Anuradha

Cube°n Task-Focused Interface for Netbeans

2008-07-11T06:24:00.001-07:00

This week Screenshot #1

Netbeans Maven Intragation 3.1 Released !

2008-05-07T21:46:00.001-07:00

Version 3.1 release is out. It is available from the default stable update center of NetBeans 6.0 and 6.1(Recommended ) or as a zip file with NBMs It has a bunch of new features described in this article at netbeans.orrg. The article also describes how to install the modules and provides additional hints on usage. The major changes include:

new 2.1-SNAPSHOT maven embedder included.
local and remote repository indexing (using Nexus )
Web frameworks support
Improved profiling support (aka configurations)
Check the article for these and more features in detail.

And here is something really cool adding to Mevenide 3.1
Screen shot of new Maven build plan view

Please let us know what you comments and feedbacks, Ah don't forget to request new feature you guys like to see in next release.

Enjoy.

The Mevenide team

Sonatype's Nexus 1.0-beta-1 Released

2008-04-04T13:40:00.000-07:00

Sonatype's Nexus 1.0-beta-1 Released

Nexus is a powerful and robust Maven repository manager, created to provide reliable access to artifacts required for development and provisioning. Maven's central repository has always served as a great convenience for users of Maven, but it has always been recommended to maintain your own repositories to ensure stability within your organization. Nexus greatly simplifies the maintenance of your own internal repositories and access to external repositories. With Nexus you can completely control access to, and deployment of, every artifact in your organization from a single location.

for more info http://nexus.sonatype.org and Jason van Zyl's Maven Diaries

Upcoming Netbeans Maven Intrigatation (3.1) has Full integration with Nexus, If you what to give it a try check latest snapshot at http://deadlock.netbeans.org/hudson/job/mevenide/..

Did you Create your Profile in my.netbeans.org ?

2007-11-25T20:47:00.001-08:00

Did you Create your Profile in my.netbeans.org ? If not hurry go there and create you Profile add create you network :)

Netbeans Profiler joins open source family

2007-10-09T23:02:00.000-07:00

Profiler open source now on NetBeans cvs repository .

Checkout instructions
1.
Go to Versioning >> CVS>>Checkout and
type CVS root as :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.netbeans.org:/cvs

2.
Type Module as profiler select dir to download and invoke Finsh to checkout profiler souces

Java SE 6 Update N ( Consumer JRE )

2007-10-01T06:57:00.000-07:00

Java SE 6 Update N ( Consumer JRE ) available for testing Give it a try

Features available for testing

Deployment Toolkit (To be included)
The Deployment Toolkit takes the guess work out of determining what versions of the JRE end users have installed on their PC. It supplies Java based web applet/application deployers with a simple interface to accomplish Java detection and installation.
Java QuickStarter
The Quick Starter feature will prefetch portions of the JRE into memory, substantially decreasing the average JRE cold start-up time (the time that it takes to launch a Java application for the first time after a fresh reboot of a PC).
Hardware acceleration support
Java SE 6 Update N introduces a fully hardware accelerated graphics pipeline based on the Microsoft Direct3D 9 API, translating into improved rendering of Swing applications which rely on translucency, gradients, arbitrary transformations, and other more advanced 2D operations.
Nimbus
A new cross-platform Swing look & feel, code name Nimbus, provides a nice update over 'Metal' and 'Ocean', and more!

Features currently not available for testing

Kernel installation mode
The Kernel installation mode lets first time Java users run applets and Web Start applications without waiting for the whole JRE download. While the default Kernel installation will work with existing Java applets, application developers have the ability to select libraries that should be installed with the kernel, before the rest of the JRE is installed on the end user's system.

Note: The Kernel installation mode relies on a specific backend infrastructure setup that is still undergoing internal testing. The URL from which a JRE installation in Kernel mode can be initiated will be posted at a later date. Stay tuned or subscribe our live link feed for lastest news & information: Java SE 6 Update N Early Access

New Java Update download engine & Patch-in-Place
For current users of Java SE, the JRE update mechanism has also been improved, using a patch-in-place mechanism that translates in a faster and more reliable update process. As an added benefit, follow-on update releases will no longer be listed as separate items in the Windows "Add or Remove Programs" dialog. A new Java update download engine provides end users with the convenience of pausing and resuming the JRE download, and relies on a more reliable download mechanism.

