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Netbeans C/C++ Configuration - (repeat event for those who missed out)
Come along and learn about Netbeans IDE. I will be running a walk-thru seminar which will guide you through the installing of Netbeans IDE and configuration of C/C++ support for the windows platform and Mac.Participants are encouraged to bring along their laptop and follow along.

Netbeans is a programming platform for coding Java, C, C++, Ruby, PHP and much more.

Date: Friday 21 August, 3:30pm-4:30pm
Location: CB 2.7.4B (Building 2)

Refreshments and giveaways will be provided.

Please RSVP to michael.chan[AT]sun.com for attendance

Come along and find about Virtualisation Technologies, Hard Partitions, Resource Management and Virtual Machines. Find out how you can access a free Virtual machine, allowing you to run multiple Operating systems on one PC.

This is a free event where snack food is provided.

To attend, please RSVP @ michael.chan[at]sun.com

Date: Thursday 20 August, 12pm to 1pm
Location: CB 03.04.12 (Bon Mache Building)

For more details and information on up coming events bookmark http://blogs.sun.com/chanman

The seminar slides Project Wonderland are available on OSUM.

Join the Open Source University Meetup for UTS.

http://osum.sun.com/group/utsosum

In future all seminar slides will be uploaded. There.

Not a member of OSUM. No worries. point your browser to osum.sun.com and sign up.

Once your signed up, find and join the UTS group. 

Come along and learn about Netbeans IDE. I will be running a walk-thru seminar which will guide you through the installing of Netbeans IDE and configuration of C/C++ support for the windows platform and Mac.Participants are encouraged to bring along their laptop and follow along.

This is a free event where snack food is provided.
To attend, please RSVP @ michael.chan[at]sun.com before the Monday 8pm.
Details: Tue 11th August 11-12pm Bld 4, Level 2, Room 33

The following events are planned for Week 3 and Week 4 of the Spring Semester.

Week 2: Events

Netbeans C/C++ Configuration  Tuesday 11th August 11-12pm Bld 4, Level 2, Room 33

Project Wonderland Thursday 13th August 12-1pm Bld 2, Level 7, Room 5

Week 3: Events 

Virtualisation  Thursday 20th August 12-1pm Bld 3, Level 4, Room 12

Netbeans C/C++ Configuration  Tuesday 21th August 3:30-4:30pm Bld 2, Level 7, Room 4B

To attend, please RSVP @ michael.chan[at]sun.com before each event

Following up on Netbeans, in particular the C/C++ support.

I will be running a walk-thru seminar which will  guide you for installing Netbeans IDE and cygwin C/C++ tools for a windows platform PC.

This demonstration is primary aimed to allow students to replicate the same steps on their PC at home.

Please RSVP to michael[DOT]chan[AT]sun[dot]com if you would like to attend the event.
The location is Bld 2, Level 7 Room 4B. (take the Bld 1 escalators up twice and then walk into Bld 2, and the room is near by)

Time 12pm -12:45pm, Wednesday 25th March 2009
Food and giveaways will be provided, but please RSVP for numbers.

Any other questions, just email me.

Following up on a question at the end of the previous tech demo on Wednesday 11th March.

Netbeans and C/C++

Netbeans 6.5 supports an array of languages. It has built in out of the box features for java, web programming and other languages, however C/C++ is there but you need additional libraries.

After downloading Netbeans full or C/C++ edition, you then need to download and install some C/C++ libraries on to your system. Windows you would need Cygwin, Solaris  you would need Sun Studio, Mac and linux should have pre-installed libraries.

To find out more visit this link: http://www.netbeans.org/community/releases/65/cpp-setup-instructions.html

I plan to do a demonstration on installing C/C++ support for netbeans. Stay tuned for more details

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Watch and learn how to install Netbeans IDE on to your laptop.

NetBeans is a graphical Integrated and Development Environment for coders of C/C++, Java Mobile, Java, Applications, PHP, Ruby, SOA, SOAP and XML.

In an hour you will have the ability to compile in a dozen of other languages all from the one powerful IDE which is FREE and Open Source. Open Source guarantees that bugs and improvements will be made in a timely manner, providing confidence for the end-user.
> Participants are strongly encouraged to bring along a laptop so you they can follow along.>
> We will be focusing more on C/C++ and Java

This is a FREE event. Food is provided upon RSVP @ michael.chan[at]sun.com before the Wednesday 8am.
Details: Wed 4th Mar 12-1pm Bld 2, Level 7, Room 4B (room is near the Bld1 Lv6 Escalators)

For more details on up coming events see http://blogs.sun.com/chanman
Next Event: Wed 11 Mar Virtual Box and Open Solaris.

The latest and newest version of NetBeans has arrived, 6.5!

 Netbeans 6.5 has improved support for:

• PHP and Javascript
• Debugging for Firefox and Internet Explorer
• and most importantly for those who are already using Eclipse, it supports importing Eclipse projects
  

All this and the easy to use Matisse, Java GUI builder is included.

 Try Netbeans 6.5 Now. I have been using the beta version for 3 months, and I enjoy using it.

• New Features
• Guided Tour of 6.5
  

Try out NetBeans, you will be suprised at the experience.

Well its been a long semester. I finished my final exam on Saturday in the afternoon.

A first for me personally. Saturday exams are strange, but I was very happy with the timing that it was on the afternoon rather than morning.

 Actually quite greatful that all my exams are over in the first week of the exam period!

Well now I have to occupy my time with other commitments and events.

My next technical demo will be on held on Tuesday 14th of October. The topic will be on Open Solaris and the Zeta-byte File System (ZFS). There will also be a short demonstration of the Dtrace debugger.

The presentation slides for my past Technical Demos are finally available for download:

Tech Demo1 - An Introduction to Open Solaris and its features
Thursday 11th September
> 08.09.11_IntroOpenSolaris.pdf (1.7mb)
> www.opensolaris.org

Tech Demo2 - Software Freedom Day
Friday 19th September
> 08.09.19_SFD_OpenSolarisInstal.pdf (2.8mb),
08.09.19_SFD_OpenSouce_Software.pdf (1.7mb)
> www.softwarefreedomday.org

Tech Demo 3 - An Introduction to NetBeans IDE
Thursday 9th September
> 08.10.09_NetBeans.pdf (1.2mb)
> www.netbeans.org

This is my first post, under the Personal tag!

Last week in the uni break I went on a good three day retreat up in the Blue Mountains (2 hours drive west of Sydney) with a group of Christians from Credo (the Christan Club at UTS). We had an awesome time looking at the topic of sex and sexuality and of what the bible had to say.
We stayed at a site called Kedumba House, which was located relatively close by Scenic World in Katoomba.
While there we went bush walking, played soccer and obviously looked at the bible.

One of the highlights of the trip, was when I woke up nice and early to photography the sunrise on Friday morning. This is one of the pictures I got that morning.

My next Technical demo will be NetBeans IDE 6.1. It is a free multi-language, Integrated Development Environment. I will be giving a brief talk on the software, and also conduct a demonstration using one of its many languages to program.

Free food and givaways will be provided at the event

 

Thursday 09 October, 12-1pm

Please RSVP if you are intending to come at Michael.Chan[AT]Sun.com