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| Issue # 383 - Mar 16, 2009 |
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| <h1>Project News</h1> |
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| <h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=3409">NetBeans IDE 6.5.1 Now Available</a></h2> |
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| NetBeans IDE 6.5.1 is a minor update to NetBeans 6.5. The release is available in English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Brazilian Portuguese, and includes the following changes:<ul>
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| <li>GlassFish v2 UR2 replaced with GlassFish v2.1
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| <li>Integration of the December 2008 and January 2009 patches
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| <li>Integration of bug fixes for JDK6 Update 12 and other issues
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| Visit the NetBeans IDE 6.5.1 <a href="https://netbeans.org/community/releases/65/1/index.html">information page</a> for additional details, and <a href="https://netbeans.org/downloads/index.html">Download</a> NetBeans 6.5.1 today.</p> |
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| <h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=3369">BlueJ and Greenfoot Go Open Source</a></h2> |
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| The BlueJ Team has announced the opening of the source code of the <a href="http://www.bluej.org/">BlueJ</a> and <a href="http://www.greenfoot.org/">Greenfoot</a> systems. Both have been released under the GNU General Public License version 2 with the Classpath Exception, the same license used by the NetBeans IDE.<br><br>
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| BlueJ is a great way for University students to learn programming and Java. After "graduating" from BlueJ, they can use the <a href="http://edu.netbeans.org/bluej/">NetBeans BlueJ plugin</a> to migrate to the NetBeans IDE. Greenfoot is a tool used to teach Java and programming to high school (and younger) students.</p><br style="clear:both;"/> |
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| <h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=3410">NetBeans Plugin Portal Updated!</a></h2> |
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| The NetBeans Plugin Portal has been given an update. Learn more about some of the fixes and enhancements to the portal <a href="https://netbeans.org/servlets/NewsItemView?newsItemID=1357">here</a>.</p> |
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| <h1>Community</h1> |
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| <h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=3408">NetBeans IDE Wins Jolt Productivity Award!</a></h2> |
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| The NetBeans IDE is a Jolt winner again! The IDE received its <b>third</b> <i>Mobile and Web Development Tool Productivity Award</i> win at the 19th Annual Jolt Product Excellence Awards. This is the fourth straight year of wins for the NetBeans IDE at the Jolts. <b>Congratulations to the NetBeans Project & Community!</b></p> |
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| <h1>Articles</h1> |
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| <h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=3414">Warsaw Students Populate the NetBeans Plugin Portal!</a></h2> |
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| Here's an incentive to check out the updated NetBeans Plugin Portal: a small storm of new plugins from NetBeans Platform Training students at Warsaw University. This NetBeans Zone article gives an overview of the new modules.</p> |
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| <h1>Training</h1> |
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| <h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=3407">Screencast: Top 10 NetBeans APIs (Part 9)</a></h2> |
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| This screencast is an introduction to the Visual Library API. It builds on the concept covered in <a href="https://channelsun.sun.com/category/playlist?id=81">Part 8</a> of the screencast series: a scenario that calls for use of the Visual Library API.</p><br style="clear:both;"/> |
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| <h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=3411">Getting Started with JAX-WS Web Services</a></h2> |
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| This tutorial shows how to use NetBeans IDE 6.5 to develop a JAX-WS web service and consume it in a Java class in a Java SE application, or in a servlet or JSP page.</p> |
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| <h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=3412">C/C++ Remote Development Tutorial</a></h2> |
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| Have you ever wanted to develop and compile a C or C++ application on a Solaris or Linux box from your laptop running Windows Vista? The answer is the new remote development functionality in the NetBeans IDE 6.5, covered in this tutorial.</p> |
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| <h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=3413">Teach Yourself JavaFX Using Sample Projects in the NetBeans IDE</a></h2> |
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| The NetBeans IDE 6.5 for JavaFX comes with ready-to-build JavaFX sample projects. This screencast collection looks at the source code and shows how the demonstrated features are implemented.</p><br style="clear:both;"/> |
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| <h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=3415">Tech Tip: “Deploy on Build” Using JBoss Application Server</a></h2> |
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| A time-saving shortcut from Varun Nischal. Also documented as a <a href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/TaT_DeployOnBuildUsingJBoss">NetBeans Community Document</a>.</p> |
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| <h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=3416">Installing NetBeans 6.5 and the Wicket v1.4 Plugin</a></h2> |
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| An introduction to developing Apache Wicket applications using the NetBeans IDE 6.5.</p> |
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