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| <h1>NetBeans Weekly News<br>Issue #264 - Oct 30, 2006</h1><hr> |
| NetBeans Weekly News, a newsletter for the NetBeans community<br> |
| Issue #264 - Oct 30, 2006<br> |
| URL: <<a href='https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2006-10-30.html'>https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2006-10-30.html</a>><br> |
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| <hr><pre>NetBeans 5.5 FCS Now Available!
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| NetBeans.org is pleased to announce the release of NetBeans IDE 5.5 FCS
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| together with Mobility Pack FCS, Profiler Pack FCS, Enterprise Pack FCS,
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| C/C++ Pack (Beta 3) and Visual Web Pack (Technology Preview). This
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| NetBeans release supports the Java Enterprise Edition 5 platform, and
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| most notably the Java Persistence, EJB 3 and JAX-WS 2.0 specifications.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=878">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=878</a>>
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| NetBeans.org Redesign
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| NetBeans.org website has been redesigned so it's friendlier. We made it
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| easier for you to download code and find all the info you need. We
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| focused on the home page, the products page, and the overall download
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| experience. Phase 2 of the redesign will focus on the community pages.
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| Let us know if we've hit the mark or not. We welcome all feedback and
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| suggestions!
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=879">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=879</a>>
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| NetBeans Strategic Partner Program Launches
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| The NetBeans Strategic Partner Program provides a unique channel for
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| those companies building add-ons for the NetBeans platform and
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| recommending NetBeans to their developer communities. Find out about
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| these partner offerings and the unique benefits and services that comes
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| with being a Strategic Partner.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=880">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=880</a>>
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| When You Need Dedicated Professional Support
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| Sun Developer Services is now offering NetBeans users 25% OFF the
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| normal price for the 1-Year Standard, Sun Software Service Plan
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| (telephone support) for NetBeans. Save over $200.00 per developer.
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| Use Promo Code: "netbeans". Offer Expires: October 31, 2006.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=886">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=886</a>>
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| NetBeans 6.0 Milestone 4 Available
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| Milestone 4 of NetBeans 6.0 (Dev) is now available for download
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| together with Mobility Pack and Profiler Pack. Milestone 4 now contains
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| all the features and improvements implemented in the NetBeans 5.5
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| release, most notably the full Java EE 5 support. Additionally,
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| NetBeans 6.0 M4 contains the following improvements:
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| * Mobility Pack made its 1st 6.0 Milestone
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| * Profiler added: Dynamic Attach, CPU live results and Heap Walker
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| improved as well.
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| * Inline Diff was implemented, Open Recent files as well and many other
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| features were added.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=881">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=881</a>>
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| NetBeans History Quiz Winners Announced
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| Here are the names of the 5 winners of last weeks NetBeans History
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| quiz: John, Taudo Wenzel, Rei Takeda, Roger Jonsson, and Vedran Sabol.
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| Each winner gets a NetBeans shirt and a USB disk. Congratulations, and
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| thanks for taking part!
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=883">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=883</a>>
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| NetBeans 'World Tour' Hits Buenos Aires With A Packed Audience
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| The Inquirer's Fernando Cassia provides an overview of the NetBeans
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| World Tour in Buenos Aires. "He[Roumen] did a pretty impressive demo --
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| the demo was very impressive, and the tool is very impressive..." Enjoy
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| this write-up, with delightful pictures, too.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=882">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=882</a>>
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| Questions at the NetBeans Booth at Tech Days Buenos Aires
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| Visual Web Pack is getting lots of interested and Roumen answers some
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| of the commonly asked questions about this new pack:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=885">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=885</a>>
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| Swing onto the NetBeans Platform!
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| You have Swing applications lying around that you may have created many
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| years ago? Time to refresh your code and... why not use the NetBeans
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| Platform as your starting point? Saves times, saves code. Saves sweat,
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| saves tears. Look how Aljoscha Rittner, from Germany, did it -- a new
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| interview in Geertjan's blog:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=884">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=884</a>>
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| Subversion Support in the NetBeans IDE
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| What: Joint CollabNet-NetBeans Webinar
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| Date: November 9, 2006
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| Time: 9:00-10:00am PT / 12:00-1:00pm ET
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| Speakers:
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| * Roman Strobl, Technology Evangelist, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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| * Garrett Rooney, Senior Software Engineer at CollabNet, Inc. and
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| president of the Subversion Board.
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| In this webinar we will give an overview of the Subversion integration
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| in the just-released NetBeans IDE 5.5. The primary goal of the
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| subversion.netbeans.org project was to deliver first class Subversion
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| integration with NetBeans. The Subversion module focuses on daily
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| version control tasks and includes functionality such as:
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| * A checkout wizard with a repository browser, |
| * A project import wizard, |
| * A project explorer, |
| * Project update with dependencies, |
| * Multi-file graphical diffs, |
| * An integrated editor blame sidebar, |
| * A commit dialog that automatically adds all new local files, |
| * History search
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| The webinar provides and overview of these features and you will see
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| them in action. Register today!
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=887">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=887</a>>
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| CollabNet has hosted the NetBeans community since its inception in 2000
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| and has worked closely with the NetBeans IDE team on the development of
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| the Subversion module. </pre><hr>This issue of NetBeans Weekly News was brought to you by Robert Demmer.<br> |
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