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Using NetBeans IDE for Desktop Development Geertjan Wielenga http://blogs.sun.com/geertjan
Using NetBeans IDEfor
Desktop Development
Geertjan Wielengahttp://blogs.sun.com/geertjan
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Introduction
● Standards
● Resurgence of Swing● Performance & look and feel
● Delivery over the web
● Layout manager & GUI builder
● Development frameworks
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Agenda
● Goals
● Matisse GUI Builder
● Framework 1: JSR-296 Tooling
● Framework 2: NetBeans Platform
● Conclusion
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● Show that NetBeans IDE is the one-stop shop for all Swing desktop needs
● Ready out of the box, for applications of all sizes:
● Demo 1: Matisse GUI Builder
● Demo 2: Tooling for JSR-296
● Demo 3: NetBeans Platform
Goals
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● Goals
● Matisse GUI Builder
● Framework 1: JSR-296 Tooling
● Framework 2: NetBeans Platform
● Conclusion
Agenda
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GroupLayout
● Part of JDK 6
● Principles:● Independent dimensions
● Hierarchical groups
● Designed to suit GUI Builder needs
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“Matisse” GUI Builder
● Professional quality layout easily done
● Intuitive drag & drop interface
● Guidelines
● Resize, align, optimal spacing
● Automatically resizes when localized
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Demo
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● Goals
● Matisse GUI Builder
● Framework 1: JSR-296 Tooling
● Framework 2: NetBeans Platform
● Conclusion
Agenda
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public static void main(String args[]) {
// good luck!
}
Motivation for JSR-296
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● Lifecycle support
● Resources
● Actions
● Tasks
● Session state
JSR-296 Features
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import javax.swing.*; public class HelloWorldSwing {
public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame frame = new JFrame("HelloWorldSwing"); final JLabel label = new JLabel("Hello World"); frame.getContentPane().add(label); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); } }
Lifecycle Support(On your own)
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public class MyApp extends SingleFrameApplication {
@Override protected void startup() {JLabel label = new JLabel("Hello World");show(label);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {Application.launch(MyApp.class, args);
}
}
Lifecycle Support(With JSR-296)
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● Show all the other JSR-296 features in action.
● Integrate Flickr into a Swing desktop application based on JSR-296 using NetBeans tooling.
Demo of JSR-296
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● Goals
● Matisse GUI Builder
● Framework 1: JSR-296 Tooling
● Framework 2: NetBeans Platform
● Conclusion
Agenda
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1.Generic Desktop Framework
2.Infrastructural Plumbing
3.Collection of Libraries
4.NetBeans Platform Tooling
NetBeans PlatformWhat is it?
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Generic Desktop Framework
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NetBeans Platform
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Nuance Voice-XML
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Fiorano Studio
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Nokia: Mobile Network
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Sketsa SVG Editor
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VisualVM
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AIOTrade
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NetBeans IDE
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JCae-CAD
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MC4J JMX Console
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JFugue Music Notepad
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StudioSL: Oil Flow
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Infrastructural Plumbing
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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 expertknowledge
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Application “Plumbing”
● Windowing/docking system
● Architecture
● Lifecycle management
● Persistence
● Data management
● Consistent look & feel
● Distribution/update mechanism
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Demo
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Collection of Libraries
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Javadoc
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Libraries
● Window System API
● Actions API
● Options Window API
● Many Editor APIs
● Visual Library API
● ...and many more
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Ways to get started
● Javadoc
● Tutorials
● Samples
● Blog entries
Tip: You can use the NetBeans libraries outside the NetBeans Platform
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NetBeans Platform Tooling
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Project wizards
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Outline view
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NetBeans Platform
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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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Branding
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Branding
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Branding
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Samples
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Demo: Porting
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Porting 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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● Goals
● Matisse GUI Builder
● Framework 1: JSR-296 Tooling
● Framework 2: NetBeans Platform
● Conclusion
Agenda
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● Ready out of the box, for applications of all sizes:
● Demo 1: Matisse GUI Builder
● Demo 2: Tooling for JSR-296
● Demo 3: NetBeans Platform
● Showed that NetBeans IDE is the one-stop shop for all Swing desktop needs
Conclusion
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● Matisse GUI Builder
● http://www.netbeans.org/kb/trails/matisse.html
● http://weblogs.java.net/blog/tpavek
● Framework 2: NetBeans Platform
● http://platform.netbeans.org
● http://edu.netbeans.org/courses/nbplatform-certified-training/
● http://nbjfuguesupport.dev.java.net/
● http://netbeans.dzone.com
● http://blogs.sun.com/geertjan
Resources
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Q/A
