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1. Slide 1: BOJUG Netbeans 6.1: New and NoteWorthy! Angad Singh blogs.sun.com/angad 1
2. Slide 2: Agenda: What's new in Netbeans 6.1 Performance & Quality 2
3. Slide 3: Performance • Increasing performance is main theme of NB 6.1 ! • Upto 40% faster cold startup and improved startup sequence! • V arious optimizations to reduce I/ and file access (touching disk) O • Incremental parsing in java editor speeding up code completion and improving responsiveness in editor • Improvements in JS P parser (caching, memory management, update strategies) • Improvements in V isual Web designer -- faster page opening and table drop, lower memory usage, fixed memory leaks, and more Performance Press Release: http:/ wiki.netbeans.org/ itness61PressRelease / F Performance FA Q: http:/ wiki.netbeans.org/ itnessFA Qs / F 3
4. Slide 4: JavaScript Support • B ased on the General S cripting Framework (same as Ruby) • New JavaS cript editor with features like: > S emantic Highlighting > M ark occurrences > Instant Rename > Refactoring > Quick Fixes and S emantic Checks > Tasklist > Code Completion and Type A nalysis > Go To Declaration > Documentation > Embedded Completion > B rowser Compatibility Info > Embedding > Open Type > 6.0 Java S cript Information • Work on a JavaS cript debugger is in progress 4
5. Slide 5: Demo JavaScript Support 5
6. Slide 6: PHP Support • Comes in a 16 mb forked distribution of Netbeans currently: NetBeans IDE 6.1 Early Access for PHP • E ditor F eatures: > S yntactic and semantic code highlighting > Go to Declaration > Navigator > Code formatting /folding > S mart Indent > B racket Completion > A utomatic Code Completion – S nippets, Context-S ensitive Proposals, A bbreviations > Instant Rename > Parameter Hints • Debug PHP apps using X debug: inspect local variables, set watches, evaluate code, etc. • Configuring the environment is simple • S ynchronizing the content of a PHP Project with the Web content on a remote server (under development) 6
7. Slide 7: Demo PHP Support 7
8. Slide 8: RESTful Web Service Plugin • S upport for Jersey 0.5: the plugin now bundles Jersey 0.5 version and generate code conformed to new A PI. • New RE S T Test Client UI: support for sub-resources navigation • New RE S T client wizard support for generation of stub generation from WA DL 8
9. Slide 9: Sharable Projects • New type of project • New feature which allows creating projects with shared definition of libraries • A pplies to all Java, Web and all J2E E project types • A dd relatively referenced JA R files as libraries • E asy migration of projects 9
10. Slide 10: Demo Sharable Projects 10
11. Slide 11: New MySQL Support in Database Explorer • Register and manage a M yS QL server • V iew, create, delete databases • L aunch M yS QL A dmin tool 11
12. Slide 12: Demo MySQL Support 12
13. Slide 13: Inspect Members and Hierarchy Windows • Now even works when caret is on a Java class for which no source code available 13
14. Slide 14: Spring Framework Support • B uilds on the original spring netbeans module @ http:/ spring-netbeans.sourceforge.net / • B undled S pring F ramework 2.5 library • Wizards for X M L configuration files and S pring Web M V C controllers • M ultiple configuration files can be arranged into groups • Hyperlinking of bean and Java class names • Code completion of bean names and Java classes and properties • Refactoring of Java classes (find usages, rename, move, safe delete) • S pring Web M V C framework support in the web project, making it easy to generate a skeleton S pring Web M V C application 14
15. Slide 15: Ruby Rails 2.0 Support • Rails 2.0 support (and in the next milestone, Rails 2.0 will be bundled) • New Platform M anager in the Tools menu • Tasklist integration of hints and errors • M any new quickfixes 15
16. Slide 16: Mercurial Support • M ercurial S upport > Distributed V ersioning S ystem > Plugin for M ercurial V ersioning S ystem A dded to NB > Netbeans sources migrated from CV S to M ercurial (HG) 16
17. Slide 17: UI Enhancements • Window S ystem > small semi-transparent image is shown when dragging a window > in-active floating windows are transparent > floating window snap to each other and to screen edges > palette visibility is now per-document type 17
18. Slide 18: UI Enhancements • Plugin M anager in background > Now download & install plugins in background > Task progress is notified in the status line > Plugin M anager is non-modal dialog now 18
19. Slide 19: UI Enhancements • B alloon like tool tip > M ainly used to signalize that new updates are available. > The look isn't final. A ny ideas for improvements? 19
20. Slide 20: Other enhancements.. • Now it is possible to integrate server plugin in to the NetB eans UI without dependency on j2eeserver A PI. • S ailF in V 1 S upport through A dd S erver Instance Dialog and S IF container application exposure in services explorer • WebS phere 6.0 & 6.1 support • WA R, E JB and E A R development and deployment for WebS pehere • 4 New Woodstock components in Palette • A ny jar item on project classpath can be associated with its Javadoc and sources too, and not just java libraries • JS F CRUD Generator from JPA entity classes. • Java B eans S upport is B ack • B ean Patterns in Navigator, Generate Property enhanced, • B eanInfo E ditor is back. • Javadoc Code Completion 20
21. Slide 21: Other enhancements.. • Incremental Parsing in Java E ditor: Faster Code Completion • Refactoring: safe deletion of a single package or recursive safe deletion of a folder. • Ruby infrastructure and debugging improvements • V isual Web /Woodstock on-demand attributing and performance enhancements • B etter M ax OS X support for M obility module, S V G custom components, etc. • X M L and S chema E ditor imrpovements • A xis2 Web S ervices S upport • Hibernate S upport • WS DL E ditor E nhancements • Integration of the S oapUI Netbeans plugin • S upport for Popular S aaS S ervices 21
22. Slide 22: QUESTIONS? Angad Singh blogs.sun.com/angad 22