12:55 pm - jaq - Netbeans 4.0 beta I noticed the release of the first beta of Netbeans 4.0 at the weekend, so I downloaded it to give it a quick spin through. (On my home PC, since it is the first IDE to be aware of JDK1.5 changes, and I've been trying those too).The first thing I noticed is that they've switched to a new project-based style of working, rather than just mounting whatever source directories or libraries you want. In fact this is such a big change that I haven't really got much further with trying out anything, I've just been trying to get used to the idea of the project.Interestingly, underlying the project is an Ant build script - they provide ready-made Ant scripts for each of their standard project types, so you don't have to work with Ant if you don't want to, but you can also make a 'freeform' project, which is one where you provide the Ant script. All of the build related functions in the IDE are now performed by calling a certain named target in the underlying script. This seems like a neat idea to me - so many projects use Ant scripts now, so using it within the IDE improves consistency and reduces duplication of effort.So, this beta shows an interesting future for Netbeans, but just a small warning - you shouldn't expect to install it and carry on with development on an existing project straight away.
12:56 pm - jaq - update on JDocs There's an update on JavaLobby about why the Sun Java APIs were pulled from JDocs last week. In short, they didn't ask permission before going live with them, and Sun want the docs hosted only on their own site so they can ensure there is a single authoritative version.However, having a quick look around JDocs, I noticed that they still have links into standard Sun APIs - they've just arranged them so they link to the version on Sun's site rather than the JDocs one. This means that one of the benefits of JDocs - being able to browse between different APIs - is still available, it's just that you can't make comments on the Sun ones.
06:58 pm - ilja_l - Problems deploying application via WebStart When trying to deploy my application using the really cool technology WebStart I keep getting this error: "More than one certificate used to sign resource: ". Well that is simply not true! :) Anyway, I have resigned all the .jar's but it still gives me the same mistake. What else does it want?UPDATE: When using Windows WebStart (J2SE version 1.5) it says: "JAR resources in JNLP file are not signed by same certificate."
jaq - Netbeans 4.0 beta I noticed the release of the first beta of Netbeans 4.0 at the weekend, so I downloaded it to give it a quick spin through. (On my home PC, since it is the first IDE to be aware of JDK1.5 changes, and I've been trying those too).The first thing I noticed is that they've switched to a new project-based style of working, rather than just mounting whatever source directories or libraries you want. In fact this is such a big change that I haven't really got much further with trying out anything, I've just been trying to get used to the idea of the project.Interestingly, underlying the project is an Ant build script - they provide ready-made Ant scripts for each of their standard project types, so you don't have to work with Ant if you don't want to, but you can also make a 'freeform' project, which is one where you provide the Ant script. All of the build related functions in the IDE are now performed by calling a certain named target in the underlying script. This seems like a neat idea to me - so many projects use Ant scripts now, so using it within the IDE improves consistency and reduces duplication of effort.So, this beta shows an interesting future for Netbeans, but just a small warning - you shouldn't expect to install it and carry on with development on an existing project straight away.