2. Agenda. ○ Goals. 1. Generic Desktop Framework. 2. Infrastructural Plumbing.
3. Collection of Libraries. 4. Swing Extensions. 5. NetBeans Platform Toolkit.
Getting Started with the NetBeans Platform Geertjan Wielenga http://blogs.sun.com/geertjan
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Goals ● Meet the NetBeans Platform ● Understand its problem domain ● Get an overview of the main APIs ● See a demo ● Learn what to do next
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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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Maybe this is your code:
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Maybe this is you:
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This should be you...
domain expert knowledge 20
Application “Plumbing” ● Windowing/docking system ● Archictecture ● Lifecycle management ● Persistence ● Data management ● Consistent look & feel ● Distribution/update mechanism 21
Demo
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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 26
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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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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 44
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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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. 51
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Porting Guide
http://platform.netbeans.org/tutorials/60/ nbm-porting-basic.html 53
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Resources
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Summary ● 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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