Ran into Netbeans bug 163029 today. Wish I hadn’t spent a couple hours trying to figure out why it wouldn’t work.
Netbeans has a nifty template system and I decided that I would take advantage of it. I found a handy tutorial to take it a step further and create a template module that could be distributed. Even if no one else ever used this, it would make it easy for me to put the template in on any new install, system, etc. So I went through the steps and things worked nicely, then I decided to change the header to include the license. I went to set my default license and that is where things stopped. I was supposed to be able to add a line to nbproject/project.properties that would cover this. I did, but the template kept loading the default. I thought it was me, but it isn’t.
There is a work-around but it takes place at the user level and requires altering the template in a way that isn’t going to work for anyone else unless they’ve monkeyed with their settings too. Hopefully it will get fixed soon.
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I’ve been doing some work with Python. I am not a ‘write your code in vi’ type guy. I’ll take any help I can get. So I try out a lot of different editors and IDEs all the time. When I went on this latest Python jag I started out on Komodo Edit. It’s not bad. It’s open and has a lot of features for an editor. It is an editor and not an IDE – but it has a lot of IDE features. It’s pretty darn nice.
This week though, I kicked over to Netbeans. I really love Netbeans. Last I had checked python support wasn’t available yet, but now in Netbeans 6.5 it is available as an Early Access feature. Sort of an alpha state I guess. Well – it’s already pretty awesome and they don’t even have it to 1.0 yet. (If you are wondering – it is not available for the 6.7 beta – just 6.5, at least as of a couple days ago.)
Oracle purchasing sun leaves me to wonder just what will happen with Netbeans. Hopefully it will not mean anything negative. In fact, I think they would do good to move their efforts on JDeveloper to Netbeans. Netbeans provides an entire application platform and a ton of tools and plugins. It is open source and their is a good community built up around it. It can truly be a one stop IDE for just about any language or platform. Can you tell I’m a fan?
This tutorial shows Python developers how to work with Python in the NetBeans IDE 6.5. It covers how to set up which Python runtime you want to use, how to create a new project, how to edit files, and how to run your programs. Use the NetBeans Python Editor for code completion, instant rename, quick fixes, catching unresolved or unused names, and import management. NetBeans also supports an interactive console and a debugger for Python.
My favorite IDE – has a new version now available. (Actually it’s been available for a couple days – I just didn’t get around to typing this up.) You can download it here and read about the features here.Read all of the documentation here and take a video tour of 6.5 here.
Netbeans encompasses a wide range of languages and platforms. One that is missing if you look at the features is Python – but there is and early access release available with python support for 6.5. I cannot wait until this is mature – I think I will have reached a point where I can use a single ide for every situation where I think an ide is appropriate.
Netbeans 6.5 beta is available for download now. The list of features is just incredible. Every release just impresses me more. I think when I shuffle on out of DBA land, and have time to write more code, I may be able to get away with using netbeans for all development. Nice.
Below this is text from their announcement listing new/major features, etc. It does a lot more than what is in this list – but this hits a lot of things that maybe people don’t realize is there.
I’ve been heavily involved in checking out things over in the Google world lately. App Engine, Social API, Gears, etc. But last night as I was doing a little digging around that is focused back on Drupal, I ran across this gem that got me pretty excited. drupal plugin support in netbeans 6.1. That is so awesome it is just scary. Now – I haven’t used it yet. I don’t know where it is at in terms of features or usability, but wow. It’s like chocolate and peanut butter. Two great tastes, that taste great together.
You got your CMS platform in my IDE! You got your IDE in my CMS platform!
SO many tools – so many ideas in my brain – and no way they will ever all transfer from there to reality.
Very nice summary of some very nice new features coming with Netbeans 6.5. I just love Netbeans and it just keeps on getting better. I’m thinking anyone who depends upon selling an ide for their business, may need to be really thinking of a new way to make money.
