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Issue # 431 - Mar 17, 2010
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<h1>Project News</h1>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=4860">NetBeans Platform Training - Review</a></h2>
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The NetBeans User Group in Serbia, including six developers from the Neuroph project, have received their certificates from Geertjan and Toni, after having completed a three-day NetBeans Platform training at their school. If you are curious what such a training is like, download the slides and materials from the NUG home page, and don't miss the photos!</p>
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<h1>Blogs</h1>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=4857">3-D Game Development Environment based on the NetBeans Platform</a></h2>
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Remember the <a href="http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/2007/articles/vfd_finalists.jsp">fun</a> we had with the jMonkeyEngine framework at JavaOne? Now the jME team published a first video preview of their upcoming 3-D Game Development Environment. Enthusiastic about 3-D game development and the NetBeans Platform? Join the team on jmonkeyengine.org!</p>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=4854">Tech Tip: Goto Declaration for CSS Files</a></h2>
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The upcoming NetBeans IDE 6.9 will allow you to navigate to a CSS class or id selector declaration from any CLASS or ID attribute of an HTML tag. Move the mouse pointer over a class or id selector and control-click it to open the appropriate CSS file that contains the declaration.</p>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=4858">Remote C/C++ Development With WinSCP</a></h2>
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If you don't have any C compilers installed on Windows, just set up NetBeans to connect to your Linux box for remote C/C++ development! This way you still benefit from visual IDE features such as semantic syntax highlighting and call graph navigation. Learn more from this blog.</p>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=4856">PerforceNetBeans Beta Released</a></h2>
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Tutuianu Aurelian continues his project of implementing a Perforce client for NetBeans. The plugin is now beta quality, and he welcomes contributions to his open source project. Check out this dzone article, and his blog.</p>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=4859">Ray Simulation Analysis on the NetBeans Platform</a></h2>
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Ever wondered how far your wifi reaches, and why? Lilian Aveneau researches computer graphics, focusing specifically on 3D visibility and rendering with ray methods. Read this interview how he developed a tool to study and test algorithms for ray-based simulations of radio communication.</p>
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<h1>Training</h1>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=4855">Exposing a MySQL Database with RESTful Web Services</a></h2>
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This tutorial shows you how to use NetBeans IDE to expose a MySQL database as a RESTful web service endpoint. You will deploy the "sakila" sample database on GlassFish using the RESTful Web Services plugin. In this tutorial, you learn to create a database connection to MySQL, a new data source using that connection, entity classes from the MySQL database, and RESTful web services from those entity classes.</p>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=4862">NetBeans IDE Java Editor Reference Guide</a></h2>
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The purpose of any IDE is to maximize productivity and support seamless development from a single tool. This reference document describes useful code assistance features, customization options, and navigation capabilities of the NetBeans IDE's Java Editor.</p>
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<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=4861">Shape Intersection, Subtraction, and Union in JavaFX</a></h2>
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Use the ShapeSubtract and ShapeIntersect classes in the JavaFX Desktop Profile to create novel shapes in your applets and applications.</p>
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