The NetBeans Monthly Newsletter - December 2003
[email protected] Tue, 16 Dec 2003 16:25:30 +0100
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background='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/bg_h_menu.gif' style='color:#545A76;'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>nbusers</font></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href='http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=628877&listName=nbusers' style='color:#FFFFFF;'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' color='#FFFFFF' style='font-size:11px;' size='1'>jsp:include works on netbeans but not with tomcat</font></a></td> <td align='right' valign='top'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>19</font></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href='http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=618392&listName=nbusers' style='color:#FFFFFF;'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' color='#FFFFFF' style='font-size:11px;' size='1'>Re: 100% CPU</font></a></td> <td align='right' valign='top'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>15</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan='2' valign='top' background='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/bg_h_menu.gif' style='color:#545A76;'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>nbdiscuss</font></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href='http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=619622&listName=nbdiscuss' style='color:#FFFFFF;'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' color='#FFFFFF' style='font-size:11px;' size='1'>Re: Proposed changes to the NetBeans 4.0 Plan</font></a></td> <td align='right' valign='top'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>18</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan='2' valign='top' background='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/bg_h_menu.gif' style='color:#545A76;'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' 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<tr><td><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>Vincent Brabant</font></td> <td align='right' valign='top'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>39</font></td> </tr><tr><td><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>Jesse Glick</font></td> <td align='right' valign='top'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>35</font></td> </tr><tr><td><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>Jaroslav Tulach</font></td> <td align='right' valign='top'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>32</font></td> </tr><tr><td><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>Tim Boudreau</font></td> <td align='right' valign='top'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>29</font></td> </tr><tr><td><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>David Strupl</font></td> <td align='right' valign='top'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>28</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" height="26" background="http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/bottom_menu_l.gif"><img src="http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif" width="170" height="26" border="0" alt=""></td> </tr> </table> <br> <br> <font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' size='2' color='#ffffff' class='default'><b>Statistics : November</b></font> <table BORDER="0" width="170" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" height="10" background="http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/top_menu_l.gif"><img src="http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif" width="170" height="10" border="0" alt=""></td> </tr> <tr> <td background="http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/middle_menu_l.gif"> <table border='0' width="160"> <tr> <td colspan='2' valign='top' background='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/bg_h_menu.gif' style='color:#545A76;'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>IDE Downloads</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan='2' valign='top'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>Total: 1094046; +45495</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan='2' valign='top' background='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/bg_h_menu.gif' style='color:#545A76;'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>Platform Downloads</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan='2' valign='top'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>Total: 28282; +3227</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan='2' valign='top' background='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/bg_h_menu.gif' style='color:#545A76;'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>Subscribers</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan='2' valign='top'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>Total: 5750; +1820</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan='2' valign='top' background='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/bg_h_menu.gif' style='color:#545A76;'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>Messages Posted</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan='2' valign='top'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>+2499</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" height="26" background="http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/bottom_menu_l.gif"><img src="http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif" width="170" height="26" border="0" alt=""></td> </tr> </table> <!-- left menu --> </td> <!-- <td valign="top" height='82' colspan="2" align="right"><img src="http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/banner.jpg" width="411" height="82" border="0" alt="Banner" hspace="0" vspace="0"></td> </tr> <tr> --> <td bgcolor="#FFF0D4" width="410" valign='top'> <table border='0' width="100%"> <tr> <td> <a href='http://www.netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/sprout/2003-12-16_fr.html'><img src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/flags/fr_small.gif' width='20' height='13' alt='French' border='0'></a></td> <td align='right'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' ><b>Issue 17</b></font></td></tr> </table> <table border='0' width='100%' cellspacing='3' cellpadding='3'> <tr> <td align='center'><table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='98%'> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <TD VALIGN='TOP' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/top-left.