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NetBeans Module Catalog Updates

There have been two recent updates to the module catalog: Buildap (a new entry) and YourKit Java Profiler (updated).

Buildap (aka VSCB) is a visual software design and component-based development tool. It provides an application development framework and component libraries to build web based, distributed as well as standalone applications. Support event based architectures. Buildap works with NetBeans IDE 4.x.

YourKit has developed a new approach to profiling of applications on development and production stages, bringing unparalleled benefits to professional Java developers, on all platforms: Windows, Linux, Solaris SPARC/Intel, Mac OS X. Features: Powerful analysis capabilities, On-demand profiling, Free embedding into production, J2EE support, Java 5.0 support, Quick and easy installation, J2ME support, User-friendliness and usability, Flexible licensing policy. YourKit Java Profiler has been updated to work with NetBeans IDE 5.0.

NetBeans Module Catalog...

Sun sets NetBeans IDE free

Sun said on Tuesday that it has launched the NetBeans WorldTour, an initiative for distributing and sharing the NetBeans software worldwide. The NetBeans WorldTour will provide developers an opportunity to test-drive Sun's integrated environment for Java development.

Read more in this article from ADTmag.com.

Sun taking NetBeans worldwide

Looking to promote its NetBeans open source tools platform, Sun Microsystems on Tuesday announced the NetBeans WorldTour program, for distributing NetBeans software worldwide.

The initiative features 10 global developer events to be held in places ranging from Canada to South Africa. Developers will be offered a chance to experience the NetBeans IDE and witness demonstrations of the Project Matisse GUI builder and the NetBeans Collaboration Module for collaborative development. The GUI builder is part of the planned 5.0 version of NetBeans. The events are being organized around Sun Tech Days events.

As part of the program, Sun has developed the NetBeans WorldTour CD program, providing developers with a free NetBeans software CD that features the NetBeans IDE, Sun Java System Application Server 8.1 Platform Edition and the NetBeans Mobility Pack and Profiler. Developers must first register with the Sun Developer Network. NetBeans has been a rival to the more dominant Eclipse open source tools effort.

Sun Pushes NetBeans Worldwide

On the heels of news that Java is surpassing C and C++ for use in many open source projects, Sun Microsystems Inc. Tuesday announced a broad-based program to distribute its NetBeans open source Java development platform to developers throughout the world.

Read more in this article from eWeek.

AJAX Wears Some Cool Clothes

Ryan Asleson and Nathaniel Schutta, the authors of Foundations of Ajax show off their NetBeans colors.

Q-build NOT promoted (200511291900)

The Q-Build candidate 200511291900 did not pass all the quality criteria for NetBeans Q-Build. There are two stoppers in the build that need to be fixed before the build can be promoted as a Q-Build. For more details see: Q-build-report-200511291900.html

Mobility Pack Beta2 Rebuilt

There is new Beta2 build of Mobility Pack available for download on netbeans.org site. This new build contains fix of problem with running emulators on some localized windows installations (Spanish, Swedish, etc.)

Run of mobility project ended with IOException on the localized windows:

Running with storage root DefaultColorPhone
java.io.IOException: storageOpen(): No such file or directory,
      C:\Documents and Settings\tester\Configuraci?n local\Temp\nbrun45054\Test.jad
      at com.sun.midp.io.j2me.storage.RandomAccessStream.connect
      (RandomAccessStream.java:90)
      at com.sun.midp.dev.DevMIDletSuiteImpl.create(DevMIDletSuiteImpl.java:169)
      at com.sun.midp.dev.DevMIDletSuiteImpl.create(DevMIDletSuiteImpl.java:91)
      at com.sun.midp.main.Main.runLocalClass (Main.java:453)
      at com.sun.midp.main.Main.main(Main.java:126)
Execution completed.

If you had problem with running emulator use this new Beta2 build and re-install your Mobility Pack Beta2.
Download Mobility Pack Beta2 build from http://www.netbeans.info/downloads/download.php?type=5.0b2 Please ignore this message when you don't have any problems with running of emulators on your machine.

The Best Things in Life Are Free

At JavaOne Tokyo, Sun Microsystems announced that Java Studio Enterprise 8 and Java Studio Creator will be available for free with an SDN membership. This effectively removes the pricing barriers for developers who want to use any of the Sun Java development tools.
Both Java Studio Enterprise 8 and Java Studio Creator 2 are built on top of the NetBeans 4.1 platform. NetBeans provides bleeding edge features and a focus for community development which will hopefully help propel development forward.

Developer.com Interview with Dan Roberts

Dick Wall, Lead Systems Engineer for NewEnergy Associates, interviews Dan Roberts, Sun Microsystems Director of Marketing for Developer Tools. In this two part interview, Roberts describes the differences between the NetBeans, Sun Java Studio Creator, and Sun Java Studio Enterprise IDEs.

James Gosling living on NB5.0 daily builds - and loving it.

You might easily have missed this one: http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/jag?entry=netbeans_tidbits

NetBeans Profiler Milestone 10 Released

The NetBeans Profiler team is proud to announce the availability of the Profiler Milestone 10 release for NetBeans 5.0 Beta 2.

The NetBeans Profiler is an add-on to NetBeans IDE adding a full-featured CPU, memory and threads profiling capabilities, tightly integrated into the IDE work flow.

Visit http://profiler.netbeans.org to download or get more information.

