The NetBeans Monthly Newsletter - January 2004
[email protected] Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:56:30 +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=635204&listName=nbusers' style='color:#FFFFFF;'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' color='#FFFFFF' style='font-size:11px;' size='1'>Re: new winsys</font></a></td> <td align='right' valign='top'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>23</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=633101&listName=nbdiscuss' style='color:#FFFFFF;'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' color='#FFFFFF' style='font-size:11px;' size='1'>Re: More details on the proposed NetBeans 4.0 release</font></a></td> <td align='right' valign='top'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>17</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'>nbui</font></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href='http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=637665&listName=nbui' style='color:#FFFFFF;'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' color='#FFFFFF' style='font-size:11px;' size='1'>Re: trailing blanks removal?</font></a></td> <td align='right' valign='top'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>16</font></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href='http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=632193&listName=nbui' style='color:#FFFFFF;'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' color='#FFFFFF' style='font-size:11px;' size='1'>autoscroll rate</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><a href='http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=638208&listName=nbui' style='color:#FFFFFF;'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' color='#FFFFFF' style='font-size:11px;' size='1'>Re: Should highlight caret row be on by default?</font></a></td> <td align='right' valign='top'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>12</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> <!-- Update by Jack --> <br> <br> <font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' size='2' color='#ffffff' class='default'><b>Most Active Posters</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><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'>103</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'>70</font></td> </tr><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'>59</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'>29</font></td> </tr><tr><td><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' style='font-size:11px;' size='1' color='#FFFFFF'>Adel Frad</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> </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 : December</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: 1128772; +36245</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: 31070; +2897</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: 7157; +1407</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'>+2365</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 align='right'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' ><b>Issue 18</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='s154'></a><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' color='#FF0F12' class='titlec'><b>Sprout, Issue 18 (January 2004)</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' >Welcome to the eighteenth issue of Sprout, the NetBeans monthly newsletter and a new year for many of us. <p>Before we begin I would like to invite you to stop by and visit us at LinuxWorld New York, NY taking place January 20 - 23 at the Javits Center.</p> <p>In our first entry we will begin the new year by looking back at 2003 in review. The NetBeans.org project has had a very successful year in 2003 and the best news is that 2004 looks even brighter! The release of the NetBeans roadmap (and its' reception) in conjunction with Sun's reaffirmation of its' support for the NetBeans.org project and the NetBeans framework is resounding loudly in the industry.</p> <p>We enter 2004 as a finalist in two categories of the Codie Awards and have a newly elected governance board.</p> <p>Our third-party support is strong and looking to gain more momentum in the next year as well as our EDU program. The NetBeans module catalogue is growing as well as our registered users, mailing list subscribers and the feedback that we are receiving.</p> <p>NetBeans retains it spot as the most mature Open Source IDE on the market and a vibrant community that is deepening its' engagement and involvement.</p> <p>Sit back relax and catch up with the latest NetBeans news. As always comments and suggestions are welcomed, just <a href="mailto:[email protected]">give us a shout at Sprout</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> </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='s155'></a><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' color='#FF0F12' class='titlec'><b>NetBeans Is A Codie Finalist</b></font><br> <br><a href="" onClick='window.open("/images/marketing_newsletter/89_big.jpg", "", "width=820, height=820, toolbar=no, location=no, directories=no, status=no")'><img src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/89.jpg' widht='100' height='122' border='0' alt='codies - 5k' align='left' vspace='2' hspace='10'></a><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' >NetBeans is a finalist in two categories of the Codie Awards: <p>Best Open Source Product or Service<br> Best Software Development Product</p> <p>"In light of the intense competition this year, to be named a Codie Awards finalist is a tremendous honor and an important achievement," says Ken Wasch, SIIA President. "SIIA is proud to recognize these companies as true leaders in their fields." </p> <p>This year there were over 800 nominations from more than 600 companies.</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.siia.net/codies2004/finalists.asp' target='new'>more info</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='s156'></a><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' color='#FF0F12' class='titlec'><b>NetBeans Governance Board</b></font><br> <br><img src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/35.jpg' widht='100' height='100' border='0' alt='Governance - 2k' align='left' vspace='2' hspace='10'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' >Congratulations to the new members of the Governance Board: Vincent Brabant, David Strupl and Zaheda Bhorat. <p>Brabant is an experienced, independent Java developer who leads the localization of the NetBeans integrated development environment (IDE) in French on a volunteer basis. He supports the French-speaking members of NetBeans through the mail lists and localization of content and news, and authors a blog on java.net.</p> <p>Strupl is an independent consultant who focuses on helping companies to take advantage of NetBeans technology. He also teaches university courses in the Java language, and is the author of several Java-related books and articles. </p> <p>Bhorat is the community development manager for NetBeans at Sun Microsystems.