Published by Adam Myatt on 05 May 2008

Sun Distributes ‘100 NetBeans IDE Tips and Tricks’ Mini-Book at NetBeans Day 2008.

Throughout Sun’s CommunityOne 2008 (specifically the NetBeans track), they distributed the standard swag one might expect of this type of event (bags, hats, shirts, etc.). At the conclusion of NetBeans Day, they also distributed a new mini-book about NetBeans tips and tricks. Roughly 140 pages, the book was authored by Ruth Kusterer, a technical writer for Sun Microsystems based in the Czech Republic. The book covers 100 tips and tricks that were collected from NetBeans documentation, blogs, forums, and the NetBeans community.

The 100 NetBeans Tips and Tricks book includes the following:

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Published by Adam Myatt on 05 May 2008

NetBeans Day at CommunityOne 2008

Greetings everyone! I’m currently attending CommunityOne 2008 in San Francisco, California. I just wanted to provide a quick overview for folks who couldn’t make it here…

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Published by Adam Myatt on 01 May 2008

Sun Releases Java 6 Update 6 (JDK 1.6.0.06)

Bug fixes in JDK 1.6.0.6.

BugId Category Subcategory Description
6532373 java classes_awt xcb_xlib.c:50: xcb_xlib_unlock: Assertion ‘c->xlib.lock’ failed.
6632169 java classes_net HttpClient and HttpsClient should not try to reverse lookup IP address of a proxy server
6648816 java classes_security REGRESSION: setting -Djava.security.debug=failure result in NPE in ACC
6650748 java classes_util_i18n (tz) Java runtime doesn’t detect VET time zone correctly on Windows
6673080 java classes_util_i18n (tz) Support tzdata2008a
6676491 java sunservicetags Incorrect locale specified in the URL embedded in the register[_<locale>].html
6641731 java_deployment general The Java control panel is not showing up in the Windows Vista control panel on a AMD 64 machine
6618901 java_plugin plugin 6.0 JRE applet running on Vista limits heap to 64 MB
6648381 java_plugin plugin FontConfiguration exception preventing applets from loading
6595845 javawebstart general Java 6 JavaWebstart increases footprint by factor 2
6648395 javawebstart install JWS can’t find cache file after network crash
6672868 jax-ws other Package javax.xml.ws.wsaddressing not included in make/docs/CORE_PKGS.gmk
6578538 jce classes_crypto com.sun.crypto.provider.SunJCE instance leak using KRB5 and LoginContext

Published by Adam Myatt on 18 Apr 2008

NetBeans Presentation at Java Users Group in Albany, NY.

I’d like to thank everyone who came out Thursday night, April 17, to hear me speak at the meeting of the Capital District Java Developer’s Network in Albany, NY, USA. This is the third or fourth time I’ve spoken at meetings of this group and I always have enjoyed it, especially when I can talk NetBeans.

The presentation was broken down into two parts (mainly so we’d have an excuse for a break in the middle to get some pizza and beer).

Part 1 : Exploring NetBeans 6.1 Features

Brief overview of NetBeans 6.0 and 6.1 to discuss the improvements and features in the latest few releases. The first part of the presentation will touch on new items such as the Sharable Libraries feature and how it can impact your projects. It will also touch on items such as MySQL integration, Axis2 support, and the improved JavaScript support.

Part 2 : Enforcing Code Quality Practices in NetBeans

The second part of the presentation will focus on using the NetBeans IDE in a code quality environment. Learn how to best combine static analysis tools (such as Checkstyle and PMD) in NetBeans for enforcing Java code quality, all while integrating with your application build process in a continuous integration environment (Hudson). Lessons learned and best practices will be demonstrated.

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Many thanks to the kind folks at Apress for sending some of my books to give away, both Pro NetBeans IDE 5.5 Enterprise Edition and Pro NetBeans IDE 6 Rich Client Platform Edition.

I look forward to another talk with this group in the future! Thanks again to those who attended!

Published by Adam Myatt on 10 Apr 2008

NetBeans 6.1 Release Candidate Available

The NetBeans team has announced the official 6.1 Release Candidate.

Download it here : http://www.netbeans.org/community/releases/61/

You can also read about all the new features in NetBeans 6.1 here : http://wiki.netbeans.org/NB61NewAndNoteWorthy

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