NetBeans Weekly News, a newsletter for the NetBeans community Issue #103

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NetBeans Weekly News, a newsletter for the NetBeans community
Issue #103 - February 18, 2003
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Q-Builds: last week's is OK, this week's is not so OK. :-\
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=463831&listName=nbdev
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=464728&listName=nbdev

The 3.5 release! Who will be release coordinator? Nominations open...
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=463120&listName=nbdiscuss

Looks like tree editing of XML files will not make it for 3.5, alas.
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=464866&listName=nbdiscuss
http://xml.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=465138&listName=dev

On the other hand, XHTML support has been proposed:
http://xml.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=467146&listName=dev

What about a WYSIWYG HTML/JSP editor? Some thoughts.
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=463613&listName=nbusers

New PMD integration for NetBeans available:
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=467064&listName=nbusers

Status update on the new property sheet implementation work:
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=467235&listName=nbui

And some discussion of how the custom property editor API should work.
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=463456&listName=nbdev

Should the internal Javac be upgraded?
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=464644&listName=nbusers

For that matter, what about early support for generic types?
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=465520&listName=nbdev

Unrecognized files are none pleasant to work with; some suggestions...
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=463463&listName=nbui

Does anyone want Maven integration? Talking about keeping JARs in CVS or
downloading them from their origin.
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=467191&listName=nbusers

"Unexpected Exception" box can be annoying if it keeps opening:
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=466366&listName=nbdev

Now some more NetBeans-developer-oriented stuff...

Updated version of Dominic's platform tutorial in the works!
http://openide.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=465494&listName=dev

Error fields in wizards?
http://openide.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=465392&listName=dev

And while we're at it, maybe document how the *existing* stuff in
wizards works! Discussion of named properties vs. methods in APIs:
http://openide.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=466127&listName=dev
http://openide.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=466499&listName=dev

Should you use JNDI for intermodule communication?
http://openide.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=463210&listName=dev
http://openide.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=467192&listName=dev

A new way to enable and disable menus based on workspace.
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=466415&listName=nbdev

Getting rid of "Compile"/"Build" on folder nodes.
http://openide.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=463396&listName=dev

Hope you were not trying to use clipboard convertors in 3.4.
http://openide.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=463592&listName=dev

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