Pro Apache Netbeans: Building Applications on the Rich Client Platform

Take a detailed look at the NetBeans IDE and new features in the NetBeans Platform. Learn about support for JShell, the Jigsaw Module System, and Local Variable Type Inference, focusing on what this new version of NetBeans brings to developers who are working in Java and other supported languages. The book is a practical, hands-on guide providing a number of step-by-step recipes that help you take advantage of the power in the latest Java (and other) software platforms, and gives a good grounding on using NetBeans IDE for your projects. This book has been written by Apache community members who both use the IDE and actively contribute and develop Apache NetBeans as an open source project.
Pro Apache NetBeans consists of three parts. The first part describes how to use the IDE as well as the new features that it brings to support the latest Java versions. The second part describes how you can extend NetBeans by creating plugins and writing your own applications using the Rich Client Platform. The third part describes how you can contribute to develop NetBeans IDE further, becoming part of the open source team that is driving future developments in the toolset.

What You Will Learn

• Work faster and more effectively by applying expert tips and tricks
  
• Apply NetBeans' most cutting-edge features to your Java development
• Debug your applications using intuitive features built into the IDE
  
• Identify performance issues in your application by using the NetBeans profiler
  
• Develop using the latest API of the NetBeans Rich Client Platform
  
• Extend Apache NetBeans by creating plugins built on the Rich Client Platform
  
• Build NetBeans from source and understand the internals of NetBeans itself
  
• Contribute to the large community that supports and develops NetBeans
  

Who This Book Is For
Developers who want to know the latest features in NetBeans, as well as how the transition to Apache has affected the future of the NetBeans IDE. The book is also of interest to those desiring to become contributors to the NetBeans project and to influence its future development. Java developers who need to create a new desktop application from scratch also will benefit from this book.

詳細了解NetBeans IDE和NetBeans平台的新功能。了解對JShell、Jigsaw模組系統和本地變數類型推斷的支援，重點關注這個新版本的NetBeans對於使用Java和其他支援的語言進行開發的開發人員帶來了什麼。這本書是一本實用的、實踐性的指南，提供了許多逐步操作的步驟，幫助您充分利用最新的Java（和其他）軟體平台的功能，並為您的項目使用NetBeans IDE提供了良好的基礎。這本書是由Apache社區成員撰寫的，他們既使用這個IDE，也積極貢獻和開發Apache NetBeans作為一個開源項目。

《Pro Apache NetBeans》由三部分組成。第一部分介紹了如何使用這個IDE以及它帶來的新功能，以支援最新的Java版本。第二部分介紹了如何通過創建插件和使用豐富客戶端平台來擴展NetBeans。第三部分介紹了如何參與NetBeans IDE的進一步開發，成為推動工具集未來發展的開源團隊的一部分。

您將學到什麼：
- 通過應用專家的技巧和訣竅，更快更有效地工作
- 將NetBeans最尖端的功能應用於您的Java開發中
- 使用IDE內置的直觀功能來調試應用程序
- 使用NetBeans分析器識別應用程序中的性能問題
- 使用NetBeans豐富客戶端平台的最新API進行開發
- 通過在豐富客戶端平台上創建插件來擴展Apache NetBeans
- 從源代碼構建NetBeans並了解NetBeans本身的內部結構
- 參與支持和開發NetBeans的大型社區

適合閱讀對象：
- 想要了解NetBeans最新功能以及Apache轉型如何影響NetBeans IDE未來的開發人員
- 對成為NetBeans項目的貢獻者並影響其未來發展感興趣的人
- 需要從頭開始創建新桌面應用程序的Java開發人員也會從這本書中受益。

Ioannis (​John) Kostaras graduated from the Informatics Department at the University of Athens. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Telecommunications from the Electronics Systems Engineering department of Essex University, and a Master of Arts degree in Management Studies from Essex University. John is a software architect in a big organization and has been a Java developer since JDK 1.0 was released. One of the many applications he has written for the industry, developed in the NetBeans Rich Client Platform, was awarded the 2012 Duke's Choice Community Choice Award. He is also a member of the NetBeans Dream Team. Apart from Java, he speaks other languages, too, such as C/C++, C#, Python, Ruby, Erlang, and Visual Basic. He has written a number of articles in JavaCodeGeeks, and in the NetBeans wiki, and is preparing an online course for Java in Greek in the Mathesis platform, teaching the latest Java and Apache NetBeans to audiences speaking Greek.
Constantin Drabo earned a master's degree from the Université de Picardie Jules Verne (France) in Internet Technologies. He is a software engineer in the National Treasury of Burkina Faso, and is a part-time teacher at the Université Nazi Boni of Bobo-Dioulasso, where he teaches on Java/Java EE and the Human/Machine Interface. He participates in the Java Community Process (JCP) through his contribution to JSR 381 (Visual Recognition). Constantin is a member of the NetBeans Dream Team, and creator of the FasoJUG Java User Group. He is currently studying for his PhD in Machine Learning in Medical Systems.
Josh Juneau has been developing software and database systems for several years. Database application development and sophisticated web apps have been the focus of his career since the beginning. Early in his career, he became an Oracle database administrator and adopted the PL/SQL language for performing administrative tasks and developing applications for Oracle database. In an effort to build more complex solutions, he began to incorporate Java into his PL/SQL applications, and later developed standalone and web applications with Java. Josh wrote his early Java web applications utilizing JDBC to work with backend databases. Later, he incorporated frameworks into his enterprise solutions, including Java EE, Spring, and JBoss Seam. Today, he primarily develops enterprise web solutions utilizing Java EE. He is an avid contributor to Oracle's Java Magazine, speaks at conferences and Java user group events, contributes to the Chicago Java User Group, and is an Apache NetBeans committer and a Java Champion.
Sven Reimers is based at Lake Constance in southern Germany where he works as a systems engineer for Airbus Defense and Space creating next-generation ground segment software for space systems. He has more than 20 years experience building complex software systems, and more than 20 years experience with Java. In 2009 Reimers was the winner of the Duke`s Choice Award in the Network Solutions category for ND SatCom Satellite Communication Management Software. He is part of the Apache NetBeans PMC, a contributor to OpenJFX, and leader and founder of JUG Bodensee. For his long-term commitment to Java and the community, Reimers was named a Java Champion in 2014.

