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| <h1>NetBeans Weekly News<br>Issue #230 - Mar 06, 2006</h1><hr> |
| NetBeans Weekly News, a newsletter for the NetBeans community<br> |
| Issue #230 - Mar 06, 2006<br> |
| URL: <<a href='https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2006-03-06.html'>https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2006-03-06.html</a>><br> |
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| <hr><pre>Governance Board Elections - Last Chance to Vote
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| If you have not yet voted this week is your last chance to do so. Check
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| out the candidates profiles and cast your vote! Voting closes March 8,
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| 2006 midnight in the last time zone.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=304">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=304</a>>
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| NetBeans Platform: Discover the Power
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| NetBeans is a great IDE, but did you know NetBeans is also a "platform"
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| that will accelerate your development of great-looking Java apps? These
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| demos by Roman Strobl show you how easy it can be!
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=305">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=305</a>>
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| NetBeansTM Software Day at JavaOne Conference 2006
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| Get the hottest ticket in town for NetBeans Software Day 2006. The no
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| cost event will take place on Monday, May 15, 2006 at the Argent Hotel
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| in San Francisco. Space is limited, so see what is offered and register
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| today!
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=306">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=306</a>>
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| Free Java Mobility Edition Event @ CTIA, Win a Sony PSP!
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| If you're coming to Las Vegas for CTIA, don't miss the FREE NetBeans
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| Mobility Day event. This is a great opportunity to find out the latest
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| info on the leading Java ME authoring solution, the NetBeans Mobility
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| Pack. Key mobile players *////including Sprint and Nokia////* will also be
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| presenting on what's happening with Java ME and NetBeans. With great
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| door prizes - including Sony PSPs - and networking opportunities, this
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| is a can't miss event for Java ME developers. Get more info and
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| register.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=307">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=307</a>>
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| UML and NetBeans IDE
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| Did you know that NetBeans IDE currently supports UML modelling right
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| out of the box? Geertjan's blog has two entries on this subject:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=308">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=308</a>>
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=309">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=309</a>>
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| Quick and Helpful NetBeans Editor Demos
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| The Flog It! blog entry provides links to some quick and to-the-point
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| demos by Gregg Sporar. They include: Edit Hints, Code Completion,
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| Navigation and Source Tools. Whether you are a seasoned veteran of the
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| NetBeans editor or just getting started these will help you become more
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| productive.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=310">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=310</a>>
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| On-Device Debugging with the Siemens TC65 & NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.0
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| There are devices that don't have a display. These devices are used for
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| machine-to-machine communications applications in the field such as
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| fleet management, security, remote control, and perform many other tasks
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| that don't require a high resolution display or fancy keyboard. Petr
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| Suchomel will describe you how to connect the device to computer, how to
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| debug on it and more in his new tutorial. There is even nice flash demo.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=311">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=311</a>>
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| How to work with Excel files using NetBeans
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| This document shows you how to use NetBeans IDE 5.0 and Java Excel
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| library together, to create Excel-aware Java applications with ease.
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| The document mainly describes NetBeans support for writing applications
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| with external libraries - the Excel library is not described in depth
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| itself.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=312">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=312</a>>
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| Using Java Web Start in NetBeans IDE
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| This tutorial provides a step-by-step walk-through of how to use the
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| NetBeans Module for Java Web Start. First you install the plug-in module,
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| and then you take the GUI form examples created with Matisse and enable
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| Java Web Start functionality for the projects. Finally, you assemble,
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| deploy, and debug this application in NetBeans IDE 5.0.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=313">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=313</a>>
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| Resources to Help Converting Plug-ins from Eclipse to NetBeans
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| Are you having a tough time finding the resources that you need to
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| migrate your plug-in to from Eclipse to NetBeans? You may not be alone.
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| Charles Ditzel provides a nice starting point.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=314">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=314</a>>
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| Project Coyote - Update nbms for NetBeans 5.0
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| Roman Strobl has updated the Coyote nbms to work with NetBeans 5.0. For
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| more information visit his blog:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=315">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=315</a>>
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| Research In Motion
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| The award-winning BlackBerry solution provides mobile users with email,
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| phone, instant messaging, web, SMS, organizer and more. Read more and
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| find out how to create Java ME applications for BlackBerry using the
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| NetBeans Mobility Pack.
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