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| <h1>Release Notes</h1> |
| <H3>NetBeans IDE 3.1</H3></CENTER> |
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| <H2>Contents</H2> |
| <UL> |
| <LI><A href="#features">New Features</A> |
| <ul> |
| <LI><A href="#ant">Ant Integration Module</A> |
| <LI><A href="#script">Scripting Module</A> |
| <LI><A href="#xcompiler">Cross-Directory Compiler</A> |
| <LI><A href="#form">Form Editor Enhancements</A> |
| <LI><A href="#editor">Source Editor Enhancements</A> |
| <LI><A href="#cvs">CVS Module Enhancements</A> |
| <LI><A href="#jsp">JSP Module Enhancements</A> |
| <LI><A href="#i18n">I18n Module Enhancements</A> |
| <LI><A href="#properties">Properties Module Enhancements</A> |
| <LI><A href="#other">Other Changes</A> |
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| <A name=features><H2>New Features</H2></A> |
| <p>This release incorporates many new features since the NetBeans IDE |
| 3.0 release.</p> |
| |
| <A name=ant><h3>Ant Integration Module</h3></a> |
| <blockquote><p>This module |
| makes it very convenient to work with ant buildfiles inside the IDE. |
| You can easily and visually create and edit the buildfile and run the |
| build. Using this module, you can even build the whole |
| NetBeans IDE from within itself.</p> |
| <p>Ant is a Java-based build tool, |
| developed by the Jakarta project - see <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/">http://jakarta.apache.org/</a>. |
| Jayme Edwards contributed this module.</p></blockquote> |
| <a name=script><h3>Scripting Module</h3></a> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p>Using the scripting module, you can run code written in scripting languages |
| directly inside the IDE. This module is designed in a way that |
| allows for plugging in a new scripting engine with very little |
| effort. Several scripting engines with licenses compatible with the Sun |
| Public License will be bundled with the IDE.</p></blockquote> |
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| <a name=xcompiler><h3>Cross-Directory Compiler</h3></a> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p>A cross-directory compiling functionality has been merged into the Java module to allow you to |
| direct the compiler to send <code>.class</code> files to a different directory than the source |
| (replicates javac's -d option).</p> |
| </blockquote> |
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| <a name=form><h3>Form Editor Enhancements</h3> |
| <ul><li>Opening a form in non-visual mode. Now it is possible to open only the java |
| file without the Form Editor. This feature was requested to enable making changes |
| only in non-GUI Java code and prevent needless changes in |
| regenerated GUI code (thus avoiding confusing the user and version control |
| systems).</li> |
| <li>Property editors for JList and JComboBox. These editors allow easy |
| editing of content of JList and JComboBox components directly in form |
| editor, without writing any code.</li> |
| <li>The most important and frequently-used properties ("preferred" in the JavaBeans spec) |
| are now accessible on a new tab in the Component Inspector. You no longer need to go through a |
| long list of rarely-used properties to find the common properties you want to set.</li> |
| <li>Many bugs have been fixed, including bugs that inhibited use of some features |
| (for example, using JSplitPane, JInternalFrame or JTable, installing beans, using events |
| and event handlers, using Form Connection property editor etc.).</li></ul> |
| |
| <A name=editor><H3>Source Editor Enhancements</H3></A> |
| <UL> |
| <LI>HTML and JSP code completion. |
| <LI>New Java indentation engine.</LI></UL> |
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| <A name=cvs><H3>CVS Module Enhancements</H3></A> |
| <UL> |
| <li>Revision Explorer added to make it easier to work with different versions of one |
| file (diff, merges, open old version, version info). |
| <LI>New wizard and customizer, added action CVS settings which opens up the |
| Customizer. |
| <LI>New Import And Checkout command added for convenience. |
| <LI>It is now possible to turn on input of additional options to all CVS |
| commands by setting "Ask for advanced options" property of the filesystem. |
| <LI>Internal caching changed to download files statuses asynchronously, |
