The NetBeans Community Podcast

NetBeans Podcast #60

tinuola.awopetu@oracle.com (NetBeans Team) — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:07:16 +0000

Download mp3: 43 minutes – 36.8 MB
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NetBeans Community News with Geertjan and Tinu

What's new?
•    Take the NetBeans 7.1 Satisfaction Survey. Are there features and improvements you want to see in NetBeans IDE? Submit your request(s).
•   Register for JavaOne 2012 in San Francisco.
•   Read Geertjan's trip reports from Oracle Developer Day in Romania and Poland.
•    Meet up with Geertjan and other Oracle Java evangelists at JavaOne Russia from April 17 - 18.

Community Interview: Joel Murach

Joel Murach is the author of Murach's Java Programming, a comprehensive training guide to Java that features the NetBeans IDE exclusively. Find out why NetBeans IDE is Murach's choice for teaching developers how to create programs in Java.
• Other Murach Books with NetBeans IDE: Murach's PHP and MySQL; Murach's Java Servlets and JSP
• NetBeans Zone Interview: Joel Murach, Author of Murach's Java Programming

Groovy Support in NetBeans IDE: Martin Janicek

Development for Groovy support in NetBeans IDE is back, and NetBeans engineer Martin Janicek gives an update on what features and improvements to expect going forward.
• New NetBeans for Groovy Blog: Get weekly updates about the team's progress; provide feedback.
• To try Groovy support in NetBeans IDE download the daily builds.

API Design with Jarda Tulach

Jarda Tulach returns from OSGiCon with tales of his experience presenting Netbinox at the conference.

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NetBeans Podcast #59

tinuola.awopetu@oracle.com (NetBeans Team) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:27:42 +0000

Download mp3: 44 minutes – 36.8 MB
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NetBeans Community News with Geertjan and Tinu

   •   NetBeans IDE 7.1 released!
   •   See the NetBeans IDE in action and get FREE hands-on experience developing with NetBeans in Virtual Developer Days about Java SE 7, JavaFX 2.0 and Oracle WebLogic. Check out the NetBeans Calendar for other upcoming events.
   •   Four new members added to the NetBeans Dream Team: Congratulations to Kirk Pepperdine, Zoran Severac, Jonathan Spooner and John Yeary!
   •   Subscribe to the official NetBeans page on Facebook! Check us out as well on Twitter, YouTube, and Google+.

Community Interview: John Yeary

John Yeary is a well-known Java EE evangelist and blogger, and President of the Greenville Java Users Group. And now a member of the NetBeans Dream Team. In this introductory chat, John talks about his experience with NetBeans and Java EE technology, his agenda for Java EE in his new role on the Dream team, and taking part in the "Adopt OpenJDK" project.
• John Yeary's Java Evangelist Blog
• NetBeans 7.1 Screencasts (Shelve/Unshelve Changes; Inspect & Transform)

Project Scanning in NetBeans IDE: Tomas Zezula

What's project scanning in NetBeans IDE and why does it matter? Find out as NetBeans Java Editor Engineer Tomas Zezula gives an update about the latest enhancements to Project Scanning, as well as upcoming additions.

API Design with Jarda Tulach

How can Alpine skier Bode Miller help you better understand API design? Join Jarda and Geertjan for this intriguing API tip segment.
• Bode on API Design (API Design blog)

Have ideas for NetBeans Podcast topics? Send them to nbpodcast at netbeans dot org.

NetBeans Podcast #58

tinuola.awopetu@oracle.com (NetBeans Team) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:40:26 +0000

Download mp3: 52 minutes – 44.1 MB
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NetBeans Community News with Geertjan and Tinu

NetBeans IDE 7.1 Release Candidate 1

Download the release candidate build

Is NetBeans IDE 7.1 release ready? Give your feedback in the NetBeans Community Acceptance Survey. (Survey deadline is Wednesday, December 7th.)

NetBeans Governance Board: Term 19

Sven Reimers is voted in for a second term; Zoran Sevarac is the newbie on the board; and John Jullion Ceccarelli continues as the Oracle representative.

NetBeans Calendar

Community Interview: Sven Reimers

Software architect and NetBeans Dream Team member Sven Reimers joins Geertjan for a recap of highlights and hot topics from Devoxx 2011. Also covered: His re-election to the NetBeans Governance Board.