</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/os/who-board.html' target='new'>past board members</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='s157'></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' >Would you like to know as soon as a new module is added to the NetBeans module catalogue? Receive an email summary of any new modules added that day by. <p><a href="mailto:[email protected]">Subscribe</a> by sending a blank email. <p>New Module This Month</p> <p><b>Distributed NetBeans for OpenVMS</b><br>Remote Development</p> <p>This module allows you to build and run your OpenVMS applications remotely. It provides the ability to execute DCL procedures and Ant scripts on OpenVMS from your Windows desktop. Language Editor support and remote compilation is also provided for applications written in Java, C, and C++. Remote debugging support is provided for Java applications.</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/catalogue/add.html' target='new'>list your module here</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='s158'></a><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' color='#FF0F12' class='titlec'><b>RefactorIT 2.0</b></font><br> <br><img src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/2.gif' widht='250' height='62' border='0' alt='RefactorIT - 18k' align='left' vspace='2' hspace='10'><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' >The RefactorIT module for NetBeans provides a wide variety of automatic refactoring, code search and analysis, code audit and metrics functions. The RefactorIT 2.0 release has many brand new features, significant performance improvements and numerous bug fixes. <p>New refactorings include:<ul> <li>Inline variable</li> <li>Introduce explaining variable</li> <li>Inline method</li> <li>Add delegates</li> <li>Override/Implement methods</li> <li>Convert temporary variable to field</li> <li>Use supertype where possible (replace subclass usages with superclass where applicable)</li></ul> The code audit functionality has major improvements and provides automatic correction actions for many audits.</p> <p>Integration to NetBeans IDE has been improved. Most refactorings now have the undo functionality. Many refactorings (e.g. rename, move class) provide support for finding and changing class and class member names in non-java (e.g. xml) files which makes the refactoring of many kinds of web and enterprise level applications safer. Integration with the NetBeans CVS subsystem is updated.</p> <p>More details can be found on the <a href="http://www.refactorit.com/?id=1438">RefactorIT v2.0 Early Access Release</a> page. Also see the <a href="http://www.refactorit.com/?id=1328">complete list of features</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.refactorit.com' target='new'>RefactorIT.com</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='s159'></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="http://www.netbeans.org/about/press/135.html">NetBeans.org Details New Roadmap For Premier Java Tools Framework</a> - Sun Microsystems Inc. and the NetBeans.org open source tools community today unveiled a new roadmap for the NetBeans Application Framework (NetBeans platform), detailing the path to version 4.0 of the premier tools framework for the Java platform. <p><a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5112776.html">Sun tinkers with its programming tools</a> - "We've been getting some great feedback on the improvements in the user interface, the speed of the infrastructure and other capabilities," Keller said. "Some developers are saying that this would swing them from (IBM-sponsored open-source project) Eclipse back to NetBeans."</p> <p><a href="http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=8634">Sun opts out of Eclipse - Updates NetBeans</a> - ''People knew that there were discussions going on between Sun and Eclipse, and the NetBeans community was a little nervous about what that might ultimately mean for them. We thought that the roadmap would be the best way to show them that we're committed to the product.'' <p><a href="http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=48450">University of California Backs Wisdom of Open Source</a> - Open-source can be faster, better and cheaper than closed corporate software development, say researchers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and the National Science Foundation. </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/articles.html' target='new'>more 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='s160'></a><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' color='#FF0F12' class='titlec'><b>Built on NetBeans</b></font><br> <br><a href="" onClick='window.open("/images/marketing_newsletter/92_big.gif", "", "width=820, height=820, toolbar=no, location=no, directories=no, status=no")'><img src='http://www.netbeans.org/images/marketing_newsletter/92.gif' widht='100' height='100' border='0' alt='vpuml - 11k' align='left' vspace='2' hspace='10'></a><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' >Visual Paradigm for UML (VP-UML) is a powerful, cross-platform visual UML modeling and CASE tool built on top of the NetBeans Platform. VP-UML provides software developers the cutting edge development platform to build quality applications faster, better and cheaper. <p>It facilitates excellent interoperability with other UML CASE tools and NetBeans which excels your entire Model-Code-Deploy development process.</p> <p>The NetBeans Platform was found by Visual Paradigm after searching the Internet for a viable solution. NetBeans was chosen due to its' popularity and that it was easy to learn and use.</p> <p>NetBeans has met Visual Paradigms' expectations. The main challenge that they faced when using the NetBeans core was documentation. They hope to see more developers model their software using VP-UML. <p>Visual Paradigm is a young and dynamic software company based in Hong Kong. The Company consists of a team of software engineers with a strong background in Object-Oriented Technology and Re-engineering.</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/products/platform/' target='new'>NetBeans Platform</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='s161'></a><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' color='#FF0F12' class='titlec'><b>In Review - 2003</b></font><br> <br><font face='Verdana, sans-serif, helvetica, arial' >2003 had seen a burst of energy surrounding the NetBeans.org project. Listed in this section are some of the highlights: <ul> <li>2,186,000 Downloads of the NetBeans IDE</li> <li>NetBeans IDE/J2SE co-bundle download</li> <li>23,700 registered users - a gain of 9,300</li> <li>7,100 unique subscribers</li> <li>nbannounce mailing list at 6,100, a gain of 4,500 subscribers!</li> <li>The first community release - NetBeans 3.4.1</li> <li>Release of 3.5 "Designed for Speed"</li> <li>Official release in Japanese & Chinese</li> <li>NetBeans becomes a federated member of java.net</li> <li>New mailing list - nbmarketing, nbdiscuss_fr, nbdiscuss_ru, nbdiscuss_zh</li> <li>Informational page translated into 11 languages</li> <li>NetBeans Press Center</li> <li>60 Move the Needle Participants</li> <li>65 Partners listed on NetBeans.org</li> <li>115 modules in the catalogue</li> <li>NetBeans merchandise</li> <li>Finalist in the Codie Awards.</li> </ul> Last but not least, the release of the NetBeans roadmap for NetBeans 3.6 and 4.0 which has received rave reviews! Missed it? Then take a closer look!</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/planning/proposed/roadmap.html' target='new'>NetBeans Roadmap</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'></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>