NetBeans Weekly News, a newsletter for the NetBeans community Issue #158

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NetBeans Weekly News, a newsletter for the NetBeans community
Issue #158 - Apr 05, 2004
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Getting closer to the full release of the NetBeans IDE 3.6.
You may download the NetBeans IDE 3.6 Release Candidate 2 (RC2) at:
http://www.netbeans.org/downloads/ide/next.html
Read more ...
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=726426&listName=nbannounce

Refactoring features ready for feedback.
Read more ...
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=724763&listName=nbannounce

nbusers:

How to add Javadoc ?
Read more ...
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=724659&listName=nbusers

Usage of "Set as Project main class" option.
Read more ...
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=725871&listName=nbusers

nbdev:

New Debuger API was merged to trunk on March 31th.
See the announcement :
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=723667&listName=nbdev

Where the build system APIs can be found (Jesse Glick):
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=726919&listName=nbdev

Jesse Glick announced also some build systam API changes :
http://www.netbeans.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=41519

Refactoring module API review.
See the comments from Jarda Tulach :
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=726753&listName=nbdev

How to start Netbeans ?
See the discussion :
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=726342&listName=nbdev

openidedev:

Questions related to Classpath API.
See the answers(D.Konecny):
http://openide.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=727784&listName=dev
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This issue of NetBeans Weekly News was instantiated by Milan Kuchtiak.
Next week issue's chief editor will be Patrick Keegan.
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