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Issue # 364 - Oct 21, 2008
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<h1>Project News</h1>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=2808">NetBeans 6.5 Release Candidate Now Available</a></h2>
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NetBeans.org is proud to announce the availability of NetBeans IDE 6.5 Release Candidate! The focus of NetBeans IDE 6.5 is simplified and rapid development of web, enterprise, desktop, and mobile applications with PHP, JavaScript, Java, C/C++ , Ruby, and Groovy. The Release Candidate improves on the support offered in 6.5 Beta. <a href="https://netbeans.org/community/releases/65/">Learn more</a> about the release, get <a href="https://netbeans.org/kb/index.html">tutorials</a>, and <a href="http://download.netbeans.org/netbeans/6.5/rc/">download</a> the release today!</p><br style="clear:both;"/>
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<h1>Community</h1>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=2805">Show Your NetBeans Spirit - Enter the NetBeans 10th Birthday Decathlon!</a></h2>
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The NetBeans 10th Birthday Bash is on! Be a part of the celebration by taking part in our Birthday Decathlon. You don't need to be an athlete, just enthusiastic about the NetBeans project and community! Watch a NetBeans webinar, review a plugin, submit a video greeting, complete a survey, join our Facebook group and more. Complete any number of tasks that add up to 50 points and score a cool limited edition birthday t-shirt!</p><br style="clear:both;"/>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=2809">Video: A Birthday Greeting from James Gosling!</a></h2>
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What better way to kick off our 10th birthday bash than with a retrospective and birthday greeting from the Godfather of Java, James Gosling! Visit the <a href="https://netbeans.org/birthday/">NetBeans 10th Birthday page</a> throughout the week for more unique content celebrating ten years of the NetBeans community!</p><br style="clear:both;"/>
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<h1>Calendar</h1>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=2810">NetBeans IDE at the International PHP Conference (Oct. 27-31)</a></h2>
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Meet the NetBeans team at the 2008 International PHP Conference in Mainz, Germany. NetBeans will host a <a href="http://it-republik.de/konferenzen/ext_scripts/php/sessions-popup.php?module=ipc&id=9190">session describing PHP support in the latest release of the NetBeans IDE</a>, as well as JavaScript/Ajax and database tools available in the IDE. Also, visit the Sun booth and get information about MySQL and OpenSolaris.</p>
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<h1>Partners</h1>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=2806">Webinar: Rapid Model Driven Development on NetBeans IDE</a></h2>
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Join Intelliun and NetBeans technology experts for an on-demand webinar on how the NetBeans IDE and Virtual Enterprise (VE), Intelliun’s Model Driven Development (MDD) platform, simplify development of web based application and web services by raising the level of abstraction and reducing the complexity in underlying technologies.</p><br style="clear:both;"/>
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<h1>Training</h1>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=2803">Class Property Variables - NetBeans IDE for PHP</a></h2>
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This demo from Petr Pisl shows how NetBeans IDE for PHP handles class property variables. It also highlights other editor features and how to find a declaration.</p><br style="clear:both;"/>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=2804">Using Virtual Forms in NetBeans IDE</a></h2>
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Explore and learn to use the new Virtual Forms feature in the NetBeans IDE with this tutorial.</p>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=2807">Building Your First JavaFX Applet</a></h2>
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Using the NetBeans IDE and JavaFX plugins, learn how to easily build a JavaFX-based applet.</p>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=2811">Tech Tip: Using EditorCookie or OpenCookie to Open Files</a></h2>
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NetBeans users occasionally stumble across shortcuts for working in the NetBeans IDE or solutions to minor technical stumpers. Like this entry from Damir Tesanovic about opening files of unknown type. If you have similar tips and tricks to share, let the <a href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/CommunityDocs">Community Docs team</a> know!</p>
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