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June 2006
Business Report Generation : Integration of NetBeans and DB-driven JasperReports
Friday, 30 June 2006 1:43 P GMT-08
A new article shows how to use a database-driven JasperReports with NetBeans. JasperReports generates enterprise and business reports. Very nice, NetBeans play well with other open source tools instead of re-inventing them. Check it out.
Three New Java Studio Creator 2 Articles
Monday, 26 June 2006 5:49 P GMT-08
Three new articles - Using JDBC in Web Applications, Using the Checkbox Components to Display Non-Boolean Values in Java Studio Creator 2 and Adding Components to a Dynamically Created Table in Java Studio Creator 2. Check it out.
New Article : Using Derby with Matisse
Monday, 26 June 2006 5:09 P GMT-08
There is little question that NetBeans Matisse has provided the best GUI Builder for building GUIs. A new tutorial shows you how to use a Derby database in conjunction with Matisse to build GUIs. Check it out.
New Article : Building Splash Screens For Mobile Devices
Wednesday, 21 June 2006 6:28 P GMT-08
There is a new article, Visual Mobile Designer Custom Components: Creating Mobile Splash Screens, which shows how to build splash screens for mobile devices. Check it out.
Interview : Jennifer Kotzen on the Grid Compute Server Project
Wednesday, 21 June 2006 2:40 P GMT-08
There is an interview with Jennifer Kotzen who talks about Grid Compute Server Plugin and the Compute Server Project. Check it out.
Eclipse, Callisto, NetBeans and Developers [Updated]
Wednesday, 21 June 2006 2:18 P GMT-08
A year ago I wrote about why so many developers were migrating to NetBeans. Today it is a flood. Now something new - Eclipse partners are joining NetBeans. Eclipse hopes Callisto can help- two developers offer their experiences with both IDEs.
Matisse Update : JavaOne Matisse Update via Update Center
Tuesday, 20 June 2006 4:35 P GMT-08
You can get the latest version of Matisse by downloading the JavaOne Matisse Update via the Update Center. This will get you the NetBeans 6.0 build features for NetBeans 5.0. Lots of new features. Check it out.
New Plugin : Heap Size View and UI Details + Sources
Tuesday, 20 June 2006 1:24 A GMT-08
Scott Violet has released a new plugin to show heap size in NetBeans. He has written a nice description of how he wrote the application.
New Tutorial : Dynamically Creating A Table Component in Java Studio Creator 2
Monday, 19 June 2006 12:15 A GMT-08
There is a new tutorial, Dynamically Creating A Table Component In Sun Java Studio Creator 2, which shows how to go about creating a dynamic table component. Check it out.
Cobol to Java
Sunday, 18 June 2006 11:34 P GMT-08
I was reading a blog about a desire to see a Cobol for the JVM. I actually have spent some time looking for this type of tool for some developers and I ran across an interesting product. Check it out.
New Article : NetBeans Plugin Development for Eclipse Users
Sunday, 18 June 2006 12:10 P GMT-08
If you are an Eclipse developer and want to start developing plugins for NetBeans, you should check out the latest article.
Installing Nevada 41 and Mustang Now Has A Database
Thursday, 15 June 2006 11:59 P GMT-08
The OpenSolaris Project is now one year old and lots of cool things happening with that...most of all I am busy installing the Nevada 41 build ... while I was looking at that I discovered that Mustang just added a database. Check it out.
Bits : jMaki Runtime Framework in Java Studio Creator and Tim Bray on "AJAX Behaving Badly" [Updated]
Thursday, 15 June 2006 10:14 P GMT-08
If you missed it - the jMaki plugin not only works with NetBeans, it also works with Sun Java Studio Creator 2. You can catch the details here. Note that if you also missed Tim Bray's discussion about "AJAX Behaving Badly" check
New AJAX Plugin : jMaki Plugin and Screencast
Thursday, 15 June 2006 9:56 P GMT-08
There is a great new screencast showing the new jMaki plugin for NetBeans in action. Very powerful and wow it makes building AJAX apps easy. Check it out.
New Article : Auto-Install : Easier Launching of Java WebStart Apps
Tuesday, 13 June 2006 2:48 P GMT-08
There is a new article, Auto-Install : Easier Launching of Java Web Start Applications, which provides a nice cookbook approach to launching a Java application from the browser.
Three New Articles : Dynamic Charting in Portlets, Sorting JList Models and Resource Injection in Java EE 5
Tuesday, 13 June 2006 12:07 A GMT-08
Three new articles : Creating Dynamically Generated Charts in Portlets, Using the Decorator Design Pattern to Sort JList Models and Web Tier to Go with Java EE 5 : A Look at Resource Injection. Check it out.
Jython Build Guide for NetBeans
Monday, 12 June 2006 7:45 P GMT-08
There is a new guide on how to build Jython with NetBeans. Check it out.
New BPEL Tutorial : A Simple Asynchronous BPEL Process
Monday, 12 June 2006 3:03 P GMT-08
There a new tutorial, A Simple Asynchronous BPEL Process, which provides an overview of the sample project, AsynchronousSample and shows how to deploy, execut and test an asynchronous BPEL process using the NetBeans 5.5 EA bundle. Check it out.
Geertjan's JavaOne BOF : Creating An IDE For Your Own Favorite Web Framework
Monday, 12 June 2006 1:26 P GMT-08
I had the opportunity to listen to a BOF by Geertjan and Petr Pisl, Creating an IDE for Your Own Favorite Web Framework. It was a great BOF that walked through creating an IDE specific to your framework (in the talk it was Wicket).Find out more here.
Four New Java Rich Client Platform Tutorials
Monday, 12 June 2006 1:17 P GMT-08
Tim Boudreau has four new NetBeans-platform specific tutorials that deal specifically with Platform APIs. The new tutorials deal with Usiing a TopComponent's Lookup, Using Nodes and the Property Editor. Check them out.
Embedding A Java Database In Your Clientside Solution Or As An Embedded Cache
Sunday, 11 June 2006 10:29 A GMT-08
New articles on embedding a database into your clientside application and solutions. Very interesting and useful. Check it out.
Interview : Erwin Tenhumberg, Sun Client Systems Group
Sunday, 11 June 2006 9:42 A GMT-08
There is an in-depth interview with Erwin Tenhumberg, Sun's Product Marketing Manager, Client Systems Group. Discusses Open Document Format, StarOffice, OpenOffice, etc. Good interview.
New Articles : DWR/AJAX with NetBeans, Using DML with Microsoft SQL Server-Based Java Apps
Friday, 9 June 2006 8:17 A GMT-08
Two new articles. One on AJAX, one on using Microsoft SQL Server to build Java apps. Check it out.
New Article/Tutorial : Clustering and Securing Web Applications
Thursday, 8 June 2006 11:13 P GMT-08
There is a great article on how to cluster and configure web applications with Sun's App Server or Glassfish (or other app servers). Very nice tutorial. Check it out.
Three New Articles : Scalable Enterprise, Client-side Persistence, Portlet-like JSP
Thursday, 8 June 2006 8:11 A GMT-08
Three new articles covering a Tomcat reference implementation of an enterprise project, a JSP Portlet-like project and Joshua Marinacci shows a client-side persistence project how-to.