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| <h1>NetBeans Weekly News<br>Issue #187 - Jan 12, 2005</h1><hr> |
| NetBeans Weekly News, a newsletter for the NetBeans community<br> |
| Issue #187 - Jan 12, 2005<br> |
| URL: <<a href='https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2005-01-12.html'>https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2005-01-12.html</a>><br> |
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| <hr><pre>Welcome back to the office and the start of 2005 which is already |
| shaping up to be another NetBeans momentum filled year! |
| |
| Win an iPod Competition |
| The iPod Photo competition is in full swing. Here's your chance to win |
| what you really wanted for the holidays and did not receive. Remember |
| by entering this competition you are contributing to the NetBeans.org |
| project. Every accepted submission wins a prize! Don't hesitate to make |
| a submission to the competition. It is a fun way to participate and |
| increase NetBeans content. If you have any questions at all please feel |
| free to contact <a href="mailto:win-with-netbeans@netbeans.org">win-with-netbeans@netbeans.org</a>. Submit your content |
| today! For complete details head over to: |
| <<a href="https://netbeans.org/competition/win-with-netbeans.html">https://netbeans.org/competition/win-with-netbeans.html</a>> |
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| NetBeans IDE 4.0 with J2SE 5.0 Update 1 Bundle |
| The latest and greatest NetBeans IDE and J2SE 5.0 Update 1 bundle is |
| now available for download. The first update release of J2SE 5.0 |
| includes select fixes of known defects as well as a couple of key |
| enhancements; support for GNOME 2.6 on both Solaris 10 and the Sun |
| Java Desktop System and the addition of Intel's Extended Memory 64 |
| Technology (EM64T) as a supported architecture. You can download |
| the powerful bundle today by visiting: |
| <<a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download-netbeans.html">http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download-netbeans.html</a>> |
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| NetBeans IDE 4.1 X-mas Christmas Edition with J2ME MIDP Visual Editor |
| If you are feeling blue that the holidays are over or just want to liven |
| up your development environment you can download the first Q-build of |
| NetBeans IDE 4.1 and also the first ever special edition! X-mas edition |
| features a new splash screen, welcome screen, new icons and super cool |
| falling snowflakes. All that wrapped up with the next in line IDE which |
| includes the following new features: |
| * Visual Design Editor - Visually lay out your MIDlet's workflow, and |
| design and code the GUI using drag and drop elements |
| * Improved configuration support - User-defined abilities allow greater |
| flexibility when creating configuration specific code blocks and more |
| * Improved obfuscation configuration - Now you have greater control |
| over your obfuscation settings |
| * Improved user attributes support - Create custom attributes and |
| choose their location, whether in your JAD file, JAR manifest file, or |
| both files. |
| Follow the link below for the download but be sure to select the Q-Build |
| version from the drop down box next to Choose Build type: |
| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/downloads/download.php?a=n&p=1">http://services.netbeans.org/downloads/download.php?a=n&p=1</a>> |
| |
| Web Chat: Solving the Device Fragmentation Problem |
| The upcoming chat will take place Wednesday, January 26, 2005 at 9:00 |
| PST/17:00 UCT and feature the following speakers: Greg Crawley, Adam |
| Sotona, and David Kaspar. Introducing the only mobility development |
| tool with built-in features to help you quickly and easily solve device |
| fragmentation problems - NetBeans Mobility Pack 4.0. Register today: |
| <<a href="http://see.sun.com/Apps/DCS/mcp?q=STDG27TG55H332">http://see.sun.com/Apps/DCS/mcp?q=STDG27TG55H332</a>> |
| |
| Expose a Web Application as a Web Service with NetBeans IDE 4.0 |
| Web services will be an integral part of NetBeans IDE 4.1. But did |
| you know that you can already develop them in NetBeans IDE 4.0? Web |
| services in NB 4.1 will support the JSR-109 specification, which is |
| based on the earlier JSR-101 (JAX-RPC) specification. To get to grips |
| with the latter specification, and to prepare yourself for JSR-109 and |
| NetBeans IDE 4.1, why not have a look at this brand new tutorial: |
| <<a href="https://netbeans.org/kb/articles/tutorial-webservice-40.html">https://netbeans.org/kb/articles/tutorial-webservice-40.html</a>> |
| |
| How to Setup a Basic Struts Project Using NetBeans IDE 4.0 |
| Apache's Struts framework fits into NetBeans IDE 4.0 like a hand in |
| a glove! In 5 brief steps you can either install the sample |
| application that is included in the Struts distribution, or you can |
| set up a blank Struts application. Need evidence? Here you go: |
| <<a href="http://struts.apache.org/faqs/netbeans40.html">http://struts.apache.org/faqs/netbeans40.html</a>> |
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| GUI Building in NetBeans IDE 4.0 |
| The ColorSwitch application that you built in NetBeans IDE 3.6 can |
| also be built in NetBeans IDE 4.0. If you are a GUI developer, or you |
| make use of the Form Editor for other reasons, check out the updated |
| GUI Building tutorial: |
| <<a href="https://netbeans.org/kb/articles/form_getstart40.html">https://netbeans.org/kb/articles/form_getstart40.html</a>> |
| |
| Built on NetBeans? |
| There are a large number of businesses, universities and open source |
| groups whose applications are based on the NetBeans Platform. If you of |
| an application that is based on NetBeans and that is not listed on |
| <<a href="https://netbeans.org/about/community/partners/index.html">https://netbeans.org/about/community/partners/index.html</a>> |
| send us the tip and we'll send |
| you a t-shirt! Below is an example of a commercial offering that is |
| based on NetBeans. |
| |
| DB Solo is Builds On NetBeans |
| DB Solo is a powerful database development and management tool for both |
| developers and DBAs. DB Solo has intuitive user interface that allows |
| you to explore and manage your database objects as well as execute your |
| own ad-hoc queries. DB Solo supports the major relational database |
| products available today including Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase |
| and MySQL. You can manage all of these DBMS products even at the same |
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| information visit |
| <<a href="http://www.dbsolo.com">http://www.dbsolo.com</a>> |
| </pre><hr>This issue of NetBeans Weekly News was brought to you by Robert Demmer.<br> |
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