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Issue # 311 - Oct 02, 2007
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<h1>Project News</h1>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=1384">A Plugin to Make You Filthy Rich...</a></h2>
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....with sample codes, that is. There's a new NetBeans 6.0 plugin that installs all the samples from Romain Guy and Chet Hasse's <i>Filthy Rich Clients</i> book straight into New Project wizard. Note: You need to be in a NetBeans 6.0 build, such as Beta 1, to make use of this plugin.</p><br style="clear:both;"/>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=1386">Participate in Intland's codeBeamer-NetBeans ALM Module Project</a></h2>
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<a href="http://www.intland.com/">Intland</a>, a NetBeans strategic partner, is inviting NetBeans users to participate in its <i><a href="https://codebeamer.com/cb/proj/doc.do?proj_id=346">codeBeamer - NetBeans ALM Module</a></i> project. The NetBeans plugin provides a complete view of any codeBeamer artifact and gives the user the possibility of assigning a Source Code commit to an existing Task (SCM Loop).
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Interested in participating? Contact <a href="mailto:Jean-Pierre.Berchez@Intland.com">Jean-Pierre.Berchez@Intland.com</a>.</p>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=1380">Feature Viewer: A Plugin for Listing Plugins</a></h2>
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Want a quick, printable overview of all the plugins that are installed in your IDE, together with all those that are available in your Plugin Manager? Geertjan Wielenga has created a new plugin that provides this information in a table.</p>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=1383">Project Packager Plugin for NetBeans IDE 6.0</a></h2>
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Thanks to Charlie Hunt, there's a Project Packager plugin available for NetBeans 6.0. Originally developed by Roman Strobl, the Project Packager plugin allows you to import & export NetBeans projects with ease. You can also e-mail an exported NetBeans project. <br><br><b>Visit the <a href="http://plugins.netbeans.org/PluginPortal/">NetBeans Plugin Portal</a> to get the Project Packager and the other cool plugins mentioned in this issue!</b></p>
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<h1>Training</h1>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=1381">How to Use jMaki on Rails in NetBeans 6.0 IDE</a></h2>
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This tutorial shows the steps to building the Rails project described in an <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/arungupta/entry/screencast_web8_jmaki_on_rails">Arun Gupta jMaki screencast</a>. Add both a Yahoo table and a Dojo table to a page and fill them with data from a database table. Then add two buttons and use the publish/subscribe mechanism so that the buttons can talk to the tables.</p><br style="clear:both;"/>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=1387">Video: NetBeans Ruby Editor Code Completion</a></h2>
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In this quick NetBeans.tv piece, Tor Norbye demonstrates the code completion feature of the NetBeans Ruby Editor. Visit <a href="https://channelsun.sun.com/category/playlist?id=81">NetBeans.tv</a> for more Ruby tips from Tor and for other cool demos and screencasts.</p><br style="clear:both;"/>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=1385">Running Woodstock JSF Components in Portlet Environment</a></h2>
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This tutorial gives you a brief overview on how to use the Project Woodstock component set and NetBeans to build portlets.</p>
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<h1>Articles</h1>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=1379">Rails and JPA (Instead of ActiveRecord)</a></h2>
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NetBeans Evangelist Brian Leonard wondered what it would take to replace ActiveRecord with JPA in the classic Ruby on Rails blog demo. Read on to see the results.</p>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=1382">Creating Extensible Applications With the Java Platform</a></h2>
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A technical article introducing you to extensibility in Java applications. It makes use of key concepts in the Java Platform and in particular, the NetBeans Platform.</p>
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<h1>Community</h1>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=1388">Get the New NetBeans 6.0 Icons and Banner!</a></h2>
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Promote NetBeans on your websites and blogs with our new collection of NetBeans 6 icons and banners.</p><br style="clear:both;"/>
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