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Netbeans with jBoss

- download JBossAS 5.x GA http://www.jboss.org/jbossas/downloads/,
- decompress to a folder, ex: /home/quan/jboss-5.1.0.GA
- netbeans > Services tab > Servers > add jBoss Server

GlassFish's Record-Setting September Suggests a 'Breakout' | Java.net

Load Native Dynamic Libraries in Netbeans

some Netbeans shortcuts that I found useful...

I found netbeans better than eclipse. It consumes less CPU and the UI and SVN support is also better. I recommend it for PHP development.

Here is the list of shortcuts:

1. alt+shift+O open file in current project
2. ctrl+E delete line
3. ctrl+del delete next word
4. ctrl+back_space delete prev word
5. ctrl+shift+open_brac goto matching bracket
6. ctrl+G goto line
7. alt+shift+up move selection one line up
8. alt+shift+down move selection one line down
9. ctrl+shift+up copy selection one line up
10. ctrl+shift+down copy selection one line down
11. ctrl+slash toggle comment
12. alt+shift+h toggle highlight search
13. alt+shift+left shift line left
14. alt+shift+right shift line right
15. shift+ESC maximize or minimize
16. Alt+Enter View fix suggestions
17. ctrl+ O to open the file location of the current word. something like ctrl+shift+R in eclipse
18. Alt+Insert Generate code
19. Ctrl+0 – Editor
20. Ctrl+1 – Project Window
21. Ctrl+shift+1 - current file in Project Window
    
22. Ctrl+2 - Files browser
23. Ctrl+Shift+2 - current file in files browser
24. Ctrl+4 – Output Window
25. Ctrl+7 - navigator window
26. Ctrl+K and Ctrl+L Auto complete with previous/next matched word
27. Ctrl+Q last edit location

My latest crush NetBeans IDE for PHP dev.. so far great...

[spring 2] Getting start with Maven and Spring on Netbeans 6.7

Maven
- Install
  + Download: http://maven.apache.org/download.html
  + Extract the distribution archive to the directory you wish to install Maven 2.2.0, i.e. /usr/local/apache-maven
  + Add environment variable:

export M2_HOME=/usr/local/apache-maven/apache-maven-2.2.0
export PATH=$PATH:$M2_HOME/bin

  + Run mvn --version to verify that it is correctly installed

- Notes
Maven's project object model (POM): pom.xml
Local Maven repository: <user_home>/.m2/repository

- Command

mvn archetype:create -DgroupId=com.mycompany.app -DartifactId=my-app
mvn compile
mvn test
mvn package

Getting started with Maven and Spring on Netbeans 6.7
- maven config
Tools/Options: External Maven Home, Local Repository

- create maven project
New Project > Maven > Maven Project > Maven Quickstart Archtype (1.0) > Finish

- add Spring dependency

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring</artifactId>
            <version>2.5.6.SEC01</version>
        </dependency>

compile to load Spring library

- create class SayHello.java

package com.mycompany.springapp;

public class SayHello {

    private String name;

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void greet() {
        System.out.println("Hello " + getName());
    }
}

- create beans file src/main/resources/application-contenxt.xml

<beans>
    <bean id="hello" class="com.mycompany.springapp.SayHello">
        <property name="name" value="Quan" />
    </bean>
</beans>

- Updated App class

public class App {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        BeanFactory factory = new XmlBeanFactory(
                new ClassPathResource("application-context.xml"));

        SayHello hello = (SayHello) factory.getBean("hello");
        hello.greet();
    }
}

run to see result.

Netbeans 6.7.1 available for download

Netbeans 6.7.1 with javafx support in finally available for download: http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/NewsItemView?newsItemID=1407
Hurray!

Can't wait for the 6.7.1

Netbeans 6.7 is out, the integration with kenai is really nice and there is still no javafx version of Netbeans 6.7: it's a shame!
The connection with kenai and the integrated chat window is a really usefull improvement. As we were to impatient to work with this new version we googled for hours and finally founded a release candidate for netbeans 6.7.1 with javafx (don't try to find it again, we tried with no success!). Just try it yourself: http://bits.netbeans.org/netbeans/6.7.1/rc/2009-07-16_23-01-10/

Ruby Editor War: Textmate vs Netbeans

I've been experimenting with Textmate vs Netbeans as my Ruby editor on my mac. Here is the current scorecard:

Textmate wins:
* UI. The interface is cleaner and I like the way the file tabs stack up on top.
* Opening files from the finder or another program is easier (I had problems getting Versions to open files in Netbeans).
* Extensibility. There are lots of bundles you can download and write to do just about anything.
* Inline ruby evaluation.

Netbeans wins:
* Price: It's free
* Searching in files: super-easy, nice UI, & you can select a folder for sub-searches. Textmate's tiny box for entering a regular expression to constrain folders and files for searching is ridiculous. Also Textmate search is quite slow.
* Formatting html files: easy and looks good. Right-click & format (or ctrl-shift-F). I find html tidy in Textmate worthless.
* Usability. It's not extensible like Textmate, but I haven't invested time to find and figure out good Textmate extensions since I'd rather get something done (update: Textmate's Rails bundle has all kinds of snippets built in).
* Sometimes the code completion and navigation works. I know Ruby makes this hard but someone's got to figure this out at some point.
* Automatically creates a matching end for you when you create a def. I'm sure textmate could do this if I installed some bundle that I have not heard of.

At this point I like Netbeans better, which is surprising, since I want to like Textmate and I paid for it. Show me the light, Textmate folks, I want to believe.

Versions: Textmate 1.5.8, Netbeans 6.5