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> <td> </td> <td align='right'> </td> <TD VALIGN='TOP' class='tabler' align='right' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/top-right.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> </tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <td class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></td> <td colspan='2'><a name='s144'></a><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' color='#FF0F12' class='titlec'><b>Sprout, Issue 17 (December 2003)</b></font><br> <br><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' >Welcome to the seventeenth issue of Sprout, the NetBeans monthly newsletter. <p>This month we have a lot of exciting news to present so I will keep the editorial short. Here is what you can expect:</p> <p>The NetBeans.org community has unveiled a new NetBeans roadmap, detailing the path to version 4.0. Get the latest details on the new 3.6 and 4.0 plans.</p> <p>Read about the new windowing system and how it is being received <i>In The Press</i>.</p> <p>NetBeans user FAQs are moving into a Wiki format. They will be hosted by our friends over at <a href="http://www.java.net" target='new'>java.net</a>. Community members (with a java.net login) will be able to edit and add to the NetBeans FAQs. The result will be a more accurate, useful and up-to-date resource. Stay tuned for more details.</p> <p>The PhotoAlbum Demo has been used to introduce NetBeans to new users at trade shows internationally and now it's your turn!</p> <p>An introduction page to the NetBeans.org website and project has been translated by community members into ten languages, is yours next?</p> <p>Also this month: NetBeans IDE Cool Tips and a recap of new additions to the module catalogue.</p> <p>As a reminder there are many other mailing list available to the NetBeans community to fit your interest. Check out the <a href="http://www.netbeans.org/community/lists/top.html">top-level mailing lists</a> page for more details. <p>If you have any comments or suggestions, or would like to contribute to NetBeans newsletters give us a <a href="mailto:[email protected]">Shout at Sprout</a>! </font></td> <td><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></td> </tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><td colspan='4'> </td></tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <TD VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='1' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></TD> <td> </td> <td align='right'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' > Robert Demmer</font></td> <TD VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='1' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></TD> </tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <TD VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/bottom-left.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> <TD colspan='2' VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='1' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></TD> <TD aligm='right' VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/bottom-right.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> </tr> </table><img src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' width='1' height='4' bolder='0'><table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='98%'> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <TD VALIGN='TOP' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/top-left.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> <td> </td> <td align='right'> </td> <TD VALIGN='TOP' class='tabler' align='right' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/top-right.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> </tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <td class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></td> <td colspan='2'><a name='s147'></a><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' color='#FF0F12' class='titlec'><b>Module Catalogue</b></font><br> <br><img src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/36.gif' widht='100' height='100' border='0' alt='Catalogue - 7k' align='left' vspace='2' hspace='10'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' >November has seen many inclusions to the module catalogue. <p>The new stable additions are: <p><a href="http://www.netbeans.org/catalogue/4-all.html">Inca X</a><br>Distributed Application Support<br>With the Inca X module for NetBeans you can create, develop and deploy your Jini 2.0 services across global networks from the NetBeans IDE. Additional admin tools are provided to allow you to configure & stop/start services you develop with this module.</p> <p><a href="http://www.netbeans.org/catalogue/28-all.html">Jindent</a> - Java Tools <br>Jindent is a source code formatter for Java. Jindent empowers you to transform any foreign Java source code to meet your preferred coding style or any common Java code convention. Furthermore Jindent can generate and format Javadoc comments on demand.</p> <p>Alpha additions include: <p><a href="http://www.netbeans.org/catalogue/6-all.html">DocBook XML</a>, <a href="http://www.netbeans.org/catalogue/36-all.html">CVS Client Library</a>, <a href="http://www.netbeans.org/catalogue/5-all.html">PMD Rules for NetBeans</a>, <a href="http://www.netbeans.org/catalogue/3-all.html">PMD Suggestion Provider</a>, and <a href="http://www.netbeans.org/catalogue/3-all.html">HTML Diff</a>.</font></td> <td><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></td> </tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><td colspan='4'> </td></tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <TD VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='1' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></TD> <td><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' >[<a href='http://www.netbeans.org/catalogue/notify.html' target='new'>email me about new modules</a>]</font> </td> <td align='right'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' > </font></td> <TD VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='1' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></TD> </tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <TD VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/bottom-left.