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| <h1>NetBeans Weekly News<br>Issue #267 - Nov 21, 2006</h1><hr> |
| NetBeans Weekly News, a newsletter for the NetBeans community<br> |
| Issue #267 - Nov 21, 2006<br> |
| URL: <<a href='https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2006-11-21.html'>https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2006-11-21.html</a>><br> |
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| <hr><pre>NetBeans Magazine is on Fire!
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| Due to the overwhelming response to the latest issue of NetBeans
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| Magazine we are highlighting it again this week so nobody misses out.
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| Unique content, source files and a beautiful layout just for you!
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=903">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=903</a>>
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| NetBeans Dream Team
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| Submit your nominations or nominate yourself for the NetBeans Dream
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| Team. If you have not heard of this new team then continue here:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=919">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=919</a>>
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| JavaOne Conference Call for Papers Is Now Open
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| Got a hot Java technology topic for 2007? Submit your session abstract
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| by December 15, 2006.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=918">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=918</a>>
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| Create Great-Looking GUIs With NetBeans IDE 5.5
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| This article shows some of the best practices around building a nice
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| looking application. It discusses NetBeans IDE 5.5 Free Design mode,
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| concepts around making sure to achieve platform independence, design
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| previews, internationalization, building custom components, what the
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| generated code looks like and integration with Java SE 6. Check it out!
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=904">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=904</a>>
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| Code Completion: How to Create Your Own
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| A new tutorial describes how to implement the Editor Code Completion
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| API. At the end, you have a useful extension to the NetBeans text
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| editor. The code completion box will pop up while you are typing text,
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| providing ways in which you can complete the word you're typing.
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| Feedback is very welcome, use the link at the end of the tutorial.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=905">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=905</a>>
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| A Conversation with Seam
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| Struggling to get control over the browser's back button? Are new
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| browser windows and tabs reeking havoc on HTTP session management with
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| in your web application? Start a conversation with JBoss' Seam
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| framework to get past these annoying problems. All with the help of
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| NetBeans, of course.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=906">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=906</a>>
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| Hacking Open Source javac
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| Java SE is now an open-source project, with the HotSpot VM and javac as
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| its first sub-projects. This is great news for anyone interested in
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| Java performance, as the world now has full-access to both the static
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| (javac) and dynamic (HotSpot) optimizing compilers from Sun's Java
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| implementation. Read more from Tom Ball.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=907">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=907</a>>
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| The JavaHelp System is Open Sourced!
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| The open sourced JavaHelp System consists of three NetBeans projects.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=908">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=908</a>>
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| Geertjan explains in his blog how to get started with these projects,
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| everything from how to get them to how to change them to what to do to
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| see the results in the NetBeans JavaHelp helpset.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=909">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=909</a>>
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| In another blog entry he shows a simple yet powerful feature you can
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| add to the JavaHelp System.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=910">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=910</a>>
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| 99 Second Flash Demos
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| Sherry Barkodar's blog has over thirty 99 second flash demos. These are
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| demos on SOA topics - creating Composite Applications and Business
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| Process Execution Language (BPEL) projects within NetBeans IDE 5.5 and
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| the Enterprise Pack. If you want to see a demo quickly - these ninety
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| nine second demos are quick and they come with the accompanying longer
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| tutorials.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=911">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=911</a>>
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| 5 Minute Demo
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| Roumen prepared a 5-minute demo of the new Visual Web Pack used together
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| with JAX-WS 2.0 based web services. You can watch the flash demo here:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=912">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=912</a>>
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| Incremental Search Toolbar & Rectangular Edit Tools Plugin
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| There is a new plugin, Incremental Search Toolbar plugin, which
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| provides a nice incremental search text filed in the Increment Search
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| Toolbar. As you type the text the matching text will be highlighted in
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| the editor. You can find it more information here:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=913">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=913</a>>
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| The Rectangular Edit Tools plugin has been updated and there is now
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| complete information on what features are available here:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=914">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=914</a>>
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| Nice work Sandip!
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| Lexer and Hyperlinks
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| When using Lexer to provide tokens, how do you create hyperlinks? Read
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| this new tip, including a helpful code snippet, in Geertjan's blog:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=915">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=915</a>>
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| Tapestry in NetBeans: First Release!
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| The Tapestry in NetBeans project on java.net is coming along very well.
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| Currently the project supports:
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| * wizards for generating Tapestry-enabled projects, pages, components
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| and libraries.
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| * a component palette allowing drag&drop authoring of pages and
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| components
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| * custom editors for several configuration files.
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| * autocomplete in template files.
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| * integration with Tapestry's documentation.
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| For cool screenshots and more info, go to
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=916">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=916</a>>
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| Kirk Pepperdine and Open Sourced Duke
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| James Gosling open sourced Duke! Kirk Pepperdine, one of the managers
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| of TheServerSide.com, adapted Duke to advertise his Java training
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| courses on Crete. Check out the result:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=917">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=917</a>> </pre><hr>This issue of NetBeans Weekly News was brought to you by Robert Demmer.<br> |
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