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Issue # 482 - Apr 11, 2011
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<h1>Project News</h1>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=6296">NetBeans IDE 7.0 Release Candidate 2 Available</a></h2>
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The NetBeans Team is pleased to announce the second release candidate build of NetBeans IDE 7.0. <a href="http://download.netbeans.org/netbeans/7.0/rc2/">Download</a> the RC2 build today and give us feedback on the <a href="https://netbeans.org/community/lists/top.html">NetBeans mailing lists & forums</a>, write us via <a href="https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2011-03-29.html">Twitter</a>, or <a href="http://bit.ly/9xqZ1r">file a report</a>. The final release of NetBeans 7.0 is planned for April.</p><br style="clear:both;"/>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=6297">LIVE Oracle TechCast: NetBeans IDE 7.0 (Tuesday, April 12)</a></h2>
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NetBeans IDE 7.0 is almost here! But before the release, we're giving NetBeans users a chance to ask questions about the IDE and tell us what's on their minds. Join NetBeans Engineering Manager John Jullion-Ceccarelli for a <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/community/techcasts/techcastlive/index.html"><b>LIVE Oracle TechCast</b></a> about NetBeans IDE 7.0, which introduces language support for Java SE 7 and provides other feature enhancements. There'll be a Q&A segment where viewers can pose questions. Questions can also be posted to Twitter with the hashtag #techcastlive. So prepare your questions and tune in live! <b>Date:</b> Tuesday, April 12th <b>Time: 10AM pst</b> (<i><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=NetBeans+IDE+7.0+Oracle+TechCast&iso=20110412T10&p1=224">Check your time zone</a></i>)</p>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=6298">New Version of the Agavi Plugin for NetBeans Released</a></h2>
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NetBeans support for Agavi, a PHP5 application framework, is announced by Markus Lervik.</p>
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<h1>Articles</h1>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=6303">java.net: NetBeans 7 Buzz</a></h2>
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Kevin Farnham, from java.net, updates you about the latest things happening around NetBeans.</p>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=6301">Released: NetBeans Platform 7.0 Refcard</a></h2>
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Anton Epple, a NetBeans Dream Team member, reports on Eppleton's investment in the latest NetBeans Platform Refcard, as well as on how to set up drag and drop with ChildFactories.</p>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=6300">Siemens Global Footprint Simulator</a></h2>
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Optimizing the strategic supply chain planning over a 3 to 5 year horizon, this Java desktop application on the NetBeans Platform figures out supply chains based on risk factors and confidence indicators.</p>
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<h1>Blogs</h1>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=6299">NetBeans Database Explorer API</a></h2>
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A brand new article by Dream Team member Alex Kotchnev, about how to register JDBC drivers, create database connections, and connect to databases using the NetBeans Database Explorer API.</p>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=6302">Leverage the Plugin Portal...</a></h2>
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...for fun & profit. Here you can learn how to integrate anything you find on the Plugin Portal into your own Java desktop application.</p>
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