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> <TD colspan='2' VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='1' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></TD> <TD aligm='right' VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/bottom-right.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> </tr> </table><img src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' width='1' height='4' bolder='0'><table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='98%'> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <TD VALIGN='TOP' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/top-left.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> <td> </td> <td align='right'> </td> <TD VALIGN='TOP' class='tabler' align='right' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/top-right.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> </tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <td class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></td> <td colspan='2'><a name='s145'></a><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' color='#FF0F12' class='titlec'><b>Changes To The NetBeans Roadmap</b></font><br> <br><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' >Based upon feedback from NetBeans users and market analysis, Sun Microsystems decided that a shift in the planned contributions (to the NetBeans.org Project from Sun)were needed to ensure NetBeans stays on track in building a competitive world-class IDE. The findings from this activity require faster progress on certain development work and a delay in the Projects work. These were the primary motivations behind this decision. This resulted in a new release version of the IDE referenced as NetBeans 3.6.</p> <p><a href="http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=614259&listName=nbdiscuss">NetBeans 3.6 Release</a>: <p>The 3.6 release would focus on improving the IDE - specifically: <ul><li>Appearance (designed to match the operating system look - no Metal L&F by default) <li>The new window system <li>Coding productivity aiding features <li>Improvements in the JSP editor</li> <li>Tomcat 5 bundle & support for J2EE 1.4</li> <li>And much more</li></ul> More details can be found on the <a href="http://www.netbeans.org/community/planning/proposed/36/index.html">NetBeans 3.6 Release Planning</a> page and also in this edition of Sprout where we take a look at the new windowing system.<p> <p><a href="http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=619519&listName=nbdiscuss">Changes to NetBeans 4.0 Plan</a> <p>The main themes for the 4.0 release are coding productivity and a new Ant-based build system. This is where the majority of our focus will go. Further work is also planned for Web application support and improvements to the "out-of-the box" developer experience. <p>The larger features that are targeted for the NetBeans 4.0 release include:<ul> <li>A new build system</li> <li>Refactoring</li> <li>Tomcat 5 & J2EE 1.4 support</li> <li>JDK 1.5 support</li> <li>Integrating TaskList</li> <li>Outline view</li> <li>Making the IDE fully usable with only a keyboard</li> <li>Multiple enhancements in the Editor focusing on productivity</li> <li>JavaHelp 2.0 based help</li> <li>External tools integration</li></ul> <p>More details and screenshots are available at the <a href="http://www.netbeans.org/community/planning/40/proposed.html">NetBeans 4.0 Release Planning</a> page. <p>The estimated release date of version 4.0 is summer of 2004. <p>For discussions around the NetBeans 3.6 and/or 4.0 release, please join the nbdiscuss mailing list either by e-mail (see <a href="http://www.netbeans.org/community/lists/top.html">top level lists</a> for details) or via <a href="news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.netbeans.general">NNTP</a>). </font></td> <td><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></td> </tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><td colspan='4'> </td></tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <TD VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='1' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></TD> <td> </td> <td align='right'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' > </font></td> <TD VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='1' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></TD> </tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <TD VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/bottom-left.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> <TD colspan='2' VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='1' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></TD> <TD aligm='right' VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/bottom-right.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> </tr> </table><img src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' width='1' height='4' bolder='0'><table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='98%'> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <TD VALIGN='TOP' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/top-left.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> <td> </td> <td align='right'> </td> <TD VALIGN='TOP' class='tabler' align='right' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/top-right.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> </tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <td class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></td> <td colspan='2'><a name='s146'></a><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' color='#FF0F12' class='titlec'><b>In the Press</b></font><br> <br><img src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/3.jpg' widht='100' height='106' border='0' alt='Press - 2k' align='left' vspace='2' hspace='10'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' ><a href="Javalobbyhttp://www.javalobby.org/thread.jspa?forumID=61&threadID=9550">NetBeans Got a Completely New Windowing System</a> - Check out how this post was received by the readers at Javalobby. Any there any doubts that we are on the right track? <p><a href="http://www.softwarereality.com/programming/netbeans36dev.jsp">Review: NetBeans 3.6 New Windowing System</a> - The new NetBeans UI is a vast improvement over the previous version. I can't stress enough how big an improvement this is. Viewing the IDE now, it's like it is NetBeans, but it's not NetBeans. It's uncanny.