NetCAT 7.1 Report with Jirka Kovalsky

The NetCAT program (NetBeans Community Acceptance Testing) is a customary part of the NetBeans release cycle, giving users the opportunity to help test and get the NetBeans IDE release ready. Program manager Jirka Kovalsky reports back on how the team for 7.1 fared.

API Design with Jarda Tulach

Jarda has a new API Design book coming out! Visit his API Design site for details.

Community Interview: Zoran Sevarac

Zoran Sevarac has an impressive profile: Founder of the open-source project Neuroph, a Java frameworks for neural network development; software engineering teaching assistant; founder of the first NetBeans User Group in Serbia; artificial intelligence researcher; NetBeans Platform Certified trainer; new member of the NetBeans Governance Board. Zoran takes a break from his busy(!) schedule to chat about his experience using NetBeans technology, his efforts to educate the local developer community about Java and NetBeans, as well as his newest role in the NetBeans Community.

Neuroph: Smart Java Apps with Neural Networks (Dzone article)

More DZone articles about Neuroph and NUG Serbia

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NetBeans Podcast #57

tinuola.awopetu@oracle.com (NetBeans Team) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:45:32 +0000

Download mp3: 49 minutes – 39.4 MB
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NetBeans Community News with Geertjan and Tinu

NetBeans at JavaOne 2011

Geertjan returns from a successful JavaOne and gives a trip report.

NetBeans IDE 7.1 Beta launches at the conference. (Video)

Sodbeans, a NetBeans based project, wins a Duke's Choice Award.

Download slides for NetBeans-related sessions at the conference.

NetBeans First Patch Program

A new initiative that teaches NetBeans IDE users how to submit patches to an open-source project. First-time contributors get mentors who guide them through the process. This Dzone article explains more.

NetBeans First Patch Program wiki page

NetBeans Governance Board Elections Kicks Off

Learn more about the six distinguished candidates and then cast your votes!

Election ends at midnight, Monday, Oct. 24 in the last time zone.

Interview with David Strupl, NetBeans IDE 7.1 Release Boss

In this chat with David Strupl, we cover the recent Beta release of NetBeans IDE 7.1 and discuss what's new and noteworthy, such as JavaFX 2.0 support, the new Visual Debugger and more. Is there a feature or enhancement request or bug fix that you want in NetBeans? David talks about how NetBeans users do and can have a say in what is addressed in each release.

Interview with Ernest Lotter, Institute of Mine Seismology

Ernest Lotter is a researcher and mathematician at IMS, the world leader in monitoring micro-earthquakes for the mining industry. The company's product suite is based completely on the NetBeans Platform. On a recent trip to Prague, Ernest visited the NetBeans team and gave a presentation about IMS's introduction to and use of NetBeans; he also sat down for a podcast interview.

Mine Seismology on the NetBeans Platform (Dzone article)

IMS's NetBeans Platform Training (Blog entry)

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NetBeans Podcast #56

tinuola.awopetu@oracle.com (NetBeans Team) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 06:40:50 +0000

Download mp3: 51 minutes – 41.2 MB
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Program

NetBeans Community News with Geertjan and Tinu

NetBeans at JavaOne 2011: Check out the complete listing of NetBeans-related events at the conference!

Want more NetBeans after JavaOne? Sign up for the NetBeans Platform Certified Training course presented by Eppleton and Marakana.

It's election season for the NetBeans Governance Board. Send in nominees for the 19th Term. You can also nominate yourself!

NetBeans @ JavaOne 2011 Interview: Sven Reimers
Software architect and NetBeans Dream Team member Sven Reimers will be a busy man at this year's conference. The veteran JavaOne presenter and Duke award winner (2009) gives a quick summary of the FOUR sessions he'll be leading and co-presenting in San Francisco:

The Final Frontier: Rich Client Platform with JavaFX 2.0

JVM Language Mashup Using NetBeans RCP

The Enterprise RCP: NetBeans RCP with JavaFX 2.0 Controls

Setting Sail: Opening New Horizons in RCP Development

NetBeans @ JavaOne 2011 Interview: Anton Chechel
NetBeans IDE 7.1 Beta makes its first appearance the week of JavaOne, with support for JavaFX 2.0 as its central theme. NetBeans software engineer Anton Chechel discusses JavaFX highlights in the upcoming Beta release, as well as where to see these features in action--at his JavaFX sessions at JavaOne, of course!

