Overview of Netbeans Platform

1. NetBeans Platform
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2. Introduction
 Introduction
• What is Rich Client?
• What is Rich Client Platform?
• Advantages of a Rich Client Platform
 Reduction in Development Time, UI Consistency, Updating
 Platform Independency, Reusability and Reliability
• Characteristics of the NetBeans Platform
 UI Framework, Data Editor, Customization Display
 Wizard Framwork, DataSystems, Internationalization
 Help System
• Summary
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3. Structure of the NetBeans Platform
 Structure of the NetBeans Platform
• NetBeans Platform Architecture
• NetBeans Platform Distribution
• NetBeans Runtime Container
• NetBeans Classloader System
 Module Classloader
 System Classloader
 Original Classloader
• Summary
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4. The Module System
 The Module System
• Module Structure
• Module Types
• Module Mainfest
• Module Layer
• Creating Modules
• Versioning and Dependencies
• LifeCycle
• Module registry
• Using Libraries
• Summary
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5. Actions
 Actions
• Providing Action Classes
 Always Enabled Actions
 Callable System Actions
 Callback System Actions
 Cookie Action
 General Context-Sensitive Action Classes
• Registering Actions
• Shortcuts and Mnemonics
 Summary
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6. User Interface Design(1/2)
 UI Design
• Menu Bar
 Creating and Adding Menus and Menu Entries
 Inserting Separators
 Hiding Existing Menu Entries
 Creating a Custom Menu Bar
• ToolBars
 Creating Toolbars & Configuring Toolbars
 Modification by the user
 Creating Custom Toolbars
 Using Custom Control Elements
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7. User Interface Design(2/2)
 UI Design
• Window System
 Introduction, Configuration, Customization
 Window:TopComponent, Docking Container: Mode
 Groups of Windows: TopComponentGroup
• Status Bar
 Using the Status Bar, Extending the Status Bar
• Progress Bar
 Displaying the Progress of a Task
 Displaying the Progress of Many Related Tasks
 Integrating a Progress Bar into Your Component
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8. Lookup
 Lookup
• Functionality & Service and Extension Points
• Global Services
 Defining the Service Interface & Loose Service Provisioning
 Providing Multiple Service Implementations
 Ensuring Service Availability
• Registering Service Providers
 Service Provider Configuration File
 Service Folder
• Intermodule Communication
• Java Service Loader
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9. File Access and Display
 File Access And Display
• File System API
• Data System API
 Data Object, Data Object Factory, Data Loader
• Nodes API
 Node Container
 Implementing Nodes and Children
• Explorer & Property Sheet API
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10. Graphical Components
 Graphical Components
• Dialog API
 Standard Dialogs
 Custom Dialogs
 Wizards
• MultiViews API
• Visual Library API
 Structure of the Visual Library API, The Widget Classes
 Events and Actions, the Scene: The Root Element
 ObjectScene:Model-View Relationship
 Graph, VMD: Visual Mobile Designer
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11. Reusable Netbeans Platform componets
 Reusable NetBeans Platform Components
• Help system
 Creating and Integrating a Helpset, Adding Links to Help Topics
 Context-Sensitive Help, Operating the Help System
• Output Window
• Navigator
• Properties Window
 Provisioning Properties, User-Defined Properties Editor
• Options Widow
 Providing an Options Panel, Settings Administration
• Palette
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12. Internationalization and Localization
 Internationalization and Localization
• String Literals Source Code
• String Literals in the Mainfest File
• Internationalization of Help Pages
• Internationalizing Other Resources
 Graphics
 Any File
 Folders and Files
• Administration and Preparation of Localized Resources
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13. Real-World Application Development
 Real-World Application Development
• Creation
• Customization of Platform Modules
• Customizing the Launcher
• Distribution
 Distribution As a ZIP Archive
 Distribution via Java Web Start
 Mac OS X Application
• Summary
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14. Updating a NetBeans Platform Application
 Updating a NetBeans Platform Application
• The Auto Updates Services
• The NBM File
• Update Centers
• Localized NBM Files
• Configuring and Installing on the Client
 New Update Center
 Automatically Installing Updates
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15. Persistence(1/2)
 Persistence
• Java DB
 Integrating Java DB, Driver Registration,
 Creating and Using a Database, Shutting Down a Database
 Database Development with the help of the Netbeans IDE
• Hibernate
 Setting Up the Hibernate Libraries
 Structure of the Example Application, Configuring Hibernate
 Mapping Objects to Relations, SessionFactory and Sessions
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16. Persistence(2/2)
 Persistence
• Java Persistence API
 Hibernate and the Java Persistence API, Java Persistence
Configuration
 Entity Classes, EntityManagerFactory and EntityManger, Saving and
Loading Objects
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17. Web Service
 Web Service
• Creating a Web Service Client
• Using a Web Service
• Summary
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18. Extending the NetBeans IDE
 Extending the NetBeans IDE
• Palettes
 Defining and Registering Palette Entries
 Creating and Registering a Palette Controller
 Expanding Existing Palettes.
• Task List API
• Summary
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19. From Eclipse RPC to the NetBeans Platform
 From Eclipse RPC to the NetBeans Platform
• The NetBeans IDE
 Standard Components
 Handing Projects
• From Eclipse Plugins to NetBeans Modules
 Plugin: LifeCycle and Events
 Plugin Information, Images, Resource, Settings
 Application LifeCycle, Views and Editors
• Summary
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20. Tips and Tricks
 Tips and Tricks
• Asynchronous Initialization of Graphic Components
• Undo/Redo
• Ending an Application’s Lifecycle
• WarmUp Tasks
• System Tray
• Desktop
• Logging
 Logger, LogManager
 Configuration
 Error Reports
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21. Example
 Example
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22. Q&A
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