NetBeans Weekly News (Issue #543 - Jun 26, 2012)

Project News

NetBeans API architect Jaroslav Tulach outlines the new NetBeans support for TestNG and gives tips for migrating from JUnit to TestNG.

Of the many enhancements in 7.2, the Search Results window improvements will be particularly useful. Read all about it here!

Vedrana Gajić, from the University of Belgrade in Serbia, introduces you to a new plugin she created, together with Marjan Hrzić, enabling you to chat on-line in a window within NetBeans IDE!

Articles

JavaFX 2.2 adds new packaging option for JavaFX applications, allowing you to package your application as a "native bundle". This lets users install and run your application without any external dependencies on a system JRE or FX SDK.

Read how embedded software development environments can benefit from desktop application frameworks, in part 1, part 2, and part 3 of a very interesting series of articles in "Embedded Insights".

Allan Gregersen, from a research group at the University of Odense in Denmark, writes about how Javeleon's class reloading functionality is embedded in the NetBeans source tree.

Calendar

Learn from the Java EE 6 Java rock star, about testing and productivity with Java EE 6, in various summits and JUG events!

Beginner and advanced NetBeans API courses are scheduled to be held at Eppleton, in Munich, during the week of 2 July, 2012. Be there to learn from one of the world experts in desktop development on the NetBeans rich-client platform.

Training

On August 28 and 29, another NetBeans training course will be held in Gottingen, Germany, at the Source Talk Tage. Sign up today while seats are still available.

Zoran Sevarac, NetBeans Dream Team member and governance board member, set up yet another NetBeans API training course in Serbia recently. He reports on the event here.