</p> <p><a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1402825,00.asp">Sun Snubs Offer to Join Eclipse Consortium</a>, At that meeting, it will be confirmed that Sun has declined to join Eclipse.org. In addition, since a common ground that would allow an equitable share in mutual development could not be found, hybrid options such as merging NetBeans.org with Eclipse.org will not be pursued. Sun will continue to work with industry partners to attempt to achieve alignment and interoperability in the Java Tools market.<p> </font></td> <td><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></td> </tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><td colspan='4'> </td></tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <TD VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='1' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></TD> <td><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' >[<a href='http://www.netbeans.org/about/press/index.html' target='new'>more November press</a>]</font> </td> <td align='right'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' > </font></td> <TD VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='1' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></TD> </tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <TD VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/bottom-left.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> <TD colspan='2' VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='1' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></TD> <TD aligm='right' VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/bottom-right.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> </tr> </table><img src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' width='1' height='4' bolder='0'><table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='98%'> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <TD VALIGN='TOP' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/top-left.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> <td> </td> <td align='right'> </td> <TD VALIGN='TOP' class='tabler' align='right' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/top-right.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> </tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <td class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></td> <td colspan='2'><a name='s148'></a><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' color='#FF0F12' class='titlec'><b>New Windowing System for NetBeans</b></font><br> <br><img src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/85.png' widht='100' height='86' border='0' alt='winsys - 10k' align='left' vspace='2' hspace='10'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' >The new windowing system, which has been talked about on and off for a while has been integrated into the main CVS codeline! <p>To see what's cool about it, please take a few minutes to read NetBeans Windowing System Quick Guide.</p> <p>Take a look at the <a href="http://www.netbeans.org/kb/articles/win_sys_screenshots.html">screenshots</a> or go directly to the <a href="http://www.netbeans.org/downloads/ide/development.html">IDE Development download page</a>. Scroll down to Development Build (trunk), download the latest build and play with the bits yourselves.</p> <p>It was a big merge and a complete rewrite of a major piece of the infrastructure, so things are still a bit flaky. The windowing system team is now focusing on fixing bugs and tuning the UI and performance. The quality should improve rapidly.</p> <p>Everybody, please give us comments and file whatever bugs you run into how minor they may seem. We want this to be really polished.</p></font></td> <td><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></td> </tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><td colspan='4'> </td></tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <TD VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='1' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></TD> <td><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' >[<a href='http://www.netbeans.org/kb/articles/win_sys_quick.html' target='new'>NetBeans Windowing System Quick Guide</a>]</font> </td> <td align='right'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' > </font></td> <TD VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='1' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></TD> </tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <TD VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/bottom-left.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> <TD colspan='2' VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='1' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></TD> <TD aligm='right' VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/bottom-right.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> </tr> </table><img src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' width='1' height='4' bolder='0'><table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='98%'> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <TD VALIGN='TOP' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/top-left.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> <td> </td> <td align='right'> </td> <TD VALIGN='TOP' class='tabler' align='right' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/top-right.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> </tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <td class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></td> <td colspan='2'><a name='s151'></a><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' color='#FF0F12' class='titlec'><b>NetBeans PhotoAlbum Demo</b></font><br> <br><img src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/86.jpg' widht='100' height='63' border='0' alt='photoalbum demo - 2k' align='left' vspace='2' hspace='10'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' >The creation of the PhotoAlbum demo shows how easy it is to use the NetBeans IDE 3.5.1 for different types of applications development. It demonstrates the main web, desktop and mobile client - web server type of applications development support features. <p>This presentation may be useful for people new to NetBeans and aid in the understanding of the basic NetBeans IDE concepts. For people with some experience using NetBeans, it may also be used as a demo to show others how cool the NetBeans IDE really is and how to unlock some of its' power.</p> <p>Please Note: The whole "demo package" including source code, demo script and sample data is coming so stay tuned!