NetBeans Weekly News (Issue #539 - May 28, 2012)
Project News
NetBeans IDE 7.2 Beta: Built for Speed! The Beta release of NetBeans IDE 7.2 is available! Featuring
massive performance boosts and new Java editor features, including
FindBugs integration, you can download it and try it out today!
NetBeans IDE 7.2 Beta: Comments from an Eclipse User
Bruce Phillips has been using Eclipse for over 5 years. He used NetBeans IDE 7.2 Beta on a large project last week... with great results! He liked the performance, FindBugs integration, and more. Read all about it here.
Plugin: Codename OneDevelop true native mobile applications in Java for iOS, Android, Windows Phone 7, Blackberry etc.
Articles
Running Web Applications on the Oracle CloudWhat's the Oracle Cloud and how does it relate to NetBeans IDE 7.2? A new NetBeans article explains it all, including how to register the Oracle Cloud and deploy applications to it.
The Most Frequently Asked Java EE 6/NetBeans QuestionDid you know that when you use NetBeans IDE, you can regenerate your JPA entity classes from tables in a database, without destroying the changes you made to the JPA entity classes you initially generated? This article discusses this very commonly asked question!
Best Practices for JavaFX 2.0 Enterprise ApplicationsIn part 1 of a series, JavaFX expert James Weaver examines a Tweet browser while illustrating some best practices for enterprise application development in JavaFX 2.0.
Vaadin, Maven, and NetBeans IDEPetter Holmström from the Vaadin team describes a great combination of tools and technologies: Vaadin, Maven, and NetBeans IDE. Read on to find out why these three work so well together!
Blogs
Print Java Source as HTML"File | Print to HTML" is a frequently overlooked menu item in NetBeans IDE. NetBeans Dream Team member Adam Bien explains in his blog that NetBeans is able to output Java source code as HTML, very easily indeed.
JavaFX Scene Builder Docs UpdatedThe "Java Tutorials Weblog" is a great resource providing up to date info on the world of official Java tutorials. In this blog entry, you learn what parts of the JavaFX Scene Builder 1.0 Developer Release documentation have been updated with the promotion of development build 38.
Alt-Shift-F & Formatting Multiple Source FilesIn NetBeans IDE 7.2 Beta, you can format multiple source files across multiple projects simultaneously. In this blog entry, you learn about an enhancement to this feature, set to be released with the final release of NetBeans IDE 7.2.
Calendar
29 - 30 May: Croatian Oracle User GroupThe first Java developer conference organized by the Croatian Oracle User Group is being held in Tuhelj, Croatia, this week. NetBeans demos and presentations will be done there too!
30 May: Oracle Technology Network Developer DayA free day-long event of Java hands-on labs and sessions at Oracle Headquarters in Redwood Shores, California.
