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| <h1>NetBeans Weekly News<br>Issue #254 - Aug 21, 2006</h1><hr> |
| NetBeans Weekly News, a newsletter for the NetBeans community<br> |
| Issue #254 - Aug 21, 2006<br> |
| URL: <<a href='https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2006-08-21.html'>https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2006-08-21.html</a>><br> |
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| <hr><pre>Updated NetBeans C/C++ Pack and Enterprise Pack Now Available
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| Important updates of the NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack and NetBeans
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| Enterprise Pack betas are now available. These add-on packs expand
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| NetBean's software functionality and your productivity! Download them
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| and give feedback to the engineering teams.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=696">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=696</a>>
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| NetBeans 6.0 Milestone 2 Released
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| This stabilized development build contains the following noteworthy
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| features, just to mention some of them:
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| * Window System now allows full screen mode and floating windows were
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| added as well.
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| * Debugging at method level was improved with method exit breakpoints
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| and return values display
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| * Profiler got very first prototype of heap walker and JMeter was
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| integrated.
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| Complete list of new M2 features:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=697">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=697</a>>
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| Complete report about NetBeans Milestone 2 and download:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=698">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=698</a>>
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| Community member Collin Doering provides a first look at 6.0 M2 with
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| some nice and clean screenshots here:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=699">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=699</a>>
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| Looking for NetBeans in Your Language?
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| * NetBeans 5.0 ML
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| NetBeans 5.0 is now available in two more languages: Russian and Korean!
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| That adds to the current offering of NetBeans 5.0 in English, Japanese,
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| and Simplified Chinese. Visit the 5.0 download page to find these new
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| languages: <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=700">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=700</a>>
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| The Russian version was solely contributed by Maxym Mykhalchuk, one of
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| the founders of the NetBeans Translation Project. Visit the project
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| home page and become a contributor. Join one of the existing language
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| teams or create a new one!
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=701">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=701</a>>
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| * NetBeans 5.5 ML Beta 2
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| For the very first time, NetBeans has made available a Japanese and
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| Simplified Chinese. Download them and give feedback to the localization
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| team! Choose one of these languages from the dropdown list at:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=702">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=702</a>>
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| For more detailed release information in Japanese and Simplified
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| Chinese, see the below pages:
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| Japanese - <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=703">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=703</a>>
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| Chinese - <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=704">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=704</a>>
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| Rather work on web pages? Check out the various opportunities:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=705">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=705</a>>
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| New Article on Building and Deploying Web Services
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| This article describes how to build and test Web services that are
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| based on Java API for XML Web Services (JAX-WS) 2.0 with the built-in
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| capabilities of the NetBeans 5.0 IDE and the plug-in for Sun Java
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| System Web Server 7.0 (henceforth, Web Server 7.0), now in Technology
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| Preview 2. In this article, you also learn how to deploy and debug Web
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| services.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=706">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=706</a>>
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| I Am Walking
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| Milestone 2 of version 6 of the NetBeans Profiler includes an important
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| new feature: a heap walker. Gregg Sporar has more information on it here:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=707">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=707</a>>
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| NetBeans Podcast is Back!
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| Gregg Sporar has joined Roumen and from now on they will produce the
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| NetBeans podcast together. Epizode 11 discusses recent announcements,
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| such as availability of NetBeans 5.5 beta2 and NetBeans BlueJ Edition.
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| The next epizode will be devoted to Mobility Pack (in form of an
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| interview with mysterious Dr. Evil).
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=708">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=708</a>>
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| WebFrameworkProvider and HyperlinkProvider
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| Two NetBeans API classes, WebFrameworkProvider and HyperlinkProvider,
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| were recently discussed in Geertjan's blog, together with downloadable
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| samples of modules that use these classes. Enough information is
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| provided for you to make your own web framework available to the IDE:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=709">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=709</a>>
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| and to extend the NetBeans editor with additional Hyperlinks:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=710">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=710</a>>
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| 10 Tips for Coding with NetBeans
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| Arih's Blog provides 10 tips that were discovered while using NetBeans
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| 5.5 Beta 2 for the first time.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=711">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=711</a>>
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| NetBeans Plug-in: Janino Plugin
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| Edgar Silva writes, "A famous friend of mine Bruno, is leading a
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| development here at Summa Technologies do Brasil. He asked to me how
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| easy or hard would be create a new Editor special for Janino in
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| NetBeans, this editor should have sintax highlight, code-completion and
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| so on, cause his team was in troubles to edit and to turn it fast and
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| easy to edit." Take a look at the results here:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=712">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=712</a>>
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| Tapestry support for NetBeans?
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| Alex Kotchnev has started working on a module that integrates the
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| Tapestry web framework in NetBeans IDE. He's worked out how to register
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| the framework in the IDE's Frameworks panel. This is a very important
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| first step for providing web framework support. Read all about how he
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| worked it out here:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=719">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=719</a>>
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| Blogging about the NetBeans Platform
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| Emilian Bold is currently working on a Platform based application and
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| is sharing his experiences through his blog. Be sure to check them out!
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| NetBeans Platform: Branding the help with layer kung-fu
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| * <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=713">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=713</a>>
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| NetBeans Platform: Options Dialog and SPI
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| * <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=714">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=714</a>>
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| NetBeans Platform: DataLoader, DataObject and DataNode
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| * <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=715">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=715</a>>
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| MindMapping with the NetBeans Platform
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| * <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=716">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=716</a>>
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| Using Netbeans Lookup.getDefault() outside the Platform
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| * <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=717">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=717</a>>
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| Develop Web Application with NetBeans, Seam and Glassfish
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| In this two part series Masoud Kalali shows how easily you can build
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| applications using NetBeans 5.5 based on Seam, facelets, jsf and new
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| EJB 3 standard.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=718">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=718</a>>
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| NetBeans and Linux: Screenshot of the Day
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| Ramon Ramos provides a screenshot of NetBeans running on linux with the
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| GTK LnF (JDK 1.6) and a theme Pharago set.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=720">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=720</a>>
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| NetBeans WorldTour - First Stop Seattle, Washington - September 6th
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| The NetBeans WorldTour is a no cost event and exciting learning
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| opportunity. See first-hand how NetBeans IDE can help you become more
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| productive with its unmatched out-of-the-box experience. Members of the
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| NetBeans team will discuss what's new in the IDE, the Platform and the
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| Add-on Packs. For WorldTour cities, dates and agenda continue here:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=721">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=721</a>>
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| Register now for the events in Seattle, Washington
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