NetBeans Weekly News, a newsletter for the NetBeans community Issue #159

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NetBeans Weekly News, a newsletter for the NetBeans community
Issue #159 - Apr 13, 2004
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We're edging ever closer to the full release of NetBeans IDE 3.6.
You may download the NetBeans IDE 3.6 Release Candidate 3 (RC3) at
http://www.netbeans.org/downloads/ide/next.html

If all goes well, the final release should come tomorrow!

NB 3.6 isn't out the door yet, and we're already previewing what's to
come in NB 4.0. The most exciting development is the creation of a new
IDE project system based on Ant. See
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=729366&listName=nbusers


some interesting nbusers threads
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How do you debug a JUnit test in the IDE anyway? It's not so convenient
now, but it should get better in NB 4.0.
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=729424&listName=nbusers

Stormblade asks the eternal question, "Why is my web directory not
listed as a web module?" and gets an answer!
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=729457&listName=nbusers

Wouldn't it be nice to have "themes" that made it easier to adjust the
editor's color settings in one place? Thomas Wolf thinks so and has
filed an request for enhancement.
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=729407&listName=nbusers


some interesting nbdev threads
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The new MasterFilesystem review is about ready to be reviewed.
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=729797&listName=nbdev

Milos Kleint is taking a stab at integrating NB with Maven. Naturally
there are some challenges.
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=729526&listName=nbdev

Does the IDE get slow for you after it has been hidden behind other
applications? Here's a workaround.
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=729993&listName=nbdev

Baffled by all the hoops you need to jump through to file a bug? We're
trying to make the process simpler and clearer, but there is still an
obstacle or two:
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=729369&listName=nbdev

The Release Engineering team has temporarily stopped producing
installers for development builds since code changes are being done to
accomodate fancier "smart installers". Archive distributions are still
available.
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=729365&listName=nbdev

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This issue of NetBeans Weekly News was instantiated by Patrick Keegan.
Next week issue's chief editor will be Pavel Flaska.
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