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[ 07 Dec ][ News ]: The VCS Team is Asking For Your Feedback
VCS support is an important part of NetBeans, which allows for the smooth integration of versioning operations against different target VCS systems into the overall IDE development workflow.NetBeans' VCS team is currently working on laying out the future direction of development and would like to understandthe usage of its' current functionality. The aim is to identify the most useful features as well as potential deficiencies to be addressed in upcoming NetBeans releases.By taking the time to complete this short survey you will directly contribute to building a better NetBeans IDE.The survey begins December 7th and will continue until Wednesday, December 22nd. Continue to Survey >>>

Desktop Java Live: Status Update

I realized it has been a while since the last status update so here is a new one. Copy edit is almost finished for the layout manager and builder chapters. I'm also almost finished with the look and feel chapter as well. It looks to be 40+ pages by the time I get the Synth examples into it. There should also be an update on the SourceBeat site of the book's table of contents later this month.

[ 15 Nov ][ News ]: zSlideFactory Based on NetBeans
zSlide develops online applications for connected consoles such as Sony PlayStation2 and Microsoft XBox. Our technologies push the boundaries of digital content delivery to the living room, including video-games, sports, music, movies and more.zSlideFactory is our authoring tool, based on the NetBeans IDE. It enables the creation of advanced online TV console user-interfaces and includes support for multimedia features such as 3D animations, videos, sound effects and interaction from console controllers.zSlideFactory outputs XML files based on our XML-Schema called "ZML"and provides several user-friendly tools such as WYSIWYG editing, components signaling diagrams and a comprehensive schema-based tree view.More information on zSlide.

Asking "Why" at Sun Laboratories: A Conversation with Director, Glenn
Sun Laboratories Director, Glenn Edens, discusses new research developments in the Java language and the gratifications and trials of running a research lab.

AspectJ and AspectWerkz
Joining forces to battle cross-cutting concerns

Sun Java System Access Manager Activities with Actuate Enterprise Repo
An Integration Story This paper describes the procedure for integrating Actuate 7 with Sun Java System Access Manager to generate reports that reflect the activities on Access Manager. Also discussed are enhancements and workarounds for known bugs.

Java Look n Feel Design

Java Look n Feel Design
As the Java platform has undergone development, developers have felt the need for programs that are uniform in looks and development of user friendly Java applications. The Java look and feel completes that criteria by giving means for making platform-independent programs that are similar in behaviour and appearance. The use of this single look and feel reduces designing and actual time spent for coding and cuts down costs on training as the same code can be used to give different appearences by merely making use of another Look and Feel manager...

[ 29 Nov ][ Article ]: J2ME MIDP Device Fragmentation Tutorial with Ma
This tutorial demonstrates how to create and customize project configurations to solve the problem of device fragmentation when developing a mobile application that runs on multiple devices. Additionally, it shows how to install a non-UEI compliant emulator platform into the NetBeans IDE.