1. Using NetBeans For Your Existing Projects Brian Leonard bleonard@sun.com

2. 2 Agenda ● Introduction ● About NetBeans Projects ● Automated Project Import ● Manual Project Import ● Using Multiple IDEs ● Conclusion

3. 3 Agenda ● Introduction ● About NetBeans Projects ● Automated Project Import ● Manual Project Import ● Using Multiple IDEs ● Conclusion

4. 4 NetBeans projects ● Ant-based projects ● Project file: build.xml ● Ant tightly integrated ● Can be extended

5. 5 Two Project Types ● Regular projects ● Free-form projects ● If you can, use regular projects ● Much easier, setup free ● Default file structure ● The IDE takes care of build.xml

6. 6 Demo NetBeans Project Basics

7. 7 Agenda ● Introduction ● About NetBeans Projects ● Automated Project Import ● Manual Project Import ● Using Multiple IDEs ● Conclusion

8. 8 Automated Import ● Good news for Java SE projects created with JBuilder or Eclipse: ● We have project importers ● Available on the update center ● They create the build.xml file ● Works for Java SE Projects

9. ProjB ProjA ProjC External Library External Library User Library User Library Variable Referen ce Variable Referen ce Depends On Demo Eclipse Project Importer

10. 10 Agenda ● Introduction ● About NetBeans Projects ● Automated Project Import ● Manual project import ● Using Multiple IDEs ● Conclusion

11. 11 Manual import ● Using regular projects ● Create a New Project with Existing Sources ● Let NetBeans generate build.xml ● Using free-form projects ● Create a New Project with Existing Ant Script ● Reuse existing build.xml

12. 12 Agenda ● Introduction ● About NetBeans Projects ● Automated Project Import ● Manual Project Import ● Using Multiple IDEs ● Conclusion

13. 13 Using Multiple IDEs Regardless of how you get your project into NetBeans It's harmless and easy to still use those other IDEs

14. 14 Demo Sharing a Project Between NetBeans and Eclipse

15. 15 Did you know...? ● NetBeans 6.1 supports Spring ● There is a Hibernate plug-in for NetBeans ● There is a vi plug-in for NetBeansvi plug-in ● NetBeans has keybindings for Eclipse and emacs ● The NetBeans 6 Editor is on par with Eclipse ● Maven is well integrated

16. 16 Conclusion ● There are tools that help with project setup ● Free-form projects and Maven are interesting for some scenarios ● You can use NetBeans in a multi-IDE environment ● There is no longer a reason for Eclipse users not to try NetBeans :-)

17. Using NetBeans For Your Existing Projects