1. Using NetBeans IDE for Desktop Development Geertjan Wielenga http://blogs.sun.com/geertjan

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

3. 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. 4 ● Goals ● Design: Matisse GUI Builder ● Medium Applications: JSR-296 Tooling ● Large Applications: NetBeans Platform ● Conclusion Agenda

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

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

7. 7 Demo

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

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

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

11. 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. 12 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)

13. 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. 14 ● Goals ● Design: Matisse GUI Builder ● Medium Applications: JSR-296 Tooling ● Large Applications: NetBeans Platform ● Conclusion Agenda

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

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

17. 17 NetBeans Platform

18. 18 Nuance Voice-XML

19. 19 Fiorano Studio

20. 20 Nokia: Mobile Network

21. 21 Sketsa SVG Editor

22. 22 VisualVM

23. 23 AIOTrade

24. 24 NetBeans IDE

25. 25 JCae-CAD

26. 26 MC4J JMX Console

27. 27 JFugue Music Notepad

28. 28 StudioSL: Oil Flow

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

30. 30 Maybe this is your code:

31. 31 Maybe this is you:

32. 32 This should be you... domain expert knowledge

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

34. 34 Demo

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

36. 36 Javadoc

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

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

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

40. 40 Project wizards

41. 41 NetBeans Platform

42. 42 Outline view

43. 43 Project wizards

44. 44 File wizards

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

46. 46 Configuration

47. 47 Editor

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

49. 49 Dependencies

50. 50 Dependencies

51. 51 Contextual menus

52. 52 Contextual menus

53. 53 Samples

54. 54 Demo: Porting

55. 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. 56 Porting Guide http://platform.netbeans.org/http://platform.netbeans.org/tutorials/60/ nbm-porting-basic.html

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

58. 58 ● http://weblogs.java.net/blog/tpavek Resources

59. 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