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Adam Myatt03/10/08
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Sharable Libraries Feature in NetBeans 6.1 Beta

I've been excited waiting for the new Sharable Libraries feature to be delivered in NetBeans 6.1 Beta. The concept is similar to the current Libraries features in NetBeans, but as I understand it has a few additional benefits. One of the big ones (at least...

Adam Myatt03/10/08
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Consuming Zillow Web Services in NetBeans 6.1 Beta

With the release of NetBeans 6.1 Beta, a number of new web services have been added to the listing under the Web Services node in the Services window. One of them that caught my eye was the Zillow web service. For those readers in the United States,...

Gregg Sporar03/09/08
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Is That Shortcut in Use?

How can I find out whether a particular keyboard shortcut is assigned to an action in the NetBeans IDE? That question was posted by davenull in a comment on my blog entry last month about Hippie Completion.

Varun Nischal03/09/08
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Quick Start Guide

As NetBeans Community Docs Program has entered into Phase II, you may catch up with the community by contributing docs.....So, if you are interested in contributing, just go through this quick start guide and start contributing. NetBeans Community, still...

Geertjan Wielenga03/08/08
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NetBeans IDE 6.1 Beta

NetBeans IDE 6.1 Beta was released, a day or two ago. I'm surprised at the number of features that made it in. More than any other, I'm happy with these statements in the release notes: "Up to 40% faster startup. Smarter parsing so that code completion...

Geertjan Wielenga03/05/08
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Drop Down Buttons in Swing: A New Alternative

The literature on Drop Down Buttons in Swing, as this search of Google reveals, is not extensive. And what there is is dated. Here I give a brief overview of the existing resources and... provide a completely new and undocumented alternative that has existed...

Geertjan Wielenga03/04/08
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Brand New & Free Samples for NetBeans IDE

I went over to Adam Myatt's book site for his recently released "Pro Netbeans IDE 6 Rich Client Platform Edition", on Apress.com, and found that I could download a ZIP file with ALL the book's samples!

Meera Subbarao02/28/08
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Pro Netbeans IDE 6 Rich Client Platform Edition : New from Apress

Pro NetBeans IDE 6 Rich Client Platform Edition is the second Apress book to cover the agile, open source NetBeans IDE platform. The authors of this book are Adam Myatt with Brian Leonard and Geertjan Wielenga.

Antonio Santiago02/25/08
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Using Boolean State Actions in NetBeans RCP

This post shows you how to work with CallableSystemAction and BooleanStateAction in NetBeans Platform applications!

Geertjan Wielenga02/21/08
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Rediscovering the Caricature Demo for Beans Binding

I came across Scott Violet's caricature demo sometime ago and also found the sources somewhere, probably in his blog. The demo is used to demonstrate, in a humorous way, what the Beans Binding Framework is all about.

Rick Ross02/21/08
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Is Roman Playing Pranks Again? Bridge Stolen in Czech Republic!

Everyone in the NetBeans world probably knows that evangelist Roman Strobl has a mischevious side to his nature and loves a good prank. So, when I read this morning that the Czech police are looking for a bridge that has gone missing (yes, an entire bridge!)...

Geertjan Wielenga02/20/08
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Binding a JTable to Swing Controls in NetBeans IDE

Recently I blogged about the Beans Binding Framework and gave a few brief examples. Questions were asked about how those examples would be achieved in NetBeans IDE, via its tooling, instead of manual coding in the editor. Here is an outline of a scenario that...

Geertjan Wielenga02/19/08
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How to Create a Hint in the NetBeans Java Editor

I have a bad tendency to use JOptionPanes and System.out for debugging, rather than the IDE's state of the art Debugger. What's almost as bad is that I tend to leave those method calls in my code. But now I've solved my problem. I created a hint in the...

Antonio Santiago02/18/08
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Changing a Default Action's Icon in NetBeans RCP

If you are developing an application using NetBeans RCP probably you are using default actions like Delete, Cut or Save that uses its own icons. This post talks about two techniques so change the default icons associated to an existent action.

Geertjan Wielenga02/16/08
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