[ 15 Dec ][ News ]: NetBeans IDE 4.0 Now Available
The NetBeans open source project is proud to announce that the production version of NetBeans IDE 4.0 is now available as both anindividual download and a bundle with Java 2Platform, Standard Edition Development Kit 5.0_01 (J2SE 5.0 a.k.a. "Tiger"). The NetBeans IDE provides a pure Java technology integrated development environment for Windows, Linux, the Solaris Operating System and Mac OS X.Download NetBeans IDE 4.0:http://www.netbeans.org/downloads/index.htmlNetBeans 4.0 bundled with Java's next generation, J2SE 5.0:http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jspDocumentation List:http://www.netbeans.org/kb/index.htmlKey Features:Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 5.0 (J2SE) language feature supportAnt-based projectsJava refactoringJava 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) MIDP development supportJava 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) development support for the NetBeans IDE - Early Access 1 now, Early Access 2 early CY2005, production first half CY2005Performance Profiler - Milestone 4 JanuaryFor complete details on these features and more visit NetBeans 4.0 Release Page.

ClientJava.com Links(8) - Jasper &SWT, BMP in Java, Swing &Xwork

xframe-swing released
The xframe team is pleased to announce the first pre-alpha release of the sub project xframe-swing. As a base work part of the xframe project we developed some usefull swing utility classes that we decided to share independent from our main development. For now it mainly including the class JXTable, an easy-to-use table with some more funcionalities than the Swing JTable like frozen columns (fixed non-scrollable columns)...

Java and grey backgrounds

SWT: URL Dedicated for SWT Code Samples
Today SWT has become more than a buzzword as its support for GUI based development is becoming better day by day. But have you ever wondered how to:
- Start working with SWT.
- Familiarize yourself with different SWT components.

Do Swing and XWork fit together?

Java on the Desktop: Going Past the BS

Creating BMP and WBMP Images in Java

JIDE Software announced 1.6.2 release

SWTJasperViewer 1.0.0
SWTJasperViewer is a JasperReports viewer component for SWT/JFace-based applications and Eclipse plug-ins.

Useful Things You Can Do with FVWM
Learn how to take screenshots quickly, change window titles and reconfigure a running FVWM instance.

PgsLookAndFeel - modern, crossplattform lookandfeel for Swing - 0.1

PgsLookAndFeel - modern, crossplattform lookandfeel for Swing - 0.1
The PgsLookAndFeel has just today got approved for java.net and I've yet released a first version of it. It aims to provide a modern lookandfeel that is useable on most (if not all) platforms. Thus it combinates looks that are common to users of windows with those of KDE or GTK or [...].This first version includes a very usefull ThemeFactory as well as the PgsTheme (which is the class the Factory works with) so creating a custom theme ist just a one-liner.

Two days ago nothing. Now we have look and feels showing up on a daily basis.

[ 01 Sep ][ News ]: We have support for groovy!
Since today the CVS version of the module supports scripting using groovy language. Just checkout the scripting module out from CVS: cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.netbeans.org:/cvs co scripting standardand then invokeant -f scripting/build.xml all-scriptingto generate few NBM files in subdirectories, then you can install them into NetBeans 4.0 beta or dev version.

Interoperability with Patterns and Strategies for Document-Based Web S
In Part 2 of this article, we demonstrate interoperability for document-driven web services with Microsoft .NET (C#) using strategies discussed in Part 1.

Chat Transcript: Project Looking Glass
Where did the original Looking Glass idea come from? Read the answer to this and other interesting questions about Project Looking Glass, a project that explores the next generation (3-dimensional) desktop.

In the middle
Is "would be nice"a compelling reason for a new language feature?

10 Questions for CES
Senior Editor Doc Searls goes on his annual penguin hunt at one of the world's largest trade shows.