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Module Catalogue
Catalogue of free and commercial add-on modules available for your NetBeans IDE.

NetBeans 3.4
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OnJava NB Article
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New data system status
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Statistics : October

IDE downloads

Total: 575973; +20202

Platform downloads

Total: 21372; +2229

Subscribers

2205; +44

Messages Posted

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Issue 6, November/29 2002

Sprout, Issue 6 (November 2002)

Welcome to the sixth issue of Sprout, the NetBeans monthly news.

You will find in this newsletter some of the November highlights.

Poseidon now uses NetBeans' MDR.

Move the Needle - There has been recent interest in NetBeans items such as t-shirts. Once we have enough people signed onto the Move the Needle we can begin a competition for t-shirts which will benefit the community. If you don't already know about Move the Needle or you want to participate, read more .

Web Redesign - proposed schedule.

The News page is starting to fill in thanks to your efforts.

Looking for more information about Database Explorer? You will find a quick guide and a link to more information below.

Do you like the banners, graphics and poster designs for NetBeans? If you are not interested in that maybe his bartender game will get your attention. Don't miss out on the interview with Leos Tronicek.

Would you like Sprout to appear in your local language? Would it be a useful move? Would you be willing to help translate it monthly? If yes, give us a shout at sprout .

Grab a cup of coffee, sit back, relax and become informed of the last months' happenings; if you want to contribute interesting content for future issues or have any comments or ideas on how to make Sprout better let us know .

Rob Demmer

Module Catalogue

An alert notification system is available to send you an email any time a module has been added to the catalogue.

Also you can now view the module catalogue by sorting through additions made in the last 7, 14 and 30 days. Just go to the Module Catalogue and then to go to New Modules.

Recent Additions & Their Categorical Listings:

- Iopsis iNsight - Web Services

- Jtagmanager - Web

- PMD for NetBeans beta- Java Tools

[add my module ]

Poseidon Now Uses NetBeans

On November 19, Gentleware released the early access version of Poseidon for UML 1.5. You can download it at their site, for free.

New features are:

- New model repository (Uses NetBeans' MDR )

- Increased performance

- Tabbed diagram pane: you now have quick access to previously viewed diagrams

- Type ahead combo box for namespaces and types, allowing for faster navigation

For more information or for the early access version please go to the home site of Gentleware.

[more information and download ]

News Page Changes

Additions to the news page.

In The Press:

- NetBeans press releases - find easily the official archived press releases.

- All articles - in this section is an archived media showcase where NetBeans appeared in the public news.

Please take a look and if we missed something please let us know.

Calendar:

- Events: find the events around the globe relevant to NetBeans activities. If you know of something you think should be listed send us the information.

- Releases: what to know a quick answer to a release date, then this is the spot

- Other: any news that does not fall under events or releases that is in some way important to the community. An example; NetBeans France website to launch, February 1st! (This is only an example)

[take me to the news page ]

Profile: The Graphics Game with Leos

Full Name: Leos Tronicek

Interrogation Begins

Q: How did you become involved with NetBeans?

A: My friend Dusan from the NetBeans UI team asked me, "Do you want to work with great people on a cool world-wide and exciting project?" This offer was a little bit suspicious. I asked him, "What do I have to do," hoping that there would not be multi-level marketing involved. In the end I tried. For about a year and a half I worked as a freelancer and was almost employed permanently. Then came bad luck...an imperfect economy...but now I'm back and free!

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NetBeans portfolio includes work on: website graphic design, banner designs, icons, collateral, product splash screen, poster for OOPSLA, t-shirts graphics.

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[read full interview & view contributions ]

Press Center

New project at Sun Labs promises to make programming tools more effective .

"We now have a platform that's open-source extensible and we have an audience of well-informed and interesting developers who are used to looking at experimental modules for the NetBeans software." - Michael Van De Vanter

How the NetBeans IDE became the ideal platform for testing Jackpot .

Tom Ball sought to incorporate metrics into the developer's environment in ways that make it inviting to use. The key is integrating the metrics usefully into the process of writing source code. "The first thing you need is integration into the environment. So that it's just right there, with all of your other work. So that within the flow of the programmer, the metrics is just a natural part of it," says Ball.

Aspect-Oriented Programming with Sun ONE Studio

Aspects enable modularization of cross-cutting code; code that has a common purpose, but is implemented in snippets scattered across the code base in a typical object-oriented application.

Sun ONE Studio Migration Toolkit for the WebGain Platform

This document describes how to use the Sun ONE Studio Migration Toolkit for the WebGain Platform to export your projects from the VisualCafe 4.5.x IDE to the Community or Enterprise Edition of the Sun ONE Studio 4 IDE or to NetBeans, version 3.4.

[archived press articles and press releases ]

Web Site Redesign

Web Redesign - The [email protected] list will be specifically used for detailed discussions between people who will be doing the redesign. A regular status update will be sent to nbdiscuss, so for people only interested in being informed about the progress, nbdiscuss should be a sufficient source of data. If you wish to join this mailing list please send a blank email to [email protected] .

The proposed schedule as follows:

- Finalise structure : Now -> Dec 2

- Design : 3 weeks, now -> Dec 16

- HTML implementation of design : 2 weeks, ~Dec 2 -> Jan 7
(spans Christmas holidays etc)

- Content shift/review : 4-6 weeks, Dec 2 -> Jan 28
(spans Christmas holidays etc)

- Localisations : 3 weeks, Jan 7 -> Jan 28

Cool Functionality: Database Explorer

The Database Explorer is a simple database administration tool which allows the user to work with a database schema.

1. Download the module from NetBeans Update Center

2. If the module is installed Databases node will appear on the Runtime tab. This node is home of the Database Explorer module.

3. Before you start to use the Database Explorer you have to put JDBC driver for your database on the IDE classpath. You can do it easily by copying the driver .jar/.zip file to the /lib/ext directory. If the IDE is running you have to restart it.

4. Under Databases/Drivers node you can see the list of templates to connect to the database. If the icon for a given driver is crossed by red line, it means that the driver is not installed and you have to install it as described in step 3. If the icon is not crossed you can use the template to connect to the database - choose "Connect Using..." action from the popup menu and enter the required connect information (URL, username, password).

5. If all connection information is correct, the new node will appear under the Databases node. This node represents the database connection. Now you can:

5.1. Browse the database structure - see tables, views, stored procedures, columns, etc.

5.2. Perform basic modifications of the database structure using the wizards - create a new table or view, add/remove column, etc.

5.3. View the data stored in the tables.

5.4. Experienced users can write and execute more complicated SQL or DDL commands.

6. The module works with many databases (currently with 13 databases).

[Database Explorer module page ]