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Geertjan Wielenga08/11/08
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Interview: Jaroslav Tulach, Author of "Practical API Design"

Jaroslav Tulach (pictured, left), the author of the recently released "Practical API Design: Confessions of a Java Framework Architect", published by Apress, is one of the founders of NetBeans and the lead architect of the NetBeans APIs. Below,...

Tim Boudreau08/10/08
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Do You Anthropomorphize When Coding?

I recently wrote, in this blog about state management, threading and API design, the following (talking about a refactored SwingWorker with the state information in a separate argument class):

Petr Pisl08/09/08
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NetBeans Project-Specific PHP Interpreter

Recently, we added support to define PHP interpreter per project. You can easily try this feature by yourself: just invoke Project Propertiesselect run configuration "Script (run in command line)" ...and you are nearly done: Hint: As you can see...

Varun Nischal08/08/08
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NetBeans Tip: Add/Remove Sort Key from Woodstock TableDataProvider

Have you used PluginPortal, you might not have realised but its a JSF Web application. I am using the portal for the past 6 months, and never thought of this. PluginPortal Users Firstly, I will ask you something, if you have submitted any plugins, you would...

Geertjan Wielenga08/04/08
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NetBeans Podcast Episode 45

Here's the next podcast, featuring the following items:

Harris Goldstone08/02/08
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My Weekly NetBeans Tip (5): Fiddling with Predefined Code Template Variables

When you create a new class in NetBeans IDE, you automatically get some variables filled in, such as the user name and package name. That's possible because if you go to Tools | Templates, the Java Class template is like this:

Geertjan Wielenga08/01/08
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DOP on NetBeans: CPU Core for Introductory Hardware Courses

jSimDOP is a plugin for the NetBeans Platform. It simulates the DOP microprocessor. DOP is an educational microprocessor developed at the Czech Technical University in Prague. Click this link to read all about DOP (in PDF), which is described as a simple...

Rob Demmer07/31/08
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Getting started with OpenLaszlo and NetBeans IDE

OpenLaszlo is a Flash-based Rich Internet Application (RIA) web framework. Sotohiro Terashima's screencast shows you how to install the OpenLaszlo Plugin and create a new OpenLaszlo-based web application. Get the latest OpenLaszlo plugin for the NetBeans IDE...

Petr Pisl07/30/08
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Generate Constructor, Getters and Setters in NetBeans PHP IDE

Petr Pisl is the lead engineer of the PHP work scheduled for NetBeans IDE 6.5. Here he shares an update on some of the latest work that's been done in this area. -- Geertjan Wielenga, NetBeans Zone leader

Geertjan Wielenga07/29/08
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Setting Preferences in Groovy; Retrieving Preferences in Java

In the past two days I've been figuring out how to use Groovy scripts to generate NetBeans projects:

Chris Kutler07/27/08
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Martin Talks About Rake Runner, Ruby Debugging, and Other NetBeans 6.5 Enhancements

As I mentioned previously, I am researching the new Ruby and Rails features in the upcoming NetBeans IDE 6.5. Last week, Martin Krauskopf and I talked about the work that he is doing. Some of you might know Martin from his earlier work with Jesse Glick on...

Arun Gupta07/26/08
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TOTD #38: Creating a MySQL Persistence Unit using NetBeans IDE

This TOTD (Tip Of The Day) shows how to create a Persistence Unit (PU) for a MySQL database using NetBeans IDE. This PU can then be used in any of Java EE artifacts (JSP, Servlet, EJB, ...) for database interaction.

Harris Goldstone07/25/08
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My Weekly NetBeans Tip (4): Pee You in NetBeans!

Trying to learn all those code templates to get real benefit out of the Java parts of NetBeans IDE. Different ways to structure my learning. One way is simple: take all Java code templates that consist of TWO letters, such as "pu", which expands to...

Andres Almiray07/24/08
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Groovy NetBeans tips

Fellow zone leader Geertjan Wielenga has written a couple of posts on Groovy and NetBeans, celebrating the fact that NetBeans 6.5 milestone 1 is out, which much delight for Groovy and NetBeans fans as it contains good support for both Groovy and Grails. Here...

Chris Kutler07/23/08
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Erno Talks About New Rails Features and Customer Involvement

One of the software engineers that I, as a NetBeans technical writer, get to work with on the NetBeans Ruby project is Erno Mononen, who works in Prague. Erno works mostly on the NetBeans Ruby IDE, but is also involved in some parts of the Java EE support in...