Using NetBeans IDE for Desktop Development Geertjan Wielenga

2 Agenda ● Goals ● Design: Matisse GUI Builder ● Medium Applications: JSR-296 Tooling ● Large Applications: NetBeans Platform ● Conclusion

3 ● 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

4 ● Goals ● Design: Matisse GUI Builder ● Medium Applications: JSR-296 Tooling ● Large Applications: NetBeans Platform ● Conclusion Agenda

5 GroupLayout ● Part of JDK 6 ● Principles: ● Independent dimensions ● Hierarchical groups ● Designed to suit GUI Builder needs

6 “Matisse” GUI Builder ● Professional quality layout easily done ● Intuitive drag & drop interface ● Guidelines ● Resize, align, optimal spacing ● Automatically resizes when localized

7 Demo

8 ● Goals ● Design: Matisse GUI Builder ● Medium Applications: JSR-296 Tooling ● Large Applications: NetBeans Platform ● Conclusion Agenda

9 public static void main(String args[]) { // good luck! } Motivation for JSR- 296

10 ● Lifecycle support ● Resources ● Actions ● Tasks ● Session state JSR-296 Features

11 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)

12 public class MyApp extends SingleFrameApplication 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)

13 ● 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

14 ● Goals ● Design: Matisse GUI Builder ● Medium Applications: JSR-296 Tooling ● Large Applications: NetBeans Platform ● Conclusion Agenda

15 1.Generic Desktop Framework 2.Infrastructural Plumbing 3.Collection of Libraries 4.NetBeans Platform Toolkit NetBeans Platform What is it?

16 Agenda ● Goals 1.Generic Desktop Framework 2.Infrastructural Plumbing 3.Collection of Libraries 4.NetBeans Platform Toolkit

17 NetBeans Platform

18 Nuance Voice-XML

19 Fiorano Studio

20 Nokia: Mobile Network

21 Sketsa SVG Editor

22 VisualVM

23 AIOTrade

24 NetBeans IDE

25 JCae-CAD

26 MC4J JMX Console

27 JFugue Music Notepad

28 StudioSL: Oil Flow

29 Agenda ● Goals 1.Generic Desktop Framework 2.Infrastructural Plumbing 3.Collection of Libraries 4.NetBeans Platform Toolkit

30 Maybe this is your code:

31 Maybe this is you:

32 This should be you... domain expert knowledge

33 Application “Plumbing” ● Windowing/docking system ● Archictecture ● Lifecycle management ● Persistence ● Data management ● Consistent look & feel ● Distribution/update mechanism

34 Demo

35 Agenda ● Goals 1.Generic Desktop Framework 2.Infrastructural Plumbing 3.Collection of Libraries 4.NetBeans Platform Toolkit

36 Javadoc

37 Libraries ● Window System API ● Actions API ● Options Window API ● Many Editor APIs ● Visual Library API ●...and many more

38 Ways to get started ● Javadoc ● Tutorials ● Samples ● Blog entries Tip: Use them outside the NetBeans Platform

39 Agenda ● Goals 1.Generic Desktop Framework 2.Infrastructural Plumbing 3.Collection of Libraries 4.NetBeans Platform Toolkit

40 Project wizards

41 NetBeans Platform

42 Outline view

43 Project wizards

44 File wizards

45 File wizards ● Actions API ● Datasystems API ● Module Install class ● Options Dialog API ● TopComponent class ● Wizard Descriptor class

46 Configuration

47 Editor

48 While developing......enhance the IDE

49 Dependencies

50 Dependencies

51 Contextual menus

52 Contextual menus

53 Samples

54 Demo: Porting

55 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.

56 Porting Guide nbm-porting-basic.html

57 ● Goals ● Design: Matisse GUI Builder ● Medium Applications: JSR-296 Tooling ● Large Applications: NetBeans Platform ● Conclusion Agenda

58 ● Resources

59 ● 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