A selection of news highlights, current newsletters and featured articles from netbeans.org, opensource IDE and application backplane http://www.netbeans.org/index.html en webmaster@netbeans.org (NetBeans webmaster) http://www.netbeans.org/images/v5/nb-logo.gif http://www.netbeans.org/index.html 110 30 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:11:06 +0100 http://netbeans.dzone.com/news/interview-porting-a-crm-applic In this NetBeans Zone interview, Aljoscha Rittner discusses how he ported a Swing application to the NetBeans Platform, the steps involved and tips for developers looking to carry out similar projects. http://netbeans.tv/interviews/Jonathan-Schwartz-on-NetBeans-409/ To bring the NetBeans 10th birthday celebration to a close, Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz talks about why NetBeans matters to Sun and the industry. http://netbeans.tv/interviews/James-Gosling-on-Ten-Years-of-NetBeans-395/ The NetBeans Project turns 10! Sun Fellow & Java Godfather James Gosling shares his thoughts on the evolution of the NetBeans IDE. http://www.mobile-distillery.com/ Mobile Distillery's Celsius SaaS helps JavaME developers design and produce their mobile apps seamlessly and efficiently across devices. Tight integration with NetBeans means easy access to a powerful set of tools and APIs that protect the developer from the fragmentation of devices. http://www.netbeans.org/community/news/index.html#1314 NetBeans Podcast 48 takes a look at the latest NetBeans release—NetBeans 6.5 and its extended support for dynamic languages, including full editor support for PHP development. Hosts Lloyd Dunn and Geertjan Wielenga talk to members of the NetBeans PHP team for the details, and bring you additional news from the NetBeans community. Listen to NetBeans Podcast Episode 48 http://www.netbeans.org/community/news/index.html#1313 NetBeans.org is proud to announce the availability of NetBeans IDE 6.5! Download NetBeans IDE 6.5 NetBeans IDE 6.5 offers simplified and rapid development of web, enterprise, desktop, and mobile applications with PHP, JavaScript, Java, C/C++, Ruby, and Groovy. New features include a robust IDE for PHP, JavaScript debugging for Firefox and IE, and support for Groovy and Grails. The release also delivers a number of enhancements for Java, Ruby on Rails, and C/C++ development. Java highlights include: built-in support for Hibernate, Eclipse project import, and compile on save. Combining excellent out of the box experience, compelling features, and a great plugin ecosystem, NetBeans IDE 6.5 is a must-download for all developers. NetBeans IDE 6.5 is currently available in English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Brazilian Portuguese. There are several community contributed localization efforts underway to support additional languages. Join the efforts today. More information about NetBeans IDE 6.5: NetBeans IDE 6.5 Features NetBeans IDE 6.5 Tutorials and Documentation Guided Video Tour of NetBeans IDE 6.5 As always, we welcome and encourage feedback about your experience using the NetBeans IDE. Share your thoughts on our mailing lists and forums; if you blog about NetBeans add your blog to Planet NetBeans. NetBeans is now on Twitter! Follow us at twitter.com/netbeans to get the latest news and information, ask questions and engage with the NetBeans team. NetBeans IDE: Development Simplified! http://www.netbeans.org/community/news/index.html#1309 Japanese-speaking developers have another resource for learning about ways to develop with the NetBeans IDE. Java Expert Magazine has published an all-NetBeans issue! Java Expert #03: Inside Out NetBeans! The editors of the popular magazine worked with members of the NetBeans Globalization in Japan to put together a comprehensive collection of technical articles that touch on various aspects of working with the NetBeans IDE, from scripting support in the tool to web and plugin development. Java Expert #03: Inside Out NetBeans is available for sale in bookstores on November 14th. A special thanks to the NetBeans Globalization team in Japan for this awesome project! Issue Content and Authors: NetBeans 6.1 New & Cool: Junji Takakura Web Development Enterprise Development on GlassFish: Takayuki Okazaki Web Application Development by NetBeans: Takayuki Shinya RIA Development by OpenLaszlo: Sotohiro Terashima Scripting JavaFX and JavaFX Plugin: Yuichi Sakuraba Groovy: Toshiyuki Tsurumi & Mikiko Tsutsui Using Python from Java - Jython Development: Yoshiori Shoji Advanced NetBeans Profiler: Naoki Kishida NetBeans Plugin Development: Tsutomu Yano Columns RBC JRuby Seminar: Chisako Katayama NetBeans Japanese Community and Nekobean: Ryo Iwama http://www.netbeans.org/kb/docs/php/ajax-quickstart.html A brief introduction to Ajax using the NetBeans IDE. While learning about the low-level functionality of Ajax, you build a simple application that employs auto-completion in a text field. http://www.netbeans.org/kb/docs/web/js-debugger-ug.html A tutorial demonstrating how to debug JavaScript functionality in web applications using the NetBeans 6.5 debugger. http://netbeans.org/kb/60/web/tutorial-webapps.html In this advanced tutorial, you build a fairly complex web application while being introduced to a number of tools and technologies in NetBeans IDE. It covers working with servlets, JSP pages, JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library (JSTL), and the IDE's HTTP Monitor. http://www.netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2008-11-19.html http://www.netbeans.org/community/news/edge-28.html http://www.builderau.com.au/blogs/codemonkeybusiness/viewblogpost.htm?p=339271119 http://nbguru.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/netcat-65-weekly-final-report/ http://nbguru.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/simplify-development-use-netbeans-65/