Log Management Module Updated

2007-09-16T21:45:00.000-07:00

Last Thursday Jaroslav Tulach comment Log management module and ask few suggestions and I have Implemented all requested suggestions
#1 - the nodes with loggers should be sorted by name

#2 - maybe add some properties to the Node representing the Logger[1]. I'd
like to see Level property there - then I would be able to select multiple
loggers and enable their logging at once[2]

#3 - the node could be registered in the Services tab.

New Module : Log Management

2007-09-12T01:16:00.000-07:00

New Module : Log Management

I just contribute new module to Netbeans call Log Management Give it a try and let me know :)

Perspective Module Updated Need your valuable Comments

2007-09-11T12:30:00.000-07:00

1.

I add Perspective switcher to status bar.

2.
Last Netbeans Podcast Roman and Gregg talk about Perspective
[Module of the podcast: Perspectives ] .

Gregg bring up a point that Eclipse Perspective feature confuse him when switching Perspectives. It made him harder to find his views(windows) because those are automatically closed by Perspective.Perspective is quite a controversial feature. Some people like them, some people hate them.But always there is answer so I made some options to personalized Perspective behaver .

So Gregg I think now you can use Perspective feature without any confusion if there just let me know :)

3.Module Home page

Give it a try and let me know your valuable comments are
welcome .
Make sure to invoke Window-> Reset Windows before use Perspective module

Allow mixing of heavy and lightweight components

2007-09-03T06:37:00.000-07:00

In Java 7 Heavyweight/Lightweight Mixing supported. bug id
Cool news for Netbeans also :)

Just tested b19 with java3d 1.5.1 Canvas3d inside JInternalFrame.
IT WORKS!!!

NetBeans C/C++ Pack 5.5.1 Update 1 is now available

2007-09-01T01:31:00.000-07:00

NetBeans C/C++ Pack 5.5.1 Update 1 has a significantly smaller memory footprint, greatly improved performance, and lots of fixed bugs. In addition, this is the first release that supports the MacOS.

This is multilingual release, in English, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese.

Ready to contribute ?

2007-08-27T05:37:00.000-07:00

NetBeans IDE 6.0 is entering its stabilization phase and glad to extend to you an opportunity to participate in upcoming 3 months NetBeans 6.0 Community Acceptance Testing (NetCAT) program [1].

Applications are being accepted until this Wednesday (August 29, 2007) - so hurry up!

[1] http://qa.netbeans.org/processes/cat/60/index.html
[2] http://qa.netbeans.org/processes/cat/60/application.html

Updates in Netbeans 6.0

2007-08-27T00:59:00.000-07:00

New Netbeans 6.0 Welcome Screen

2007-08-24T04:06:00.000-07:00

MultiMode View Rename to "Perspective"

2007-08-16T20:32:00.000-07:00

I just rename MultiMode View Plug-in to Perspective and Provide default Perspectives
with module. I upload it to Plug-in portal .

Please if you installed earlier version uninstall it and reset Window system invoking "Window" -> "Reset Windows" menu before install this new version .

After many feedbacks and comments form community I thought host it some somewhere may be java.net or netbeans.org.
When I'm Host it I'll let you know.

MultiMode View (Perspective)

2007-08-09T23:43:00.000-07:00

Resonantly I read a Eclipse blog. Topic is Top 10 Reason to use Eclipse . According blog second reason is “Perspective”.Also my friends complain about this missing feature .So I developed a plug-in call MultiMode View(Perspective) to provide Perspective Functionality.

See this Tour

Currently Supported Features

Create Custom Layout Configurations.
Switch between views.
Overwrite Configuration.

TODO

Trigger View based on Actions.
Customize Tool bar and Menus.

(Please use after 09/08 Dev build to use this plug-in )

While I develop this plug-in I found a bug in Window System API.

When TopComponent dock into Mode TopComponent PREFERRED_ID got changed. After some days I thought checkout the source and give it a try. I do manage to build form source and run Netbeans IDE.I start long sessions of debugging and browsing code I found the bug in Core – Windows Module .So I fix the bug and build again. It seems bug got fixed. So I create a patch and attached to issue , I do sign CA and email to be a Contributor. But my patch is not sufficient and it will solve problem only for persistent TC,real Issue is tricky and if interested read the comments in http://www.netbeans.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=109098. Though my patch is not integrate, I'm really happy because I found a hidden bug in core and the bug got fixed.

Now I have new hobby dive into NB source and try to understand, fix bugs and learn from it.
I think if you involved in module development definitely checkout the source and give it a try. I do hope to blog more about Window System hacks in future.

P.S Sorry about my poor English. I'm also hope to improve my English by blogging.