Archive for the 'Demo/Tutorial' Category

CVS Jump Start Demo with NetBeans 5.0 Beta

I have added a new demo. This one showcases the new CVS features in NetBeans 5.0 Beta and shows how easy it is to checkout a project and work with files under CVS control. This demo is just over 4 megs in size (they are slowly getting smaller :-) ). Enjoy and let me know what you think.

New Demo: Using JUnit in NetBeans 4.1

I have uploaded a new demo. This one is a very quick, very newbie centric introduction to using JUnit in NetBeans 4.1. Enjoy :-)

As an aside: you may notice some negative comments towards NetBeans in the demo, this is because JUnit integration is probably NetBeans poorest feature. Compared to Eclipse, NetBeans hardly integrates JUnit at all. However, it is still there and it is incredibly easy to use. And actually, the wizard that you use to create a test class does beat Eclipse. It is just the final output or reporting that you get from JUnit in NetBeans that sucks. I really miss the little green bar from Eclipse. Also, if you are using your own ant script, it is almost impossible to run a single test class. The limitations of Ant really do require that you run the entire suite of tests and for any real development, this can be a huge problem.

However, with all that said, please, enjoy the demo.

Quickstart JSP/Servlets Demo using NetBeans

For a project that I am doing at school I am creating a series of short little Wink tutorial/demos to help the other members in my team come up to speed with some of the technology that we are using. The first of these tutorials is a Quickstart JSP/Servlet Demo using NetBeans.

The video shows how to set up a web application, create a simple JSP page, a simple Servlet and run everything using the bundled tomcat server. The JSP page is used to pass some form data to the Servlet which then prints it to the browser. The whole thing is a little large at just over 9 megs, so be patient. Although it does not take all that long to download on my DSL connection.