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20050625 Saturday June 25, 2005

Brand New Tutorial: NetBeans Server Plug-ins

As mentioned in Create Your Own NetBeans Server Plug-in Module, I've been working on a tutorial that explains how to create your own server plug-in for the NetBeans IDE. No longer are you limited to the server plug-ins made by others -- you can just go ahead and make your own now. Or, if you're not completely happy with someone else's server plug-in, you can tweak and fiddle with theirs as much as you like.

Here it is: NetBeans Server-Skeleton Plug-in Tutorial

Note, though, that this tutorial is completely new and is therefore far from complete. It is a draft, a work in progress. Do not expect perfection. On the other hand, a complete code sample is provided -- you can download it, look at it, learn about it from the tutorial and the NetBeans API List, and find out how everything relates to each other. Of course, any -- and all -- comments would be highly appreciated (a feedback link is provided) -- the bottom of the tutorial provides a small table with current known issues and more will be added as comments come in.

For other tutorials on NetBeans plug-ins, see the NetBeans Developer Tutorials page.

Jun 25 2005, 08:24:33 AM PDT Permalink