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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
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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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
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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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
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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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
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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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
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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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
1. Generic Desktop Framework
2. Infrastructural Plumbing
3. Collection of Libraries
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
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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 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/
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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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