Wednesday July 08, 2009
Wednesday July 08, 2009
Wicket Plugin Ready for NetBeans IDE 6.7
I created a 'nb_67' branch on https://nbwicketsupport.dev.java.net today. I worked on the Wicket plugin in that space. Several small tweaks needed to be done to upgrade the plugin to 6.7, but now it's done. I tried it out on Ubuntu and then Ken Ganfield, technical writer colleague, tried it on his Mac. No problems.
Go here to download the ZIP containing the three NBM files you need to install:
http://plugins.netbeans.org/PluginPortal/faces/PluginDetailPage.jsp?pluginid=3586
Some small differences between this release and the previous:
- It works for 6.7 because I upgraded the version numbers of the NetBeans APIs used by the plugin. (The problem around pre61completion module can be fixed by updating the dependencies to their current version, see here.)
- It only works for 6.7 because some APIs used are new compared to the previous version, especially the Classpath API, which wasn't there previously, with the applicable class being found in a different JAR at that time.
- JARs for 1.4 RC-5 (instead of 1.4 RC-2 as before) are included. If you don't like this version, that's fine, then simply download the JARs you want from the Wicket site and add those to the NetBeans IDE Library Manager instead of the ones that the plugin provides.
- Fewer JARs are included than before, maybe that will cause problems. Now, instead of a very long list of JARs bundled with Wicket distros, you only get the absolute minimum, the core Wicket JAR and the two mandatory logging JARs. (Thanks to Jesse Sightler for some insight and this reference.) The others you can download yourself. Or if there's enough disagreement, I'll put them back. (Or anyone else can too, of course.)
Some pics, the first showing the extension to the New Web Application wizard...
...with the second showing exactly what you get at the end of the above:
You should be able to deploy the above immediately, without any coding or configuring whatsoever.
And there are some special tools in the IDE for Wicket, such as the Navigator by Tim in the bottom left below, showing the Wicket IDs, letting you click them to navigate to the relevant place in the file:
Make sure that, when you click the "Download" button on the plugin page, you end up with "Wicket4NB67-2.zip", which will also get you Javadoc support for Wicket classes...
...as well as the ability to navigate into the Wicket sources (by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking on the reference to the class you're interested in):
Known issues: The logging sample by Tim is broken, somehow. Whoever fixes it wins a NetBeans pen. (Let me know how to fix it and I will send you a NetBeans pen. Or fix it and commit the changes yourself, which is even better.) By the way, I didn't manage to deploy Wicket to GlassFish v 2.1, although prelude 3 didn't have a problem.
For future reference, this is where I found various Wicket JARs.
If, in a week or two, no serious problems remain, I will prepare the plugin for inclusion in the Plugin Portal Update Center, so that it can be installed without your needing to download it from the Plugin Portal.
Jul 08 2009, 09:08:00 AM PDT Permalink
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