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Welcome
to the
NetBeans Platform
Training

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

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Agenda
● Goals
● Purpose 1: Generic Application
● Purpose 2: Modular Architecture
● Demo: Porting to NetBeans Platform
● Resources

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● Meet the NetBeans Platform
● Understand its problem domain
● Get an overview of the main APIs
● See a demo
● Learn what to do next
Goals

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Agenda
● Goals
● Purpose 1: Generic Application
● Purpose 2: Modular Architecture
● Demo: Porting to NetBeans Platform
● Resources

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Agenda
● Goals
● Purpose 1: Generic Application
● Purpose 2: Modular Architecture
● 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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Agenda
● Goals
● Purpose 1: Generic Application
● Purpose 2: Modular Architecture
● 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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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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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

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Agenda
● Goals
● Purpose 1: Generic Application
● Purpose 2: Modular Architecture
● Demo: Porting to 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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● 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
Summary