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| <h1>NetBeans Weekly News<br>Issue #245 - Jun 20, 2006</h1><hr> |
| NetBeans Weekly News, a newsletter for the NetBeans community<br> |
| Issue #245 - Jun 20, 2006<br> |
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| <hr><pre>NetBeans Edge, Issue 28
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| The current issue of NetBeans Edge has been published and focuses on
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| some of the plug-ins that you can use with NetBeans IDE 5.0. They can
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| all be installed from inside NetBeans IDE itself.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=561">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=561</a>>
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| Essential Update For NetBeans GUI Builder (Matisse)
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| NetBeans 5.0 users may now enjoy new features of Matisse GUI Builder.
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| They are available on NetBeans 5.0 Beta Update Center as Matisse Update
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| Pack for NetBeans 5.0. For new features and more information visit:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=562">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=562</a>>
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| NetBeans 5.5 Q-build 3 Promoted
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| This Q-build comes with several new JavaEE5 features and 362 bug fixes.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=563">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=563</a>>
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| News for NetBeans Japanese Speaking Community:
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| Japanese zip file is now available for NetBeans IDE 5.5!
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=582">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=582</a>>
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| You can also access Japanese NetBeans News via RSS.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=583">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=583</a>>
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| Improvements in Future NetBeans' Editor (Targeted for 6.0)
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| NetBeans 6.0 will be available sometime next year and creating a more
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| productive editor is one of the main goals. Jan Lahoda's blog
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| highlights the first set of new features which include improved syntax
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| coloring both for java sources and for javadoc.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=566">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=566</a>>
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| What's Up with NetBeans and JBoss?
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| Gregg Sporar went to JBoss World and filed this report.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=567">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=567</a>>
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| Announcing AJAX jMaki Plug-in for NetBeans IDE
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| Project jMaki uses the best parts of Java and the best parts of
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| JavaScript to deliver rich AJAX style widgets as NetBeans 5.5 plug-in:
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| Take a look at Ludo's blog entry where he posts some gorgeous
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| screenshots and a link to his screencast which demonstrates bootstrap
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| widgets for components from Dojo, Scriptaculus, Yahoo and DHTML
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| Goodies!
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=568">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=568</a>>
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| Getting Started with GWT in NetBeans
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| Tomas Zezula from NetBeans team has created a project template for
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| Google Web Toolkit. A screenshot and link to the nbm are available on
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| Roumen's blog.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=581">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=581</a>>
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| Mixing Work and Play - Bringing the World Cup to NetBeans IDE
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| Keep up with the latest World Cup scores and news while pretending to
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| work with the World Cup Toolbar. Chuk Munn has written a NetBeans
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| module that pulls the RSS feed from the official World Cup website.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=569">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=569</a>>
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| OpenOffice.org API and NetBeans IDE?
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| Can they work together? And how? For a hint (and a cool scam letter
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| generator based on the NetBeans Platform) see Geertjan's blog:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=570">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=570</a>>
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| Modern Heap View
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| Scott Violet has created a NetBeans 5.0 plug-in that provides a more
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| modern looking heap view. Screenshots included!
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=571">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=571</a>>
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| New Project Homepage for NBPlayer
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| Roumen is developing an MP3 player plug-in for NetBeans. Currently it
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| is available in a very early version, but it can be already used to
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| play MP3 files from NetBeans. The project now also has a new homepage
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| on java.net:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=572">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=572</a>>
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| NetBeans Extra Update Centers Module
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| Ramon Ramos has made available the "Extra Update Centers Module", that
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| is provided to us from the Development Update Center. This module
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| contains definition of external update centers, which when enabled
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| allow to download features from other sites than from NetBeans.org.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=573">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=573</a>>
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| Project Tango: Building a Bridge Between Java & .Net
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| We asked Satish Hemachandran all about Project Tango: What is Web
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| Services Interoperability Technology (WSIT)? Who wants webservices to
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| interoperate with .NET? What was the situation for WebService
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| developers like before WSIT? Where can I get the WSIT plug-in for
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| NetBeans?
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=574">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=574</a>>
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| NetBeans Plug-in Module Development for Eclipse Users
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| NetBeans community member Tomohiro Iizuka shows you the differences
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| between the NetBeans IDE and Eclipse from the user's standpoint. He
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| explains in detail how NetBeans plug-in module development works,
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| illustrated with code examples.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=575">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=575</a>>
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| Writing POV-Ray Support for NetBeans
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| Last week we covered the four new tutorials created by Tim Boudreau.
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| Also from Tim, available in draft form, is the newly updated 5.0 and
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| extended POV-Ray tutorial, which covers writing basic support for new
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| language with its own kinds of project. These tutorials are currently
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| in draft form, and may contain errors or omissions, but are sure to be
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| of use if you want to understand the NetBeans project system and the
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| handling of file types. Continue to the next article in the series by
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| following the link at the end of each page or by substituting the page
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| number in the URL. Feedback appreciated!
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=576">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=576</a>>
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| Flash Demo about End-to-End Java ME Web Services (JSR-172)
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| What's the difference between Mobile Client To Web Application and J2ME
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| Web Services Client? The difference between these two clients is
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| simple - the JSR 172. Lukas provides another useful blog entry and a
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| pointer to his terrific demo.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=577">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=577</a>>
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| [TIP] Changing the Screen Size of the Emulator
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| It is easy to change the screen size of the Screen Designer in NetBeans
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| Mobility Pack. Lukas Hasik shows us how.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=578">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=578</a>>
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| Open Source Contributor Survey
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| What motivates you to contribute code to an open source project like
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| NetBeans? Please tell us and take part in our Open Source Project Code
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| Contributor Survey that is being run in conjunction with
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| OpenOffice.org. Choose NetBeans from the pop-up where it asks for which
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| project you want to answer and proceed.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=579">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=579</a>>
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| NetBeans Evandalists #19
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| Ruth's latest installment of our beloved cartoon where NetBeans
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| Evandalists Spill the Beans.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=580">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=580</a>>
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