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| <h1>NetBeans Weekly News<br>Issue #255 - Aug 29, 2006</h1><hr> |
| NetBeans Weekly News, a newsletter for the NetBeans community<br> |
| Issue #255 - Aug 29, 2006<br> |
| URL: <<a href='https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2006-08-29.html'>https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2006-08-29.html</a>><br> |
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| <hr><pre>NetBeans Mobility Pack Goes Open Source
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| NetBeans Mobility Pack has opened its code to the community!
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| Mobility.netbeans.org has detailed info about the Mobility Pack,
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| including downloads of the latest builds, design documents, APIs,
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| roadmaps and partner information. Join the community and participate in
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| development!
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=723">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=723</a>>
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| NetBeans Governance Board Elections - Nominations Open
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| It's time again to elect a new NetBeans Governance Board! All the
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| information that you need to take part in the elections can be found
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| right here:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=724">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=724</a>>
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| Get the Most from NetBeans Docs with the New Learning Trails
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| We've organized our tutorials, flash demos, and other resources to
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| provide you with clear trails for learning various Java technologies.
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| Check out the Learning Trails section in the NetBeans 5.5 Docs and
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| Support Page.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=725">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=725</a>>
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| Feedback Wanted: Debugging Survey
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| Do you debug your applications in NetBeans? Actually, no matter what
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| your answer is, we would love to know your experience with the NetBeans
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| debugger functionality or reasons why you don't use it. Please take
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| this short survey to help us better understand your needs. It should
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| not take more than 10 minutes.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=726">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=726</a>>
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| Meet Tom Ball, Technical Director at Sun Microsystems
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| Tom Ball, technical director at Sun Microsystems, discusses the Jackpot
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| Project and various scenes from his life as a developer.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=727">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=727</a>>
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| Writing XML Schemas by Example
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| Through a screencast, this article shows you, step by step, how to
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| generate XML schemas by visualizing them as instance documents with the
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| Author By Example (ABE) capability in the NetBeans Enterprise Pack 5.5.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=728">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=728</a>>
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| NetBeans Google Toolbar Module Tutorial
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| This tutorial demonstrates how to create a module that adds a Google
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| Search toolbar to the NetBeans 5.0 IDE. You use a wizard to create an
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| action that extends CallableSystemAction. The wizard lets you specify
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| that the action will be registered as a toolbar button. You then create
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| a Swing panel...
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=729">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=729</a>>
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| Meet a NetBeans Module Writer
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| Vladimir Voskresensky developed the C/C++ editor for the NetBeans C/C++
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| Pack. In this in-depth interview he shares his experiences working with
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| the NetBeans APIs. He provides a few valuable tips and tricks, as well
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| as Wink demos... so check it out!
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=730">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=730</a>>
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| Matisse Update Pack
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| If you're using NetBeans IDE 5.0, you better have a look at the Matisse
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| Update Pack! Really cool stuff in there, which is planned to be
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| available for 5.5 sometime in October. Geertjan has two blog entries
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| dedicated to discoveries he made with this update pack, here
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=732">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=732</a>>
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| and here <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=733">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=733</a>> .
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| ZIP Distribution of Mobility Pack 6.0
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| Mobility Pack 6.0 sources are in NetBeans CVS. You can build it by
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| yourself. When you don't want to check out all the sources then you can
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| download only the zip distribution. The process of installation of this
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| zip is little bit complicated then clicking in installer. Don't worry
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| as it will only unzip and edit one file. Read more details in this post:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=739">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=739</a>>
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| Listening to Developers - Why Does it Matter so Much?
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| Roumen's latest blog entry discusses why it's important to listen to
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| developers when designing IDE features and how features from all Sun's
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| Java IDE's will be soon available in various packs for NetBeans:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=734">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=734</a>>
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| Creating a Simple Spring MVC Web App
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| Creating a simple Spring MVC application is pretty straightforward. In
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| this short tutorial, Java developer David Salter shows you how to do it
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| with NetBeans 5.0.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=731">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=731</a>>
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| Code Coverage Support in NetBeans
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| Martin Grebac takes a deeper look at an open source NetBeans plug-in
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| written by Mikahil Kondratyev. UnitCover provides a visual presentation
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| of code coverage. Read more...
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=735">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=735</a>>
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| Disabling a NetBeans Plug-in Before Startup
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| Wanted to stop NetBeans from loading a plug-in during startup?
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=736">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=736</a>>
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| JMeter
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| Take a look at Chuck Lee Munn's first attempt at integrating JMeter
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| into NetBeans.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=737">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=737</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=738">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=738</a>>
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| </pre><hr>This issue of NetBeans Weekly News was brought to you by Robert Demmer.<br> |
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