NetBeans: Development Tools That Stand Out in a Crowd
Enterprises have a vested interest in the applications that drive their business forward. Application developers are the key accelerator in that equation. In this brief Net Talk, learn how the NetBeans development platform reduces the complexity of application development and thus brings value to your business. Sharat Chander highlights the business benefits and robust components of the NetBeans development platform.
Migrating to NetBeans
NetBeans is a great tool for any developer, especially those shifting from other platforms. In this Net Talk, Tim Boudreau, one of the authors of NetBeans, gives an overview of this free, open-source integrated development environment (IDE) that provides solutions for multiple development needs — from mobile devices to enterprise applications. Learn how you can load projects from JBuilder and other tools to NetBeans, and start utilizing its robust set of features immediately.
UML in NetBeans
For the first time, UML (Unified Modeling Language) capability, is available in NetBeans. With the release of NetBeans Enterprise Pack 5.5 Beta, the NetBeans community can leverage the feature rich, yet intuitive modeling capabilities of UML, in addition to the extensive code support already provided by the NetBeans IDE. In this Net Talk Take 10, Ashwin Rao outlines the NetBeans development environment from the standpoint of UML development and highlights features including: ease of use, markerless code, and language-independent abstract modeling.
Going Mobile: Developing with NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.0
Anyone who has written applications for mobile devices knows that mobile development can be a long and tedious process. In this Net Talk Take 10, Suzanne Nguyen and Matt Volpi examine the power and ease-of-use developers will find in NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.0. Highlights include solutions for device fragmentation and the new visual designer, with its drag and drop components.
SOA Development in NetBeans
The NetBeans Integrated Development Environment (IDE) can play a very crucial role in professional Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) development. In this Take 10, learn how the NetBeans IDE increases quality and productivity by allowing SOA developers to spend less time on technology domain and more time on implementing solutions. Ashwin Rao, outlines features of NetBeans and its associated add-on packs that provide comprehensive support for web services creation, orchestration and security, as well as support for XML development.
Sun Developer Services
As a developer or IT professional, your success depends on getting products to market quickly and keeping them up and running. Sun Developer Services help you do just that, whether you work for yourself or in an enterprise environment. In this brief Net Talk Take 10, learn about the support options available including: access to product engineers and programming best practices, sanity checks for coding approach and application design, and production support for final versions of Java technology-based applications.
