Project News
NetBeans IDE 6.9 Beta Now Available for Download!
The NetBeans team is pleased to announce the availability of NetBeans IDE 6.9 Beta. This Beta release introduces the JavaFX Composer, OSGi interoperability for NetBeans Platform applications, support for the PHP Zend framework, and much more. Download and test it and give us your feedback!
JavaFX 1.3 SDK - New Features
JavaFX 1.3 is available! Download the NetBeans IDE 6.9 Beta to test it now! The following article includes links to new JavaFX tutorials and demos, such as a 3-dimensional calendar, or how to use existing .eps images in a JavaFX application. Read Stephen Chin's Top 10 new JavaFX features, and then vote for the most important enhancement.
Community
NetBeans IDE 6.9 Stabilization Update
Since 2004, every NetBeans release is Beta tested by a group of 60-90 volunteers who enjoy trying new features in their daily development and providing early feedback. They are the NetCAT team. Other community members who prefer contributing code are members of the NetFIX team. Learn more about these efforts in this article by Jiri Kovalsky.
Video: Interview with Gunnar Reinseth, NetBeans Platform Expert in Norway!
While in Oslo recently, Toni Epple and Geertjan interviewed NetBeans Platform developer Gunnar Reinseth. The topics discussed include the NetBeans Platform, modularity, GlassFish, OSGi, EMF, and more. Enjoy!
New French NetBeans IDE & NetBeans Platform Articles
Mike Francois has started translating and writing articles about the NetBeans 6.9 Platform, and about using NetBeans IDE 6.9 with OSGi and Java Mail. If you want to join Mike in this translation effort, feel free to post articles and translations in your language on dzone or the wiki.netbeans.org!
Training
Norway's Institute of Marine Research Gets NetBeans Platform Certified
Toni Epple and Geertjan Wielenga delivered a NetBeans Platform training/workshop at the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Bergen, Norway. The first three days were spent on training, and followed by an intensive 2-day workshop. Then it all turned into a hands-on porting session. Read more about this successful trip.
Getting Started with Contexts and Dependency Injection and JSF 2.0
Contexts and Dependency Injection (JSR-299) provides an architecture that allows Java EE components such as servlets, enterprise beans, and JavaBeans to exist within the lifecycle of an application with well-defined scopes. This is a demonstration of how to set up a JSF 2.0 project with CDI support in NetBeans IDE 6.9.
Polish JUG on NetBeans Platform
The Polish JUG organized a NetBeans Platform Certified Training, which was held over the last few days in Krakow (Poland) by Anton Epple, Karol Harezlak, and Geertjan Wielenga. If your Polish is up to it, you can read all about this training on the Polish JUG site.
Blogs
Tech Tip: Localizing JavaHelp in NetBeans Platform Applications
A very handy for anyone localizing their JavaHelp sets and who wants to test the localized versions of the docs live in the application during development.
How to Use States in a JavaFX Application
In JavaFX, a state represents a set of property values in your application. If you switch to another state, new values are assigned to all the components. Using states, it is easy to create multiple screens, zoom effects, sidebars, etc. This blog also contains some best practices how to work with the master state.
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