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| Issue # 354 - Aug 11, 2008 |
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| <h1>Project News</h1> |
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| <h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=2431">Download the NetBeans Dynamic Tracing (DTrace) GUI Plugin</a></h2> |
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| A new version of the NetBeans DTrace GUI plugin is ready for download from the NetBeans Update Center. Some new features and highlights in this release include:
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| <li>Chime (the DTrace output visualization) embedded into the NetBeans DTrace GUI Plugin
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| <li>A new & enhanced UI
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| <li>Works with NetBeans IDE 6.0, 6.1, and the upcoming 6.5 release
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| </ul>Learn more at the NetBeans DTrace GUI Plugin Page.</p> |
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| <h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=2429">Ask the Experts: JavaFX Preview (August 18 - 22)</a></h2> |
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| The recently released JavaFX Preview is designed to help early adopters become familiar with <a href="http://www.javafx.com">JavaFX</a>. Got a question about the JavaFX Preview? Post it starting <b>Monday, August 18th</b> and get answers from three key members of Sun's JavaFX engineering team: Joshua Marinacci, Martin Brehovsky and Lawrence McDonough.</p> |
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| <h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=2430">Help Translate the Upcoming NetBeans 6.5!</a></h2> |
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| The groundwork for translating the upcoming NetBeans 6.5 release starts this week! From August 11, the <a href="http://translatedfiles.netbeans.org">NetBeans Localization and Translation community</a> will begin translations centered around 6.5. To join this effort, <a href="mailto:dev-subscribe@translatedfiles.netbeans.org">subscribe</a> to the mailing list, introduce yourself, and meet others interested in translating NetBeans software. Your work will help efforts to make the NetBeans project accessible to developers worldwide!</p> |
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| <h1>Partners</h1> |
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| <h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=2423">Upload and Test Your Mobile Apps with DeviceAnywhere's Free 10-Hour Trial!</a></h2> |
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| DeviceAnywhere's integration with the NetBeans IDE allows mobile Java developers to access first-rate solutions for developing and testing Java-based mobile applications. To celebrate its partnership with NetBeans, DeviceAnywhere is doubling its free trial - from five to 10 hours! This is an exclusive offer to NetBeans users. Through this extended free trial, developers can remotely perform all testing on real devices - from the convenience of their own desktops.</p> |
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| <h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=2426">Webinar: Maximizing Collaboration with NetBeans and Codebeamer</a></h2> |
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| Join Intland Software, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and NetBeans technology experts for an on-demand Webinar on how the USDA used Intland's Application Life cycle Management (ALM) product, Codebeamer, and the NetBeans Rich Client Platform (RCP) to build a collaborative environment for scientific research.</p> |
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| <h1>Community</h1> |
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| <h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=2425">NetBeans Podcast Episode 45</a></h2> |
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| In this episode of the podcast, get Lloyd Dunn's full length interview with Python's Ted Leung, recorded after Leung's appearance at OSCON. Other goodies include a short chat with NetBeans User Researcher Jakub Franc, a new API Design tip from Jaroslav Tulach, a NetBeans project and plugin of the month, and as always: the NetBeans Puzzler.</p> |
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| <h1>Training</h1> |
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| <h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=2421">Nandini Ramani Introduces the JavaFX Preview SDK</a></h2> |
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| Engineering Director Nandini Ramani introduces JavaFX Preview SDK and shows how to use NetBeans IDE 6.1 with JavaFX to run samples and create an application.</p><br style="clear:both;"/> |
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| <h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=2422">Using Spring 2 and Facelets Together with NetBeans 6.1</a></h2> |
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| A community contribution from Siegfried Bolz - Learn to use Spring Web Framework with NetBeans Facelets Plugin in the NetBeans 6.1 IDE.</p> |
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| <h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=2427">Creating a Custom Java Desktop Database Application</a></h2> |
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| This tutorial guides you through the creation of a complete Java desktop database application that enables its user to browse and edit customer records and purchase history. The tutorial shows how to customize IDE-generated code to interact with multiple related database tables. The resulting application includes a main view for browsing customer records and history, a search function, separate dialog boxes for adding and editing records.</p> |
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| <h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=2428">End-to-End Web Service Tutorial: Mobile Dilbert Application</a></h2> |
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| Use the NetBeans IDE to create a mobile client application that consumes a web service. The application fetches the daily Dilbert comic strip via a live on-line web service, converts the graphics to a space-saving format, and displays the strip on a mobile device.</p> |
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| <h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=2424">Tech Tip: NetBeans Installer Command Line Options</a></h2> |
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| A useful reference from NetBeans's Installer team - a table of NetBeans Installer Command Line options, with examples and descriptions for the listed options.</p> |
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