Archive for the ‘Java’ Category

Netbeans Platform RTL (Right To Left) Component Orientation

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

If you haven't aware Java have support for RTL (Right-To-Left) for the User Interface, and thank to Netbeans Platform based on Swing, it is easy as well to make Netbeans Platform application to support RTL (Right-To-Left) as well Step 1: Create ComponentOrientation support class This step is optional, but make the testing ...

Who are using Netbeans Platform ?

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Did you ever wondering who (companies or developers) are using Netbeans Platform as their platform of choice ? You will be surprised if you check this Netbeans Platform Screenshot Showcase. There are a lot of them from various categories: Aerospace & Defence, Oil & Gas Services, Geospatial, Bio & Chemoinformatics, ...

Netbeans Platform Friend dependencies

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Recently on the nbdev (dev@openide.netbeans.org) mailing list someone ask a question regarding friend dependencies, because he/she I got the following Error: The module some.package.path is not a friend of some-path\some.jar So what is friend dependency anyways. Friend Dependency is caused by a Module that have an API which its author is ...

Book Review: Swing Extreme Testing

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

There are many books published which describe on how to write unit test eg: using JUnit for Java program. Those books are come from simple-complex scenario depending on the book target reader. However, there are only a few which specialized on User Interface testing. So if you ever wondered on ...

Java Penetration Statistics

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

This Java statistics is based on http://www.kiyut.com (not this blog, this blog is tracked separately). Basically, it is a B2C sites which specialize in Java Desktop Application. If you are wondering how do we track Java version, please visit this step by step guide on how to track java version using ...

Netbeans Platform referencing other module in layer.xml Tips

Friday, December 12th, 2008

How do you reference some some instance from other module in the current module layer.xml ? In my case, I need this functionality/features because I create a module that act as branding module. In this branding module I declare the shortcut, windows, menu, etc. The other module is pure API ...

Tracking Java Versions using Google Analytics

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Finally someone posting howto or tutorial for tracking Java version using google analytics. Here is the url for more detailed info http://cowwoc.blogspot.com/2008/11/tracking-java-versions-using-google.html So now you can track your visitors who have java installed. The nice things regarding this tips and tricks is that this tips also capture the java version eg: Java ...

Netbeans 10th Birthday Celebration

Monday, October 20th, 2008

If you haven't realized, Netbeans is going to celebrate its 10th birthday. This event will be started from October 20, 2008. Here is the excerpt from the Netbeans Event Site. Since 1998, NetBeans has grown from a student project into an award winning Open Source project, IDE and application platform. ...

Netbeans Platform Localization as Plugins

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

This is another series of Netbeans Platform i18n and localization trick. You can read the other series in here and here. This methods is used to localize Netbeans Platform based Application which can be updated using Update Center. It also have an entry on the Plugins List. However, please note ...

Standalone Module Branding tips

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Just a simple tip regarding module branding splash during development or debugging. If you build a "standalone" module for your Netbeans RCP based application, during development you will notice that it will display the original Netbeans IDE/RCP splash screen rather than your branded application splash screen. To enable your own branded splash ...