Archive for June, 2007

Published by Adam Myatt on 28 Jun 2007

NetBeans Open Project Window Finally Fixed!

In NetBeans, to open an existing project, you often go to File > Open Project and
use the file/directory chooser to navigate a myriad of directories to locate your project.

Until now, if you double-clicked a directory that was flagged as a NetBeans project it
would simply open the directory in the file chooser window. You would have to actually
click the Open button to cause the project to open.

In NetBeans 6 Milestone 10 – (M10), and in any recent daily build,
you can now double-click the project in the file chooser and it will open
the project.

Yes, this is only a minor annoyance, but if you frequently search for older projects
that are not in your recent projects list this is a great improvement.

Published by Adam Myatt on 22 Jun 2007

New Book Review on JavaLobby

The book, Pro NetBeans IDE 5.5 Enterprise Edition, was recently reviewed by Meera Subbarao on JavaLobby. Meera has provided a chapter-by-chapter breakdown,
positives/negatives, and overall rating for the book.

Excerpt from the review… ‘If you are planning on using NetBeans than I suggest this is
the book which will help you smoothly transit to this IDE. Sun has several demos, tutorials, articles on each and every topic. But, if you need a book to read, than this is it. As I mentioned earlier with numerous screen shots, short cuts and tips, this book should and will make you a NetBeans expert.’

http://www.javalobby.org/articles/pro-netbeans-ide5.5/