JavaFX 2.0 Visual Workflow Editor

Community Interview: Toni Epple
It's never too late to reinvent yourself--with NetBeans! You'll find out why in this [earlier recorded] chat with NetBeans Platform consultant and author Toni Epple. Also a member of the NetBeans Dream Team, Epple talks about the successful premiere of NetBeans Day Munich, an event he organized; how he got his start with the NetBeans Platform and became a well-known consultant and evangelist; and why his career "switch" turned out to be healthier for him.

Learn more about Toni Epple: Website, Twitter

API Design Tip of the podcast with Jarda Tulach: The pitfalls of making incompatible API changes!

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NetBeans Podcast #55

tinuola.awopetu@oracle.com (NetBeans Team) — Wed, 25 May 2011 08:43:20 +0000

Download mp3: 61 minutes – 48.3 MB
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Program

NetBeans Community News with Geertjan and Tinu

Calendar: Java Performance Tuning with Kirk Pepperdine, and NetBeans Day in Munich

New Java Magazine is looking for female contributors

Congratulations to Jan Goyvaerts, the winner of Podcast Puzzler #54!

NetBeans 7.0 Feedback

A look back at NetBeans 7.0 with release boss Petr Jiricka, and a look ahead at what's coming up in NetBeans IDE 7.0.1 (July).

Community Interview: Alex Kotchnev

A new segment to know the active faces behind the NetBeans community. First guest Alex Kotchnev is a Software Architect, a member of the NetBeans Dream Team, and served in the Bulgarian Navy! Find out how he got bitten by the programming bug, and why QA is a professional and personal topic.

Learn more about Alex on his blog and Twitter

API Design Tip of the podcast with Jarda Tulach: Assemblable Types.

NetBeans Plugin Portal Makeover

What's cool and noteworthy in the revamped portal? A chat with Technical Community Manager Jirka Kovalsky.

NetBeans Puzzler recorded by Ken Ganfield, NetBeans Technical Writer

Deadline to submit the puzzler answer: June 20, 2011. Send to nbpodcast at netbeans dot org.

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NetBeans Podcast #54

tinuola.awopetu@oracle.com (NetBeans Team) — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:10:27 +0000

Download mp3: 41 minutes – 32.7 MB

Program

00:06 – NetBeans Community News with Geertjan and Tinu

The NetBeans Calendar is a busy one with NetBeans Platform training courses taking place regionally and globally; JavaOne Russia (April 12-13), JavaOne India (May 10-11)and a community-sponsored NetBeans Day planned for June in Munich.
Do you have NetBeans IDE tips and tricks to share? A NetBeans IDE or NetBeans Platform project that you're working on and would like to spotlight? Add your articles to NetBeans Zone!
NetBeans IDE 7.0 Beta 2, with improved quality and performance fixes, AND Git support preview! Download here.
Congratulations to Enrico Scantamburlo, the winner of Podcast Puzzler #53!

06:22 - NetBeans Dream Team member and Computer Science professor Andreas Stefik discusses SodBeans, a programming development environment for visually impaired developers.

More information about SodBeans:
SodBeans Mailing List
Video: Blind Programming Project in NetBeans IDE
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Releases Accessibility Support for NetBeans IDE
Blind Usability with NetBeans IDE at World Usability Day

30:13 - Jarda Tulach and the API design tip of the podcast: Dependency Injection.

39:50 – Lastly, the NetBeans Puzzler with Jeffrey Rubinoff. Deadline to submit the puzzler answer: April 1, 2011. Not a joke! Send to: nbpodcast at netbeans dot org.

Bye!

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NetBeans Podcast #53

tinuola.awopetu@oracle.com (NetBeans Team) — Fri, 3 Dec 2010 03:50:32 +0000

Download mp3: 1 hour, 9 minutes – 39.8 MB

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NetBeans IDE 7.0 Beta

00:06 – NetBeans Community News with Geertjan and Tinu: It's a packed podcast! NetBeans IDE 7.0 Beta released with language support for JDK7, and a host of other features. NetBeans team on the road (and on planes): at Devoxx, JavaOne Brazil and JavaOne China. Find out if and when a NetBeans Platform Training course is coming to a city near you. The NetBeans Dreamteam is growing; learn who the new members are.

08:34 - Overview of NetBeans IDE 7.0 Beta with release boss Petr Suchomel. (Hear more about 7.0 Beta on the Java Spotlight podcast!)

22:17 - A chat with Jarda Tulach about new enhancements to the NetBeans Platform for NetBeans 7.0.

