Archive for the ‘Netbeans’ Category

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Netbeans Platform Ant based build system trick

Monday, February 18th, 2008

If you build an application on top of Netbeans Platform, you probably already know that it is using Apache Ant as the build system. Thanks to this flexibility of Netbeans Platform (ant based build system), this system allow us to do various trick to automate stuff. For example Netbeans Platform ...

Netbeans Platform localization and branding trick

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

This is the second part of Netbeans Platform i18n and localization trick. The first part is available at Netbeans Platform i18n and localization. This approach is using branding trick to override the Netbeans Platform default localization. I think this is a HACK, use with caution. The proper localization should be ...

Java Web Start Application

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Finally, we just build Java Web Start for Sketsa SVG Editor and Citra FX Photo Effects. Last time, we disabled Java Web Start due to the Netbeans Bug: 96928 which is now fixed. However, there are another Java Web Start related bug which is not fixed yet: 96928 - fixed 76196 - ...

Deploy Netbeans Platform based Application using IzPack Installer

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

So, you just finished creating Netbeans Platform based Application and ready to deploy it to the users. You might be interested to check IzPack Installer. IzPack is an installers generator for the Java platform. It produces lightweight installers that can be run on any operating system where a Java virtual ...