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| <h1>NetBeans Weekly News<br>Issue #261 - Oct 09, 2006</h1><hr> |
| NetBeans Weekly News, a newsletter for the NetBeans community<br> |
| Issue #261 - Oct 09, 2006<br> |
| URL: <<a href='https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2006-10-09.html'>https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2006-10-09.html</a>><br> |
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| <hr><pre>Happy Birthday NetBeans!
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| October 26th is NetBeans' eighth birthday! We are celebrating for the
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| whole month of October and YOU get the presents! Join us for stories
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| about the history of NetBeans, quizzes, and prizes, including an Apple
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| iPod! Enjoy the party!
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=823">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=823</a>>
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| NetBeans 5.5 Release Candidates Now Available
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| The first release candidate for the NetBeans IDE 5.5 is now available.
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| NetBeans 5.5 supports the Java EE 5 platform, and the Java Persistence,
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| EJB 3 and JAX-WS 2.0 specifications. Also available are updated
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| versions of the Profiler and Mobility Pack.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=822">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=822</a>>
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| What Do You Think of NetBeans 5.5 RC?
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| Don't hesitate and use this unique opportunity to rate the first
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| Release Candidate build of NetBeans 5.5. Do you agree it's ready for
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| release? Let us know here:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=826">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=826</a>>
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| When You Need Dedicated Professional Support
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| Sun Developer Services is now offering NetBeans users 25% OFF the
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| normal price for the 1-Year Standard, Sun Software Service Plan
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| (telephone support) for NetBeans. Save over $200.00 per developer.
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| Use Promo Code: "netbeans". Offer Expires: October 31, 2006.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=824">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=824</a>>
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| Why NetBeans?
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| Roumen has a new flash presentation where he talks about ten reasons
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| that he thinks NetBeans is a great IDE. The presentation is divided
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| into two parts and you can view the first five reasons now. It includes
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| flash demos of the Matisse GUI builder, Ant-based project system,
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| NetBeans Profiler and NetBeans Platform:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=825">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=825</a>>
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| Results from NetBeans Debugger Survey
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| The final results from the recent survey focused on debugging
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| capabilities of the NetBeans IDE are now available. If you are curious
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| how we scored, take a look at the results yourself.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=827">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=827</a>>
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| Subversion Support in NetBeans IDE
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| NetBeans IDE now has a module available on the Update Center that
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| provides tight integration with versions 1.3 and 1.4 of the Subversion
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| version control system. The workflow is very similar to that of the
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| IDE's CVS integration. This guide shows you the things you need to do
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| get Subversion working with your sources in the IDE and provides a
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| quick overview of the most important features.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=828">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=828</a>>
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| Visual Library 2.0 Tutorial (Part 1)
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| In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the main features provided
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| by the NetBeans Visual Library API. The Visual Library API is a
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| visualization API, useful in the context of, for example, modeling and
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| graphs.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=829">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=829</a>>
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| Introduction to JMunit and J2MEUnit Testing
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| This article introduces you to JUnit testing using Java ME JUnit
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| frameworks; where to find them, how to test with them, and how to use
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| them to build better quality software. The NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.5
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| will ship with both JMUnit and J2MEUnit testing tools integrated. (on
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| devX.com)
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=830">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=830</a>>
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| Hands on: Building Java apps with Swing
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| There is a new article available on whapc.co.uk. Author Tim Anderson
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| writes, "The NetBeans GUI designer is a breakthrough for Java. You can
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| put together a desktop user interface easily without losing the benefit
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| of layout management, smooth resizing and cross-platform capability."
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| Here is a step-by-step guide to creating the famous to-do list example
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| with Netbeans 5.x.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=831">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=831</a>>
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| Cooking with the NetBeans Platform
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| There is a wonderful collection of information on building plug-ins
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| written by Antonio who is also working on a NetBeans Scheme editor.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=832">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=832</a>>
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| Getting the Most from the NetBeans IDE BlueJ Edition
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| The NetBeans IDE BlueJ edition is a great tool for students making the
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| transition to a professional integrated development environment. By
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| default, though, some of its features are turned off. Gregg Sporar
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| shows how to enable code completion in this blog entry.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=833">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=833</a>>
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| NBJHAT Module Uploaded
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| The prolific Sandip Chitale is back with another really cool NetBeans
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| module: support for Object Query Language (OQL), which can be used to
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| investigate the contents of a heap snapshot. Read all about it here:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=834">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=834</a>>
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| Make Your Own Hyperlinks
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| Hyperlinks are cool -- navigating through your code as if you're
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| browsing the web is one of the nicer features of NetBeans IDE. But did
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| you know that you can make your own hyperlinks? If you'd like to be
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| able to navigate from one piece of code to another, or from one file to
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| another, you need to read the brand new hyperlink tutorial.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=835">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=835</a>>
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| 3 Lines of Code to Integrate Google Code Search in NetBeans IDE
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| Geertjan writes, "Now that the new Google Code Search has been
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| announced (and to celebrate the one year anniversary of Ludo's Google
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| toolbar), its time for something else that's quite special. And here it
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| is... you can integrate Google Code Search in NetBeans IDE in only
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| three lines of code." Read more...
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=836">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=836</a>>
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| NetBeans Mac Customization
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| Marc Liyanage writes, "For a new project which focuses more on client-
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| side Swing GUI than server-side web technologies, I am using NetBeans
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| 5.5 with its Matisse GUI builder, and after working with it for a while
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| I am impressed by what I see." If you are using NetBeans on a Mac be
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| sure to take a look.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=837">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=837</a>>
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| JMeter Available on Development Update Center
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| JMeter integration module was moved from NetBeans Profiler 6.0 to
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| NetBeans 6.0 development update center. This will allow users to use
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| JMeter load generator without NetBeans Profiler. This also means that
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| NetBeans Profiler 6.0 Milestone 4 will no longer contain JMeter
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| integration module and that the profiler download size will drop to 8.5M.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=838">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=838</a>>
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| Developing for Japanese Phones in NetBeans
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| A Blogger writes, "Developing for J2ME applications for the primary
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| carriers in Japan can be a living nightmare. There are three main
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| mobile phone carriers in Japan: au/KDDI, Voda Phone (now Softbank) and
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| NttDocomo. Each of these providers have a midraid of phones of all
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| sizes and capabilities and each week there are new ones. Here in Japan
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| people change phones as often as their underwear..."
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| Part I - <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=839">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=839</a>>
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| Part II - <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=840">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=840</a>>
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| NetBeans WorldTour - Buenos Aires, Argentina - October 23, 2006
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| All aboard! Next stop on the NetBeans WorldTour, Buenos Aires. Space
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| is limited so reserve your spot today!
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=842">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=842</a>> </pre><hr>This issue of NetBeans Weekly News was brought to you by Robbert Demmer.<br> |
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