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Getting Startedwiththe

NetBeans Platform

Geertjan Wielengahttp://blogs.sun.com/geertjan

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Agenda● Goals

1. Generic Desktop Framework

2. Infrastructural Plumbing

3. Collection of Libraries

4. Swing Extensions

5. NetBeans Platform Toolkit● Demo: Porting to NetBeans Platform● Resources

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● Meet the NetBeans Platform

● Understand its problem domain

● Get an overview of the main APIs

● See a demo

● Learn what to do next

Goals

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Agenda● Goals




4. Swing Extensions


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NetBeans Platform

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Nuance Voice-XML

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Fiorano Studio

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Nokia: Mobile Network

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Sketsa SVG Editor

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VisualVM

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AIOTrade

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NetBeans IDE

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JCae-CAD

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MC4J JMX Console

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JFugue Music Notepad

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StudioSL: Oil Flow

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Agenda● Goals




4. Swing Extensions


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Maybe this is your code:

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Maybe this is you:

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This should be you...

domain expertknowledge

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Application “Plumbing”

● Windowing/docking system

● Archictecture

● Lifecycle management

● Persistence

● Data management

● Consistent look & feel

● Distribution/update mechanism

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Demo

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Agenda● Goals




4. Swing Extensions


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Javadoc

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Libraries

● Window System API

● Actions API

● Options Window API

● Many Editor APIs

● Visual Library API

● ...and many more

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Ways to get started

● Javadoc

● Tutorials

● Samples

● Blog entries

Tip: Use them outside the NetBeans Platform

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Agenda● Goals




4. Swing Extensions


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In addition to...

● JLabel

● JTextField

● JTextArea

● JTable

● ...etc...

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TreeTableView

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Visual Widgets

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More Visual Widgets

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More Visual Widgets

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Drop Down Button Factory

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Tabbed Pane Factory

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Agenda● Goals




4. Swing Extensions


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Project wizards

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NetBeans Platform

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Outline view

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Project wizards

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File wizards

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File wizards

● Actions API

● Datasystems API

● Module Install class

● Options Dialog API

● TopComponent class

● Wizard Descriptor class

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Configuration

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Editor

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While developing...

...enhance the IDE

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Dependencies

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Dependencies

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Contextual menus

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Contextual menus

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Samples

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Agenda● Goals




4. Swing Extensions

5. NetBeans Platform Toolkit● Demo: Porting to the NetBeans

Platform● Resources

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Demo Outline

1. Start with a simple application.

2. Compare what it is to what the NetBeans Platform has.

3. Create a new plugin project.

4. Move the useful parts of our old application to our new plugin.

5. Run it.

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Demo

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Porting Guide

http://platform.netbeans.org/tutorials/60/nbm-porting-basic.html

http://platform.netbeans.org/

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Agenda● Goals




4. Swing Extensions

5. NetBeans Platform Toolkit● Demo: Porting to the NetBeans Platform● Resources

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Resources

http://www.netbeans.org/kb/articles/books.html

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References● [email protected]● [email protected]● http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/

javadoc/index.html● http://platform.netbeans.org● http://wiki.netbeans.org/

NetBeansDeveloperFAQ● http://blogs.sun.com/geertjan● http://plugins.netbeans.org/PluginPortal/

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/

http://platform.netbeans.org/

http://wiki.netbeans.org/

http://blogs.sun.com/geertjan

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● Many on the NetBeans Platform

● NetBeans Platform gives plumbing

● Many APIs and libraries to help you

● NetBeans IDE provides tools

● Getting started is easy

● Mail list, tutorials, and training course

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