| which will speedup working with the filesystem and resolve compilation |
| problems. |
| <LI>Faster refresh after relative mount point change. |
| <LI>Export command added. |
| <LI>Files get status [Locally Modified] when saved. |
| <LI>Commit reasons recorded in a file that contains template from |
| rcsinfo.</LI></UL> |
| |
| <A name=JSP><H3>JSP Module Enhancements</H3></A> |
| <UL> |
| <LI>Version 1.1 of the JSP specification and 2.2 of the Servlet |
| specification now supported, enabling richer syntax and features such as |
| support for JSP tag libraries and XML-based configuration files. |
| <LI>Jakarta Tomcat is now used for compiling and running JSPs. |
| <LI>The JSP editor has code completion (for HTML, JSP code, and Java code). |
| <LI>New Content language, Scripting language, and Encoding properties. |
| <LI>JSP execution properties have been redesigned (most have disappeared |
| since XML-based deployment descriptors are now used). |
| <LI>In Tools | Options | JSP, the user interface for setting web |
| browsers has changed. |
| <LI>In Tools | Options | JSP, new switches for compiling error pages |
| and pages referenced by <jsp:include> and |
| <jsp:forward>.</LI></UL> |
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| <A name=i18n><H3>I18N Module Enhancements</H3></A> |
| |
| <ul> |
| <li>the user can customize code which the IDE generates to replace the |
| string literals in java source code |
| </ul> |
| |
| <A name=properties><H3>Properties Module Enhancements</H3></A>Properties module: |
| In table view of bundles: |
| - Highlighted keys and values of properties according it's editor settings. |
| - Shadowed value cell for not existing property in the specified locale column. |
| - Undo/Redo on table view. |
| - Search capability in editor-like way on table. (Working on keystrokes Ctrl-F, F3, Shift-3, |
| Alt-Shift-H). |
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| <A name=other> |
| <H3>Other Changes</H3></A> |
| <UL> |
| <li>Convert To Text command available on the contextual menu for objects with no extension or no |
| extension recognized by the IDE, thus allowing text editing of these files in the IDE.</li> |
| <LI>Menus rearranged and many items renamed; mnemonics added. |
| <LI>When creating a Java class from the New From Templates wizard, you can |
| customize the superclass and interfaces, override inherited methods, and add new fields. |
| <li>An Override Methods command is available on the contextual menu for class nodes. |
| <LI>File | Add Filesystem menu item and dialog box added. |
| <LI>The JavaHelp viewer now uses the standard viewer implementation, which |
| enables printing of help pages. |
| <LI>Welcome screen added. |
| <LI>Variables tab added to the Debugger Window - shows local/instance/static |
| variables for current thread. </LI> |
| <LI>New keyboard shortcuts added and the shortcut for |
| Execute changed to F6. |
| <li>Renaming a package causes the ide to prompt user whether it should |
| update package statements in sources in that package</li> |
| <li>Improvements in code generation (better indentation) and |
| thread safety</li> |
| <li> Performance improvements in the parser engine.</li> |
| <li>Improvements in Java connection detection and firing |
| events.</li> |
| <LI>Improved Copy-Cut/Paste behavior on both Java Elements and Java files. |
| <li>The user interface for the Auto Comment Tool has been changed |
| to make it easier to edit Javadoc comments (contributed by Mauro Botelho). |
| <LI>Explorer notices class <-> interface change in the source text |
| (the node was not updated in CE1). |
| <LI>Interface synchronization is triggered by changes done in Explorer, |
| customizers, or Open API calls from other modules. |
| <LI>The popup menu item Generate BeanInfo is now called BeanInfo Editor. |
| <LI>The BeanInfo editor now also generates method descriptors (in addition |
| to the already existing descriptors for properties and event sources). |
| <LI>If you check the option Generate Firing Methods in New Event Source and |
| then you decide to delete the event source, a modal dialog appears asking |
| you whether to delete the firing methods. |
| <LI>Images reloaded when changed externally. |
| <LI>Created group objects can be saved as templates (fixed bug). |
| <LI>URL can be set when creating web bookmarks (bug fix). </LI></UL> |
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