Mario Schröder earned a master's degree in civil engineering from the University of Rostock in Germany. However, he discovered his passion for computer science during his studies and made programming and software development into his profession. He started working with Java professionally in 2001. His first contact with NetBeans was in 2004. He was a member of the NetCat team for Version 7.2, has contributed patches to the platform, and has developed several plugins.

Geertjan Wielenga is a product manager in the NetBeans team. He lives and works in Amsterdam. He is a Java technology enthusiast, evangelist, trainer, speaker, and writer. He studied law at the University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg (South Africa). In early 1996, however, he found himself as a proofreader for a software organization in the Netherlands called SuperNova. After having worked at various other software organizations in the Netherlands, he moved to Vienna, Austria and worked for Coca-Cola's ERP system. In 2004 he moved to Prague, Czech Republic, to work on a free and open source called NetBeans IDE. He discovered that NetBeans IDE was a unique product, project, and ecosystem. Geertjan became inspired and continually enthused by the open source ecosystem and the central role that the NetBeans community was playing in it. He is happy and proud of the role NetBeans has played in Java's 20+ years of existence, and of as his own small personal contributions to the process.

Ioannis (John) Kostaras畢業於雅典大學的資訊學系，並擁有埃塞克斯大學電子系統工程學系的電信碩士學位，以及埃塞克斯大學管理學研究的藝術碩士學位。John是一家大型組織的軟體架構師，自JDK 1.0發布以來一直是Java開發人員。他為該行業開發的許多應用程式之一，使用NetBeans Rich Client Platform開發，獲得了2012年Duke's Choice Community Choice Award。他還是NetBeans Dream Team的成員。除了Java，他還會其他語言，如C/C++、C#、Python、Ruby、Erlang和Visual Basic。他在JavaCodeGeeks和NetBeans wiki上撰寫了許多文章，並正在Mathesis平台上為希臘語的Java準備一門線上課程，教授最新的Java和Apache NetBeans給希臘語使用者。

Constantin Drabo在法國的皮卡第朱爾斯凡大學獲得了互聯網技術的碩士學位。他是布基納法索國家財政部的軟體工程師，也是Bobo-Dioulasso的Nazi Boni大學的兼職教師，教授Java/Java EE和人機界面。他通過對JSR 381（視覺識別）的貢獻參與了Java Community Process（JCP）。Constantin是NetBeans Dream Team的成員，也是FasoJUG Java使用者群組的創建者。他目前正在攻讀醫療系統機器學習的博士學位。

Josh Juneau多年來一直在開發軟體和資料庫系統。從事資料庫應用程式開發和複雜的網頁應用程式一直是他職業生涯的重點。在職業生涯的早期，他成為了Oracle資料庫管理員，並採用了PL/SQL語言來執行管理任務和開發Oracle資料庫的應用程式。為了建立更複雜的解決方案，他開始將Java融入他的PL/SQL應用程式中，並後來使用Java開發獨立和網頁應用程式。Josh使用JDBC來開發早期的Java網頁應用程式與後端資料庫進行互動。後來，他將框架納入企業解決方案中，包括Java EE、Spring和JBoss Seam。如今，他主要使用Java EE開發企業網頁解決方案。他是Oracle的Java Magazine的積極貢獻者，並在會議和Java使用者群組活動中發表演講，為芝加哥Java使用者群組做出貢獻，並且是Apache NetBeans的貢獻者和Java Champion。

Sven Reimers位於德國南部的康斯坦茨湖，是空中巴士國防與太空公司的系統工程師，為太空系統創建下一代地面段軟體。他擁有超過20年的複雜軟體系統建立經驗，以及超過20年的Java經驗。2009年，Reimers在ND SatCom Satellite Communication Management Software的網路解決方案類別中獲得了Duke's Choice Award。他是Apache NetBeans PMC的一員，OpenJFX的貢獻者，以及JUG Bodensee的領導者和創始人。由於他對Java和社群的長期承諾，Reimers於2014年被任命為Java Champion。

Mario Schröder在德國的羅斯托克大學獲得土木工程碩士學位。然而，在學習期間，他發現了對計算機科學的熱情，並將程式設計和軟體開發變成了他的職業。他於2001年開始專業使用Java。他在2004年首次接觸NetBeans。他是Version 7.2的NetCat團隊成員，為平台貢獻了修補程式，並開發了多個插件。

Geertjan Wielenga是NetBeans團隊的產品經理。他居住和工作在阿姆斯特丹。他是一位Java技術的熱衷者、傳道者、培訓師、演講者和作家。他學習法律。