1. Welcome
to the
NetBeans Platform
Training
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2. Getting Started
with
the
NetBeans Platform
Geertjan Wielenga
http://blogs.sun.com/geertjan

3. Agenda
● Goals
● Purpose 1: Generic Application
● Purpose 2: Modular Architecture
● Demo: Porting to NetBeans Platform
● Resources
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4. 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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5. Agenda
● Goals
● Purpose 1: Generic Application
● Purpose 2: Modular Architecture
● Demo: Porting to NetBeans Platform
● Resources
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13. Agenda
● Goals
● Purpose 1: Generic Application
● Purpose 2: Modular Architecture
● Demo: Porting to NetBeans Platform
● Resources
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14. Maybe this is your code:
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15. Maybe this is you:
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16. This should be you...
domain
expert
knowledge
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17. Application “Plumbing”
● Windowing/docking system
● Archictecture
● Lifecycle management
● Persistence
● Data management
● Consistent look & feel
● Distribution/update mechanism
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18. Agenda
● Goals
● Purpose 1: Generic Application
● Purpose 2: Modular Architecture
● Demo: Porting to NetBeans
Platform
● Resources
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19. Project wizards
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20. NetBeans Platform
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21. Outline view
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22. Project wizards
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23. File wizards
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24. File wizards
● Actions API
● Datasystems API
● Module Install class
● Options Dialog API
● TopComponent class
● Wizard Descriptor class
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25. Configuration
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26. Editor
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27. Dependencies
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28. Dependencies
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29. Contextual menus
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30. Contextual menus
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31. Samples
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32. 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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33. Demo
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34. Porting Guide
http://platform.netbeans.org/tutorials/60/
nbm-porting-basic.html 34

35. Agenda
● Goals
● Purpose 1: Generic Application
● Purpose 2: Modular Architecture
● Demo: Porting to NetBeans Platform
● Resources
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36. Resources
http://www.netbeans.org/kb/articles/books.html
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39. 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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40. 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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