</p> <p>To assist new users of NetBeans, if you have a short demo of NetBeans or are interested in creating flash demos that you would like to contribute please contact <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.</p></font></td> <td><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></td> </tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><td colspan='4'> </td></tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <TD VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='1' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></TD> <td><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' >[<a href='http://www.netbeans.org/community/articles/photoalbum-demo.html' target='new'>flash demo</a>]</font> </td> <td align='right'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' > </font></td> <TD VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='1' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></TD> </tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <TD VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/bottom-left.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> <TD colspan='2' VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='1' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></TD> <TD aligm='right' VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/bottom-right.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> </tr> </table><img src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' width='1' height='4' bolder='0'><table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='98%'> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <TD VALIGN='TOP' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/top-left.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> <td> </td> <td align='right'> </td> <TD VALIGN='TOP' class='tabler' align='right' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/top-right.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> </tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <td class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></td> <td colspan='2'><a name='s153'></a><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' color='#FF0F12' class='titlec'><b>NetBeans IDE Cool Tip</b></font><br> <br><img src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/4.jpg' widht='92' height='110' border='0' alt='sherlock - 3k' align='left' vspace='2' hspace='10'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' >Create a custom right-click menu and command in ten straight forward steps. <p><b>1.</b> Invoke "Versioning | Mount Version Control | Generic VCS" from the main menu. <br><b>2.</b> Select "Empty" from the combo-box where it says < select a profile >. <br><b>3.</b> Setup the desired directory to "Working Directory" and when completed click the "Next" button. <br><b>4.</b> Next, select the "Edit Commands ..." button or on the keyboard, Alt C. <br><b>5.</b> Expand the "Empty" node and delete all but one of the pre-defined commands. It will ask you to confirm Multiple Object Deletion. Answer yes. <br><b>6.</b> Rename the command to whatever you like using "Label" property. <br><b>7.</b> Use the "Exec" property to define your execution string for example: sh -c "echo Hello world !" <br><b>8.</b> Turn on the "Display Output" property to see the standard and error outputs etc. You will need to scroll down to the second to last entry and make True. <br><b>9.</b> Press "OK" and then "Finish" buttons. <br><b>10.</b> Your command will be available in the pop-up menu of the nodes under your FS.</p> <p>Hint: <br>If you use the following execution string and input descriptor, you can select and execute particular ANT build targets.</p> <p>Exec: cmd.exe /x /c "cd /d ${ROOTDIR}${PS}${MODULE}${PS}${FILE}&& ant $[? TARGET] [$[?PREDEF][${PREDEF}][${MY_OWN}]][] $[? PARAMS][-D${PARAMS}][]" <p>Input Descriptor:<br> LABEL("Build project")<br> SELECT_RADIO(TARGET, "Select the Target:", "",<br> ["Default (none)", ""],<br> ["Predefined target", "p",<br> SELECT_COMBO(PREDEF, "Target name:", "clean",<br> ["Clean", "clean"],<br> ["Compile", "compile"],<br> ["Jars", "jars"]<br> )<br> ]<br> ["My own target", "m",<br> PROMPT_FOR(MY_OWN, "Target name:")<br> ]<br> ) <br> PROMPT_FOR(PARAMS, "Parameters:")</p> <p>This month's power tip was posted to nbusers by Jiri, to help another subscriber customise their NetBeans installation. Many thanks Jiri! Sign up to nbusers and read other power tips first hand, or post your own!</p> <p>If you experience any problems you may want to view the <a href="http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=621104&listName=nbusers">original thread</a>.</p></font></td> <td><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></td> </tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><td colspan='4'> </td></tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <TD VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='1' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></TD> <td><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' >[<a href='http://www.netbeans.org/kb/' target='new'>knowledge base</a>]</font> </td> <td align='right'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' > Jiri Kovalsky</font></td> <TD VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='1' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></TD> </tr> <tr class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'> <TD VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/bottom-left.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> <TD colspan='2' VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' WIDTH='1' HEIGHT='1' ALT=''></TD> <TD aligm='right' VALIGN='bottom' class='tabler' bgcolor='#ffffff'><IMG src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/bottom-right.gif' WIDTH='12' HEIGHT='17' ALT=''></TD> </tr> </table><img src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif' width='1' height='4' bolder='0'></td> </tr> </table> </td> <TD width="1" bgcolor="#0E1B55"><IMG SRG="/images/pixel.gif" width="1" height="850" src="http://www.netbeans.org/images/pixel.gif" border="0" alt=""></TD> </tr> <tr> <td height='5' bgcolor="#0E1B55"><img src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/sprout_b_l.gif' width='5' height='5' border='0' alt='-'></td> <td colspan='2' height='5' align='right' background='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/sprout_b_c.gif'><img src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/template/sprout_b_r.gif' width='5' height='5' border='0' alt='-'></td> </tr> </table> </center> </BODY> </HTML>