Getting Started

with
the
NetBeans Platform
Geertjan Wielenga
http://blogs.sun.com/geertjan
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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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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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
expert
knowledge
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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 53
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
dev@openide.netbeans.org
users@edu.netbeans.org
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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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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