42:57 - Oracle Java Developer of the Year and JavaEE expert Adam Bien explains why he demoes and works using only the NetBeans IDE. Check out his best practices JavaEE Patterns book for a comprehensive guide to developing lean and maintainable JavaEE applications.

59:33 - Snippets from members of the NetBeans engineering team about their favorite highlight in the latest beta release: David Konecny for JavaEE; Petr Pisl for PHP (the NetBeans PHP team blog), and Marek Fukala about HTML5 editing support.

1:02:41 - Jarda Tulach returns with the API design tip: ThreadContext ClassLoader.

1:08:52 – And finally, the NetBeans Puzzler with Jeffrey Rubinoff. Deadline to submit the puzzler answer: January 7, 2011. Send to: nbpodcast at netbeans dot org.

Bye!

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NetBeans Podcast #52

tinuola.awopetu@oracle.com (NetBeans Team) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:16:34 +0000

Download mp3: 48 Minutes – 38.4 MB

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NetBeans IDE 6.8 Debuts with Java EE 6 and GlassFish v3 Support!

00:02 – NetBeans Community News with Geertjan and Tinu: NetBeans IDE 6.8 debuts! MySQL+Java resources page now has a section devoted to the NetBeans IDE. Meet the Voice of the Community captains. Puzzled about the NetBeans Puzzler....

04:24 – Sun SVP Jim Parkinson visits the NetBeans team in Prague to give a thumbs-up to NetBeans IDE 6.8 and to reaffirm support for the NetBeans Platform.

11:42 – NetBeans 6.8 is not the only new Sun release in December; GlassFish also shares the spotlight. Product Manager John Clingan talks about his team's latest release: GlassFish v3.

19:13 – An early morning chat with David Konecny, the technical lead for Java EE support in the NetBeans IDE. David talks about what's new in EE 6, the IDE's support, and his experience as a JEE user and developer.

29:54 – NetBeans Dream Team member Ryan de Laplante reports on his experience using the newly released NetBeans IDE 6.8.

41:10 - Jaroslav Tulach closes out the API design tip segment for 2009 with a talk about implementing closures.

47:26 – The easiest NetBeans Puzzler--EVER.

Deadline to submit the puzzler answer: January 15, 2010. Send to: nbpodcast at netbeans dot org.

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NetBeans Podcast #51

tinuola.awopetu@oracle.com (NetBeans Team) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:17:11 +0000

Download mp3: 38 Minutes – 31.1 MB

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NetBeans 6.8 Preview and Community News

00:06 – NetBeans Community News: Geertjan and Tinu bring you up to speed with the latest happenings in NetBeans land, including the upcoming NetBeans 6.8 release, the migration of NetBeans.org, a new Governance board and more.

05:45 – Geertjan speaks with Martin Balin for a preview of NetBeans IDE 6.8.

13:59 – API Design Tip with Jarda Tulach: Aspect Oriented Programming

20:38 – NetBeans.org gets an upgrade! Tinu interviews Petr Blaha about the site's migration to the Kenai infrastructure and some of the benefits of the move.

32:39 – NetBeans at the International PHP Conference: Brad Schmidt gets a trip report from Ruth Kusterer and Petr Pisl. For more details about the trip and PHP support in NetBeans IDE, visit the NetBeans PHP Team Blog.

37:49 – The NetBeans Puzzler.

Deadline to submit the puzzler answer: December 4, 2009. Send to: nbpodcast at netbeans dot org.

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NetBeans Podcast #50

tinuola.awopetu@oracle.com (NetBeans Team) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:39:21 +0000

Download mp3: 24 Minutes – 19.2 MB

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NetBeans IDE 6.7

00:44 – NetBeans IDE 6.7: Geertjan Wielenga and Tinu Awopetu discuss the release and highlights from JavaOne 2009

03:52 – Project Kenai: Alvis Matlija interviews Sharat Chander about Project Kenai integration with the NetBeans IDE

13:38 – C/C++ Support in NetBeans: Geertjan chats with Vladimir Voskresensky about the C/C++ support team's usability studies.

16:25 – API Design Tip with Jarda Tulach - Imagine Applications without APIs

22:52 – The NetBeans Puzzler.

Send your answer to the puzzler by August 21, 2009 to nbpodcast at netbeans dot org.

Have ideas for NetBeans Podcast topics? Send them to nbpodcast at netbeans dot org. Ideas used will get you a prize from the NetBeans team!