Key features:

• Support for JDK 5.0 (starting from Update 4) and JDK 6.0, available customized JDK 1.4.2
• Tight integration into the IDE work flow
Low overhead profiling utilizing the JFluid technology
• Task-based approach to simplify profiling
• CPU Performance profiling
• Memory profiling & memory leak detection
• Threads profiling
• Attaching to running (deployed) application locally or remotely
• Ability to save snapshots and process them offline

What's new in the Milestone 10 release:

• Added support for profiling NetBeans modules
• Improved profiling of entire application performance
• Added context help to Attach Wizard and other dialogs
• Improved profiler memory consumption
• (As always) Large number of bugfixes

Complete list of new features, enhancements and bugfixes can be found at here.

NetBeans Profiler Team

NetBeans 5.0 Beta 2 and Updated Add-ons Now Available

The NetBeans.org open source project is proud to announce the availability of NetBeans IDE 5.0 Beta 2, NetBeans Platform 5.0 Beta 2, NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.0 Beta 2 and NetBeans Profiler Milestone 10.

Since the Beta 1 release, approximately 1880 bugs have been fixed and Emacs key bindings are now implemented.

The final NetBeans 5.0 release is planned for January, 2006 which is a change from the previously anticipated December, 2005 date (see roadmap). For more information please refer to the message sent to the nbusers mailing list.

NetBeans IDE 5.0
The NetBeans 5.0 release introduces comprehensive support for developing IDE Module Plugins and rich client applications based on the NetBeans Platform, the new intuitive GUI builder Matisse, new and redesigned CVS support, Weblogic 9 and JBoss 4 support, editor enhancements and much more.

NetBeans IDE 5.0 Beta 2 Download

• http://www.netbeans.org/downloads/index.html

NetBeans 5.0 Release Page

• http://www.netbeans.org/community/releases/50/

List of NetBeans IDE 5.0 Documentation

• http://www.netbeans.org/kb/50/

NetBeans Platform 5.0
The NetBeans Platform has been around for years, but NetBeans IDE 5.0 makes module (plug-in) development much easier and smoother than ever before. New project types have been added to NetBeans IDE 5.0 which allow developers to easily extend the NetBeans IDE with modules (plug-ins) or build rich client applications on top of the NetBeans Platform.

NetBeans Platform 5.0 information:

• http://platform.netbeans.org/index.html

NetBeans Platform 5.0 Beta 2 Download:

• http://www.netbeans.org/downloads/index.html

NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.0
NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.0 adds several key new features to an already powerful and easy-to-use mobile Java development tool, including: Improved end-to-end support for building web services-based mobile applications for any MIDP device, new custom components in the Visual Mobile Designer, improved pre-processor support for device fragmentation, editable generated code and improved emulator support.

NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.0 Information and Beta 2 Download Instructions

• http://www.netbeans.org/kb/50/mobility.html

NetBeans Profiler Milestone 10
The NetBeans Profiler is an add-on to NetBeans IDE adding a full-featured CPU, memory and threads profiling capabilities, tightly integrated into the IDE work flow. NetBeans Profiler Milestone 10 adds support for profiling NetBeans Modules, improved profiling of entire application performance, added context help to Attach Wizard and other dialogs, improved profiler memory consumption and more.

NetBeans Profiler Milestone 10 information and download instructions:

• http://profiler.netbeans.org/

We welcome and encourage your feedback on the NetBeans.org mailing lists!

JavaOne Call for Papers Now Open

We are seeking proposals for sessions (technical talks and BOFs) for the 2006 JavaOne Developer Conference. The JavaOne Conference is your opportunity to reach this specialized community by educating and sharing your experience and expertise with Java technology. Please review the guidelines and instructions to submit your proposals. For more information, see https://www28.cplan.com/cfp_2006J1/CFPLogin.jsp.

If you have questions regarding the Call for Papers process, please contact .

API documentation is free of broken links!

After a lot of intensive work (see the list of issues we had) we can announce that there shall be no more broken links in NetBeans API documentation.

We are now running a "check for broken links" after every build and that shall prevent future regressions and re-introduction of new broken links.

So enjoy and if you find a broken link somewhere that sneaked thru all our checks, please report a P2 bug.

Built on NetBeans: Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8 Now Available

Download the latest release of the Sun Java Studio Enterprise IDE, built on NetBeans 4.1, with code-aware developer collaboration, UML modeling, application profiling, and complete J2EE 1.4 support.

Case Study: 1SYNC and NetBeans

1SYNC used NetBeans to develop a programmatic, machine-to-machine, Web services-based interface to the UMA, enabling subscribers and partners to make changes to user records using their in-house systems.

Read the full case study on sun.com.

Interview with NetBeans Board Member Rich Unger

In his interview with the website IndicThreads.com, NetBeans Board Member Rich Unger talks about NetBeans 5.0, NetBeans Profiler and the changing Java IDE market. He shares his views on plugin development for the NetBeans platform and on Eclipse. He also elaborates on why he thinks the field is wide open for client frameworks for desktop java apps and how it could come down to Swing versus SWT.

Rich is a current member of the NetBeans Governance Board and has been a contributor to NetBeans for several years. He was honored at this year's NetBeans Software Day for his valuable contribution to the NetBeans platform.

Create your own refactoring feature. Now!

Do you want to contribute to the NetBeans IDE? Join the Refactoring Team and create your own refactoring feature. For details visit http://refactoring.netbeans.org/refactorings/index.html.

Q-build not promoted (200510111800)

Today's Q-build candidate 200510111800 did not pass all the quality criteria for NetBeans Q-build. There is one stopper in the build that need to be fixed before the build can be promoted as a Q-build. For more details see: http://qa.netbeans.org/q-builds/Q-build-report-200510111800.html

Ask the Experts: NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.0 Beta

Got a question about the NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.0 Beta? Get answers from Matt Volpi, Product Line manager for Mobility Tools at Sun Microsystems and Petr Suchomel, Technical Lead for the NetBeans Mobility IDE. Matt and Petr are available to answer your questions from October 10 through October 14.

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