NetBeans 6.7 Modules: SOA, UML and Visual Web
Tori Wieldt <[email protected]> Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:29:31 -0700
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NetBeans community members, With each NetBeans release, modules are moved to/from the standard distribution and to/from the Update Centers. For the NetBeans IDE 6.7 release, we want to call out specific functionality that has been moved out of the standard distribution to the Update Centers: SOA, UML, and Visual Web. We want you to understand the ramifications of these changes. First, you will not see this functionality in your IDE by default, if you want it, you will have to use the IDE’s Plugin Manager and install modules from the Update Centers (Tools > Plugins). Also, modules on the Update Centers have different quality criteria than what is in the standard distribution. For details, visit http://wiki.netbeans.org/StableModuleCriteria. Here is the state of each specific area: The SOA module has been removed from the standard distribution for NetBeans IDE 6.7, BUT it is under active development for the next NetBeans release, scheduled for Fall 2009. The UML module has been removed from the standard distribution. For NetBeans IDE 6.7, there are no new features. For enterprise-class UML support, we recommend SDE for NetBeans by Visual Paradigm <http://www.visual-paradigm.com/news/nb65/>. The Visual Web modules have been removed from the standard distribution, along with the Woodstock components. These modules have been released to the community for support and future development. To get the Visual Web functionality, install the Visual JSF and Visual JSF Runtime modules from the Update Center. The NetBeans IDE still supports web development with JSF and JSPs. To go beyond the standard JSF Components, we recommend you use the ICEfaces plugin <http://www.icefaces.org/main/ajax-java/whyicefaces.iface>. Resources: * Instructions: How to Install a New Module from the Update Center http://wiki.netbeans.org/FaqAddingNewModule * Complete list of NetBeans 6.7 Stable Modules http://wiki.netbeans.org/NB67StableModulesUC * Complete list of NetBeans 6.7 Beta Modules http://wiki.netbeans.org/NB67BetaModulesUC Thank you for your support. Please join us on the NetBeans mailing lists and forums. -- Tori Wieldt Marketing Manager, NetBeans Life’s pretty good, and why wouldn’t it be? I’m a pirate, after all. P-)