NetBeans Podcast #49

tinuola.awopetu@oracle.com (NetBeans Team) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:34:54 +0000

Download mp3: 46 min. – 61 MB

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New Books about NetBeans

01:04 – Tinu Awopetu brings us news from the NetBeans community. Release of Traditional Chinese Localization of NetBeans 6.5 (Join the localization effort!)
Plus: NetBeans on Twitter.

04:07 – Interview with Brian Leonard, co-author with Chris Kutler of “NetBeans Ruby and Rails IDE with JRuby”

12:37 – Interview with Ruth Kusterer, author of “100 NetBeans IDE Tips & Tricks,” available from the Safari Books Online

17:42 – Interview with David Heffelfinger, author of “Java EE 5 Development with NetBeans 6”

24:30 – API Design Tips with Jarda Tulach – 2009: The Year of Annotations

39:36 – Plugin of the Podcast – NBExpose

40:55 – The Podcast Mailbox – as promised, here's the link to the old Perforce plugin for NetBeans

42:31 – The NetBeans Puzzler

Send your answer to the puzzler by 10 January 2009 to nbpodcast@netbeans.org.

NetBeans Podcast #48

tinuola.awopetu@oracle.com (NetBeans Team) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:32:35 +0000

Download mp3: 35 min. – 44 MB

Program

01:10 – Tinu Awopetu brings us news from the NetBeans community, including the release of NetBeans 6.5 and nominations for developer.com’s Product of the Year 2009 Awards

03:35 – Interview with Petr Pišl and Tomáš Myšík of the NetBeans PHP Team

12:20 – Brief Conversation with Patrick Keegan on the NetBeans 10th Anniversary – video link

14:30 – API Design Tips with Jarda Tulach – The API Design Fest – dZone story

23:30 – Plugin of the Podcast – CheckThread

24:45 – Interview with Stefan Saring on his use of the Swing Application Framework (JSR-296)

31:33 – NetBeans Puzzler

Send your answer to the puzzler by 10 December 2008 to nbpodcast@netbeans.org.

NetBeans Podcast #47

tinuola.awopetu@oracle.com (NetBeans Team) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:14:32 +0000

Download mp3: 34 min. - 39 MB

Program

01:00 – Tinu Awopetu brings us news from the NetBeans community, including the NetBeans' 10th birthday and the NetBeans Decathlon

03:40 – Interview with David Strupl, technical lead of JavaFX support in NetBeans IDE

15:30 – Jarda Tulach's regular API Design Tip

22:40 – Jirka Kovalsky talks about the NetBeans Innovator Grant Contest

28:30 – Project of the Podcast: interview with Brian Segale of DeviceAnywhere

33:00 – NetBeans Puzzler

NetBeans Podcast #46

tinuola.awopetu@oracle.com (NetBeans Team) — Tue, 9 Sep 2008 02:01:01 +0000

Download mp3: 36 min. - 46 MB

Program

01:15 – Tinu talks about the (great new) NetBeans forums and the NetBeans World Tour

05:45 – Lukas Hasik tells us about the Quality Engineering team:

18:15 – James Branam talks about the NetBeans Community Docs Program

22:40 – Jaroslav Tulach's API design tip

28:35 – Mailbox focus on edu.netbeans.org, the site for teachers who use NetBeans in the classroom

30:45 – Plugin of the podcast: Swing Explorer Plugin

33:00 – Puzzler

NetBeans Podcast #45

tinuola.awopetu@oracle.com (NetBeans Team) — Mon, 4 Aug 2008 09:35:56 +0000

Download mp3: 30 min. - 39 MB

Program

01:25 – Interview with Ted Leung, Sun's Principal Engineer for Dynamic Languages and Tools

13:46 – Interview with Jakub Franc, NetBeans eXperience Design Team

19:25 – Jaroslav Tulach's API Design Tip

23:45 – Plugin of the Podcast: Blackberry Development Support in NetBeans

24:33 – Project of the podcast: Emilian Bold’s Standalone Editor

26:10 – NetBeans Puzzler

NetBeans Podcast #44

tinuola.awopetu@oracle.com (NetBeans Team) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:03:12 +0000

Download mp3: 31 min.- 33 MB

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00:58 – NetBeans 6.5 Milestone 1

10:15 – NetCAT 6.5, introduced by project co-ordinator Jiri Kovalsky

14:37 – Jaroslav Tulach's API Design Tip

17:53 – Project of the Podcast: VisualVM, introduced by technical lead Tomas Hurka

26:30 – Plugin of the podcast: Breadcrumb

28:25 – NetBeans Puzzler