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I'm a contract Java developer working in Melbourne for the past 10+ years.
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Tag Archives: netbeans
Netbeans 7 + Git plugin on Windows Issues?
I just started checking out Netbeans 7 which has a nice Git plugin available now in the plugin manager. I was horrified though when I opened a project to find every single source file was being shown as “modified” by Netbeans, although … Continue reading
Automatic release packaging w/ version numbers for Netbeans Java Projects…
I just did a nice little Netbeans build.xml hack for the visural-wicket project to add a build target which packages a release of the library for distribution (e.g. on Google Code). A version number is added to the project in … Continue reading
NetBeans 6.7 Broke My Parameterized Tests
If you had some JUnit parameterized tests with code such as: import java.util.Collection; import junit.framework.TestCase; import org.junit.runner.RunWith; import org.junit.runners.Parameterized; @RunWith(Parameterized.class) public class MyParamTest extends TestCase { public MyParamTest(String s1, String s2) { // do something with s1 and s2 } … Continue reading
5 Reasons Why NetBeans Rocks
I’m a long time NetBeans user, but I’m still surprised how many developers still haven’t given it a go. Certainly there was a time in the deep distant past when NetBeans couldn’t compete at the same level as Eclipse or … Continue reading
