South African Community
I started a Google+ community for NetBeans Platform Application developers in South Africa. If you are interested, feel free to join NetBeans Platform Application Devs ZA.
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10 Keyboard Shortcuts That Everyone Should Know
The NetBeans IDE has so many wonderful features that makes a Java developer’s life easier. And many of these features have keyboard shortcuts attached to them. So I decided to make a list of the shortcuts that I think every developer should know. Ctrl+O : Quickly go to a class This shows a dialog that … Read more
Non-Modal Wizards
Creating a wizard in a NetBeans Platform Application is quite easy since there is a NetBeans IDE new file wizard that creates all of the scaffolding for you. Have a look at the NetBeans Wizard Module Tutorial for a step by step description of how to work with the normal, modal wizards. In the above tutorial, … Read more
Another Source Adventure
In the previous blog post, some areas remained unexplored. Specifically, how to observe the values of variables with versions of the IDE that don’t include debug information. In this guest post by Robert Bracko (robert [dot] bracko [at] vip [dot] hr), he describes his experiences with building the NetBeans IDE source code to overcome this obstacle. … Read more
The Ultimate NetBeans Platform Resource
Much has been written about the NetBeans Platform. But the ultimate resource still remains the source code of the Platform itself! I have used plenty of open source libraries over the years. And I have ventured into the source code numerous times. Quite often the experience is one that leaves one dazed and confused. But … Read more