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 | 				Issue # 606 - Sep 25, 2013 | 
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 | 				<h1>Project News</h1> | 
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 | 				<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=8667">Download NetBeans IDE 7.4 Release Candidate</a></h2> | 
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 | 						The Release Candidate build of NetBeans IDE 7.4 is now available for download. Try the features and take the <a href="https://netbeans.org/community/netcat/ca_survey_74.html">7.4 acceptance survey</a> to let the NetBeans team know if 7.4 is ready for general release.</p><br style="clear:both;"/> | 
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 | 				<h1>Community</h1> | 
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 | 				<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=8666">Video: James Gosling at NetBeans Day 2013!</a></h2> | 
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 | 						NetBeans Day at JavaOne 2013 kicked off with a look at 15 years of the NetBeans project. James Gosling, the godfather of Java, joined the celebration to share why he's a long-time fan and user of the IDE.</p> | 
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 | 				<h1>Plugin</h1> | 
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 | 				<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=8673">NetBeans Plugin for Vaadin</a></h2> | 
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 | 						Develop Vaadin projects in the NetBeans IDE with a new Vaadin Plugin. Geertjan Wielenga writes about the new plugin <a href="https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/official_netbeans_tools_for_vaadin">here</a>.</p> | 
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 | 				<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=8665">6 Must Have IDE Plugins Featured at JavaOne</a></h2> | 
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 | 						Nathan Howard of IDR Solutions rounds up six cool plugins featured at NetBeans Day at JavaOne 2013.</p> | 
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 | 				<h1>Tutorials</h1> | 
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 | 				<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=8672">Java EE 7: Implementing CSRF Protection with JSF 2.2</a></h2> | 
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 | 						This tutorial covers how to implement Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection with JavaServer Faces 2.2 (JSF 2.2).</p><br style="clear:both;"/> | 
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 | 				<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=8668">Video: Maven, Java EE 7, and PrimeFaces Mashup</a></h2> | 
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 | 						This 5-minute screencast shows how to get started with Java EE 7 and PrimeFaces in a Java web application that uses Maven as its build system.</p> | 
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 | 				<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=8669">Setting Up 64-Bit Qt5 with NetBeans on Windows</a></h2> | 
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 | 						Mark Wilmoth shows how to setup 64-bit Qt 5.1.1 on Windows for use with NetBeans 7.4.</p> | 
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 | 				<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=8670">Better JUnit-based Unit Tests with NetBeans 7.4 Hints</a></h2> | 
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 | 						Dustin Marx looks at two hints in NetBeans 7.4 that can be used for better unit testing.</p> | 
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 | 				<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=8674">Advantages of NetBeans IDE</a></h2> | 
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 | 						Sandeep Sharma uses a sample "Celsius To Fahrenheit" application to demonstrate the advantages of using the NetBeans IDE to create GUI applications.</p> | 
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 | 				<h1>Blogs</h1> | 
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 | 				<h2><a href="http://services.netbeans.org/newsletter/story.php?id=8671">New Project Features in NetBeans IDE 7.4</a></h2> | 
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 | 						There are new enhancements to the Project Properties dialog in NetBeans 7.4.</p> | 
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