:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=802">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=802</a>>
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| Using the AspectJ Plug-In Module for NetBeans
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| Ramon Ramos has made available the first draft of a short tutorial on
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| how to use the aspectj plug-in for NetBeans. Check it out.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=803">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=803</a>>
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| Clipboard and Toolbars in a NetBeans Module
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| Bernhard Huber's weblog has a new entry. "The NetBeans module wordcount
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| has a clipboard action. The number of files, the filenames, and the
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| word count results are copied to the clipboard." Get more information
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| including a screenshot that displays the new word count window, having
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| an clipboard action button, and a button for count lines, words, and
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| characters.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=804">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=804</a>>
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| New NetBeans Plug-in : JOGL Project Templates, Particle Demo and more
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| Charles Ditzel writes, "There are some new JOGL plug-ins for NetBeans. Included - updated JOGL libraries to JSR 231 Beta5, added support for
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| additional target platforms, a Particle Engine demo and simple syntax
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| highlighting GLSL shader editor." There is also a link to a short how-
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| to on NetBeans + JOGL + WebStart setup.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=805">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=805</a>> </pre><hr>This issue of NetBeans Weekly News was brought to you by Robbert Demmer.<br> |
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