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| <h1>NetBeans Weekly News<br>Issue #188 - Jan 18, 2005</h1><hr> |
| NetBeans Weekly News, a newsletter for the NetBeans community<br> |
| Issue #188 - Jan 18, 2005<br> |
| URL: <<a href='https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2005-01-18.html'>https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2005-01-18.html</a>><br> |
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| <hr><pre>Win an iPod Competition |
| The deadline for the Win an iPod competition has been extended by 1 week, |
| until the 31st of January. Winners will be announced February 7th. |
| Get your entries in now! |
| <<a href="https://netbeans.org/competition/win-with-netbeans.html">https://netbeans.org/competition/win-with-netbeans.html</a>> |
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| NetBeans Profiler Beta (Milestone 4) Released |
| The Profiler is an add-on to NetBeans 4.1, 4.0 or 3.6, and adds a fully |
| featured CPU, memory and threads profiling capabilities, tightly |
| integrated into the IDE workflow. What's new in the Beta (Milestone 4) |
| release? |
| * configurable filters for CPU instrumentation, allowing to further |
| reduce the profiling overhead based on package names |
| * configurable filters for displaying results, which allow much easier |
| evaluation of the profiling results by focusing on specific packages, |
| classes or methods |
| * enhanced integration with NetBeans 4.0 and 4.1, providing direct |
| support for J2SE and Freeform project types and easier integration |
| with other project types via custom profiling Ant tasks |
| * (as always) large number of bug fixes |
| Visit |
| <<a href="http://profiler.netbeans.org">http://profiler.netbeans.org</a>> |
| to download or get more information. |
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| PMD Plug-in for NetBeans IDE 4.0 |
| A new version of the PMD plugin that is working with NetBeans IDE 4.0 |
| and bundles latest available version of PMD tools is available. PMD is |
| a tool that scans Java source code and looks for potential problems. |
| The plugin allows to run it from the IDE and hyperlinks produced output. |
| <<a href="http://pmd.sf.net/">http://pmd.sf.net/</a>> |
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| Ant Debugger Module Released |
| NetBeans Ant Debugger is intended to facilitate finding and fixing bugs |
| in Ant scripts. This tool could be usefully for wide range of users, |
| from beginners just starting to learn Ant framework to advanced |
| developers who work with complex scripts on a daily basis. Ant Debugger |
| makes it easy to see how Ant targets and tasks are structured and |
| executed - including interdependencies, i.e. what is called from which |
| place. It allows to see Ant properties and to easily put breakpoints on |
| property definitions. A user then can step through scripts, watch |
| properties, skip targets, and put breakpoints on interesting places.. |
| Current version of Ant debugger is available on Developer Update Center. |
| <<a href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/debugger.html">https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/debugger.html</a>> |
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| NetBeans: Quickly navigate Java source & Properties files |
| Quickly navigate your Java source and Properties files in NetBeans 4.0 |
| with Javagator and Propagator by downloading the Navigator, Javagator |
| and Propagator modules using the NetBeans 4.0 Update Center. |
| <<a href="https://netbeans.org/kb/archive/index.html">https://netbeans.org/kb/archive/index.html</a>> |
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| Deleting an EJB |
| Over on the nbj2EE mailing list a user inquires, "What is the philosophy |
| behind the current partial deletion of EJB?" |
| <<a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49517">https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49517</a>> |
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| NetBeans Governance Board Update |
| Tim Boudreau gets the nod from Sun Microsystems as he is appointed as |
| the Sun representative on the NetBeans Governance Board for a second term. |
| <<a href="https://netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=890144&listName=nbdiscuss">https://netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=890144&listName=nbdiscuss</a>> |
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| Upcoming Web Chat: Solving the Device Fragmentation Problem |
| The upcoming chat will take place Wednesday, January 26, 2005 at 9:00 |
| PST/17:00 UCT and feature the following speakers: Greg Crawley, Adam |
| Sotona, and David Kaspar. Introducing the only mobility development |
| tool with built-in features to help you quickly and easily solve device |
| fragmentation problems - NetBeans Mobility Pack 4.0. Register today: |
| <<a href="http://see.sun.com/Apps/DCS/mcp?q=STDG27TG55H33">http://see.sun.com/Apps/DCS/mcp?q=STDG27TG55H33</a>> |
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