Recent Posts by Geertjan Wielenga

And here it is, the long awaited "ABC" of front end web development, in which the items I never knew existed until I was looking to fill the gaps link off to the sites where more info can be found on them. A is for Android and AngularJS B is for Backbone.js and Bower C is for CSS and Cordova D is for Docker E is for Ember.js and Ext JS F is for Frisby.js G is for Grunt H is for HTML I is for Ionic and iPhone J is for JavaScript, Jasmine, and JSON K is for Knockout.js and Karma L is for...

Ionic is a framework built on top of AngularJS for developing hybrid mobile applications via Apache Cordova. Setting everything up and having all the right tools available is trivial with NetBeans IDE, as this short (and silent) YouTube clip of about 5 minutes shows: Direct link to the (silent) movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX4TTJX8Vck

A small (and silent) 10 minute introduction to basic AngularJS features, ending with simple instructions for deploying the app to Android. Direct link to the (silent) movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9-aymIW91Y

Within about 5 minutes, you too will know how simple it can be to expose data via REST deployed from GlassFish and consumed in a Java client. Here the Java client prints out some of the data it accesses, though a more complex UI could be created, of course, via JavaFX or the NetBeans Platform or, even better, both. Direct link to the (silent) movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HISV7eagogI

A nice idea by Dmitri Goosens on Twitter today, based on the rectangular block selection that has been a standard part of NetBeans IDE for a few releases already. The idea with this functionality, known as "block selection" or "rectangular selection", is that you can switch on "block mode" and then select across lines and change text all at the same time: Here you can see, I have changed "multiple" to "many" simply by selecting a block of "multiple" and then typing, just...

One of the best NetBeans plugins is called "Additional Java Hints". Go to Tools | Plugins and you'll find it in the Available Plugins tab: In the Hints tab, in the Options window, search for "additional" and you'll see all the new Java hints that are now available: For example, here's one I like a lot. Put the cursor in the middle of a string and press Alt-Enter to bring up the available hints: As you can see, you get "Split at caret" which comes from the Additional Java Hints...

How to account for the resurgence of NetBeans and other related topics, in relation to WebLogic and more, are all discussed in this great new YouTube interview with Markus Eisele, who is an Oracle ACE Director as well as a Java Champion: The link directly there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QClRH-IGRM0 The article referred to above is here: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/soa/eisele-weblogic-netbeans-2193786.html

One of the powerful features of the NetBeans Platform is its project system. You can include NetBeans modules in your application that let the user choose File | New Project and then the user can begin creating a new project: The dialog below then opens, where sample templates of your project type can be listed so that the user can get started with it easily: The details on setting all this up is described in the tutorial, as well as in NetBeans Platform for Beginners. However,...

Step by step instructions for setting up a development environment for doing development with Hippo CMS. Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vamC1dNa860 (Note that the movie has no sound, instead read the blue boxes for explanations.)