NetBeans Weekly News (Issue #553 - Sept 03, 2012)
Project News
ESPN.com Lead Architect @ NetBeans Day 2012The latest speaker to be added to the agenda for NetBeans Day 2012, to be held in San Francisco on Sunday 30 September, is Sean Comerford, Director of the ESPN.com Architecture and Platforms team. Join us and learn how NetBeans IDE is used to develop ESPN.com!
Plugin: javscazGChatThe Chat Client for Gmail, by Aristides Villarreal Bravo, has recently been updated for usage in NetBeans IDE 7.2.
Community
Hermien Pellissier: New NetBeans Dream Team MemberCongratulations to Hermien Pellissier, the newest NetBeans Dream Team member! Her blog, full of tips about NetBeans IDE and the NetBeans Platform, most recently with information for Maven developers, is highly recommended.
#netbeans irc on FreeNodeDid you know there's a dedicated irc channel where NetBeans users discuss topics of interest and share tips and tricks? Join the channel today and share your own user experiences of NetBeans IDE and the NetBeans Platform.
Tweet of the Week: @cagataycivici"Don't miss NetBeans Day at J1, I'll show how to create an app with an elegant PrimeFaces UI in 15 mins with NetBeans & Java EE."
Dustin Marx on Community Session @ JavaOneDustin Marx, who blogs at http://marxsoftware.blogspot.nl, blogs about his presence at the upcoming NetBeans Day at JavaOne!
Calendar
NetBeans Platform Course in San FranciscoFrom 5 to 7 October, Eppleton will be hosting a NetBeans Platform training course in San Francisco, directly after JavaOne. Come learn how to make robust and pluggable software systems!
Tinkerforge/NetBeans Integration Course in GermanyWant to learn how to connect external devices to NetBeans IDE (and other NetBeans Platform applications)? Join the Tinkerforgeintegration course to be held in Nordhorn/Lingen in Germany.
Articles
How to Use NetBeans on Mac OSXAn article full of tips and tricks and information to be aware of when you're using NetBeans IDE 7.2 on Mac OSX!
How to Switch Off Dependency ScanningWhen the dependency switch is disabled, NetBeans IDE does not scan for dependencies or update the error badges when you change a file.
Tutorials
YouTube: WorldWind Development on TerramentaWhen developing on Java WorldWind, a lot needs to be done to get started before you can actually begin coding. Terramenta is a comprehensive application framework on the NetBeans Platform to help you get started with Java WorldWind. Watch the related YouTube videos that have very recently been released!
YouTube: App Inspector in JavaFXAnton Epple, a NetBeans Dream Team member, introduces you to a new idea he's been working on: an application troubleshooter written in JavaFX for NetBeans IDE. Very cool animations, check it out!
