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| <h1>NetBeans Weekly News<br>Issue #231 - Mar 14, 2006</h1><hr> |
| NetBeans Weekly News, a newsletter for the NetBeans community<br> |
| Issue #231 - Mar 14, 2006<br> |
| URL: <<a href='https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2006-03-14.html'>https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2006-03-14.html</a>><br> |
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| <hr><pre>NetBeans 5.0 Performance Survey
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| If you are using NetBeans 5.0, please take a minute to fill out the
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| performance survey and help improve future releases.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=319">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=319</a>>
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| Governance Board Elections Results
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| The NetBeans Board Elections closed Thursday, March 8 and the new
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| community elected board members are David Strupl and Rich Unger. The Sun
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| appointee will be announced later this week. NetBeans Board page:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=317">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=317</a>>
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| NetBeans Mobility Day @ CTIA
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| Register now for the no cost NetBeans Mobility Day @ CTIA. The event
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| features making the most of NetBeans 5.0, an exclusive NetBeans Mobility
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| 6.0 preview and features partners Nokia, Sprint and more!
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=318">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=318</a>>
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| NetBeans Meets BlueJ
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| The NetBeans community and the University of Kent announced the NetBeans
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| IDE/BlueJ Edition. This edition of NetBeans offers a seamless migration
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| path for students transitioning from educational tools to a full-
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| featured, professional IDE.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=320">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=320</a>>
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| Read the full press release here:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=321">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=321</a>>
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| NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack Preview (Milestone 2) Available
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| The Sun Studio IDE team, in conjunction with the NetBeans Core and
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| Mobility teams, would like to announce the milestone 2 installer of the
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| NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack for NetBeans 5.0. This preview build
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| provides basic C and C++ development using NetBeans. The NetBeans C/C++
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| Development Pack is a set of add-on NetBeans modules providing basic
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| editing and building of C and C++ applications. For more information and
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| download follow here:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=322">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=322</a>>
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| NetBeans Reshapes Refactoring - Jackpot Modules on Daily Update Center
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| Project Jackpot is the code name for a technology that enables developers
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| to make sweeping source file changes safely by combining the best of
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| refactoring and rules engines. Tom Ball has announced that it is now
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| available as a NetBeans project and available via the NetBeans Daily
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| (alpha) Update Center. Read the original post to the nbdev mailing list.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=323">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=323</a>>
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| Tor Norbye has a blog post entitled, "Refactoring Reloaded!" where he
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| provides a few screen shots a additional info.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=324">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=324</a>>
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| Last but not least is the project Jackpot homepage on NetBeans.org. This
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| is where you can always stay current with the latest news, FAQs and also
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| join in and participate in the project. Enjoy!
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=325">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=325</a>>
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| Preview: NetBeans IDE 5.5 with NetBeans Enterprise Pack 5.5
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| This preview gives developers an early look at a collection of tools that
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| enable Java EE5 development and creation of Service Oriented Architecture
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| (SOA) applications. It is all here in a special one-time bundle integrated
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| with the NetBeans IDE 5.5 Preview: UML Modeling, Visual Design Tools for
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| SOA Architects, and Java EE 5 SDK Preview.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=326">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=326</a>>
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| NetBeans Palette API Tutorial
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| This tutorial shows you how to use the Palette API and make a palette
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| available for your TopComponent. You will also learn how to create a
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| simple TopComponent using the wizard, how to display a status-bar
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| message and a dialog. But all these other things are just so that you'll
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| learn how to display a nice palette for your TopComponent, with icons,
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| localized text and drag-and-drop support.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=327">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=327</a>>
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| NetBeans IDE Guide for JBuilder Users
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| If you have used JBuilder to develop Java applications in the past but
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| are looking to move to NetBeans IDE, you can easily get started. This
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| guide shows you how to import your JBuilder projects into NetBeans IDE,
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| and continue work on your projects.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=328">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=328</a>>
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| Building Java GUIs with Matisse: A Gentle Introduction
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| Dick Wall has put together a new article on Matisse walking you through
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| the development of a small application. Check it out at Developer.com...
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=329">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=329</a>>
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| Wicket: Increasing Productivity Even Further
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| Geertjan and Petr are working on their BOF for JavaOne. They're going to
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| demonstrate how easy it is to provide support for your favorite web
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| framework in NetBeans IDE. Wicket is the framework they're concentrating
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| on. Have a look at their progress in Geertjan's blog:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=330">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=330</a>>
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| NetBeans 5.0 Tip
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| Sometimes your package names may be really long. In the Projects window,
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| you get a horizontal scrollbar. Did you know you can truncate the display
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| of your packages in the Projects window? Read this thread to find out how.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=333">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=333</a>>
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| Simple Example of WaitScreen Component
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| There is a WaitScreen Component in the Palette of the Mobility Pack when
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| you are working in a Visual Midlet. This component is available only for
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| MIDP 2.0 and Visual Midlet in MIDP 2.0. It is designed for the running of
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| longer tasks that can block UI in the background. Continue to Lukas's
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| blog entry...
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=334">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=334</a>>
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| A New Module for NetBeans
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| Masoud Kalali has a new module available which is a statistical CVS
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| Reporter. You can read more about it here:
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=331">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=331</a>>
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| NetBeans To Be Featured On Sun Developer Network
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| NetBeans will be featured as part of the SDN Channel promotion from
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| March 20/21 - April 25. The site will highlight NetBeans web pages, blogs
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| and articles, and will include interviews with Geertjan Wielenga, Sandip
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| "Plug-in" Chitale and Garrett Rooney of Subversion. Mark your calendar.
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| <<a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=332">http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=332</a>> </pre><hr>This issue of NetBeans Weekly News was brought to you by Robert Demmer.<br> |
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