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October 2008
New Release of NetBeans : 6.5 RC2 Available + Moving Eclipse Projects to NetBeans Article
Wednesday, 29 October 2008 4:03 P GMT-08
NetBeans IDE 6.5 RC2 is available. A new updated article also is out showing how to import Eclipse projects into NetBeans. More...
Visual Web Article : Visually Constructing Complex JSF Applications
Monday, 27 October 2008 10:36 P GMT-08
Nice new starter's guide to building visual web apps. Nice step-by-step tutorial. More...
Bits : NetBeans IDE 6.5 Feature-set, Java Application Platform SDK, Identity+MySQL Software
Friday, 24 October 2008 12:46 P GMT-08
Some more bits- if you want to know what new features are in NetBeans IDE 6.5 there is a nice place to see that. Also released is - a Java Application Platform SDK and also a new article on how to use Identity+MySQL+Sun Web Server software. More...
Bits : VirtualBox, NetBeans Top APIs, Gosling, Groovy Improves Java (video)
Friday, 24 October 2008 6:47 A GMT-08
Some items. VirtualBox has a new release. Geertjan has three videos - two about NetBeans top 10 APIs and one on how Groovy improves Java. Finally, a video of Gosling talking about NetBeans at 10. More....
Screencast : NetBeans MySQL Improvements
Thursday, 23 October 2008 3:48 P GMT-08
There is a new screencast showing the latest MySQL database features in NetBeans. More....
NetBeans IDE 6.5 RC1 is Available; Javascript Debugger Screencast
Tuesday, 21 October 2008 10:32 P GMT-08
NetBeans 6.5 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is out and it sporting lots of new features. Check it out.
JavaFX Script : Building A Video Game - Sprite Design to Code (screencasts)
Saturday, 18 October 2008 2:17 P GMT-08
I just bumped into an excellent project by Peter Pilgrim which is to recreate the Xalaga video game in JavaFX Script. In a series of screencasts and code samples he shows how. More....
NetBeans Platform : An EventBus for Publish and Subscribe
Friday, 17 October 2008 1:18 P GMT-08
Fabrizio Giudici who has written some nice RCP apps - has provided us with some nice insights on doing pubish and subcribe within the NetBeans Platform. More....
NetBeans IDE for PHP : Using Class Property Variables In NetBeans (screencast)
Friday, 17 October 2008 12:50 P GMT-08
There is a nice, new screencast, Class Property Variables - NetBeans IDE for PHP, which shows some of the nice new features which shows how NetBeans PHP handles class property variables and you can also see other editor features and how to find a dec
Interview : Danny Coward of the Java Client Software Group Talks - Clientside
Friday, 17 October 2008 10:29 A GMT-08
RedMonk has a nice interview with Danny Coward, Chief Architect of Sun's Client Software Group. Very interesting interview. More....
Java SE 6 Update 10 Is Here
Thursday, 16 October 2008 7:39 A GMT-08
One of the most anticipated versions of Java is here - Java SE 6 Update 10. More....
New JavaFX Tutorial : Easily Building Your First JavaFX Applet
Wednesday, 15 October 2008 6:26 P GMT-08
Check out how simple it is to create a JavaFX (draggable) applet. More....
New Article : Troubleshooting Java Applications
Wednesday, 15 October 2008 6:17 P GMT-08
Great article exploring how to troubleshoot Java applications. Highly recommend it. More....
Hibernate Support in NetBeans IDE (6.1/6.5) Screencast
Tuesday, 14 October 2008 2:06 P GMT-08
NetBeans IDE 6.1 and 6.5 have support for Hibernate. A new tutorial and a new screencast show off this support. More...
Bits : New JSF Tutorials, Jersey 1.0, OpenOffice 3.0 and a 32 Core System in 4RU Released
Monday, 13 October 2008 1:17 P GMT-08
Lots of new things. A new 32 core system with 256 hardware threads to run your app/web/database/Seibel server on. Some new JSF tutorials also out. Jersey 1.0 and OpenOffice 3.0 are also out. More....
Bits : OpenSolaris, The Web Stack Project, NetBeans and Virtualizing MySQL and Oracle [Updated]
Wednesday, 8 October 2008 6:17 A GMT-08
I've been looking at Sun Cluster in Solaris (and Open HA in OpenSolaris) and am increasingly excited by the projects that have evolved. One is the Web Stack Project. Also NetBeans on Solaris and virtualizing databases. More...
New Tutorial : Blu-Ray App Development
Friday, 3 October 2008 7:34 A GMT-08
New tutorial that walks you through creating a simple application. More....
New Tutorials : Developing Single-Sign-On Solutions
Thursday, 2 October 2008 7:37 A GMT-08
Five tutorials walk you through building and deploying OpenSSO-based single-sign-on solutions. More...
New Tutorial : Understanding Scope and Managed Beans
Wednesday, 1 October 2008 7:54 A GMT-08
Check out the new tutorial which shows you how to build Visual Web JSF apps to create apps that use app, session and request scopes for app objects. More....