Published by Adam Myatt on 21 Dec 2008
NetBeans 7.0 Milestone 1 – SQL Editor Save As Feature
While testing the NetBeans 7 Milestone 1 release, I tried out the SQL Save As feature added to the SQL Editor…
Archive for December, 2008
Published by Adam Myatt on 19 Dec 2008
NetBeans 7.0 Milestone 1 – Installation Experience
When downloading a new release or milestone build of NetBeans, I occassionally like to comment on the installation experience.
Published by Adam Myatt on 19 Dec 2008
NetBeans 7.0 Milestone 1 Released
NetBeans 7.0 Milestone 1 Released. You can download the bits here…
Published by Adam Myatt on 18 Dec 2008
Comments on NetBeans 7.0 Proposed Features
Recently I started re-visiting the NetBeans development blog pages to see what is being planned for NetBeans 7.0. I was pleased to see more content than I expected about proposed features, improvements, and fixes. Several interesting items I wanted to highlight and/or comment on are as follows…
Published by Adam Myatt on 16 Dec 2008
Sun Releases Java 6 Update 11 (JDK 1.6.0.11)
| BugId | Category | Subcategory | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6732194 | hotspot | compiler2 | Data corruption dependent on -server/-client/-Xbatch |
| 4486841 | java | char_encodings | UTF-8 decoder should adhere to corrigendum to Unicode 3.0.1 |
| 6359722 | java | classes_2d | Uncatchable recursive NullPointerException at sun.font.TrueTypeFont.open() |
| 6757527 | java | classes_2d | D3D: serious rendering issues on Nvidia boards with driver version 178.13 on Vista |
| 6743433 | java | classes_awt | IM candidate window is not shown until window is deactivated and reactivated again |
| 6754779 | java | classes_security | Add Camerfirma root certificates to the JDK |
| 6768559 | java | classes_security | Add t-systems root CA certificate (Deutsche Telekom Root CA 2) to the JRE |
| 6684401 | java | classes_swing | JTree isExpanded should not call itself recursively |
| 6684952 | java | classes_swing | Exception occurred on JFileChooser in Applet |
| 6764308 | java | classes_util_i18n | (tz) Support tzdata2008i |
| 6487638 | java | classes_util_logging | Calling LogManager.addLogger() and Logger.getLogger() cause deadlock |
| 6751643 | java | debugger | ThreadReference.ownedMonitors() can return null |
| 6757796 | java | install | Silent installs of the JRE don’t accept license agreement and shouldn’t download JavaFX Ext Jars |
| 6729677 | java_plugin | compatibility | popcap- applet games fail to load |
| 6738770 | java_plugin | plugin2 | REGRESSION:JSException throws when use LiveConnect javascript facility to navigate HTML elements |
| 6760921 | java_plugin | plugin2 | Browser hang while reloading LiveConnect conformance tests on Unix platforms |
| 6761053 | java_plugin | plugin2 | Desktop shortcuts for dragged applets from HTTPS servers do not relaunch and can not be customized |
| 6768136 | java_plugin | plugin2 | Malformed 404s cause breakage of Java/JavaScript bridge and browser hangs |
Published by Adam Myatt on 10 Dec 2008
NetBeans 6.5 Patches Released
If you use NetBeans as frequently as I do, you may have already noticed the auto update service prompt you to download updates. The NetBeans team has released a set of bug fixes to NetBeans 6.5. The entire list is available here for you to review : http://wiki.netbeans.org/NetBeans6.5PatchesInfo
I must say I am impressed that Sun’s NetBeans team immediately kept working on bug fixes and annoyances. I have no doubt that some of these crept up during NetCAT testing and were unable to be fixed prior to final release., but it’s great to see this many issues addressed so quickly after the final release of 6.5 and not months from now.
One thing I noticed was how many of the bug fixes were in the Database module. NetBeans 6.5 introduced new and improved database tooling (you can review it here http://www.netbeans.org/features/ide/database.html). This was no surprise especially since Sun acquired MySQL. My testing of the database features went quite well with few or no problems, so I was surprised to see so many bug fixes for it.
This patch release also contains several fixes in the C/C++, PHP, platform, and web areas as well.
