The Portal Pack 1.1 Plug-ins (NetBeans Portlet Plug-in) are now available in the Java EE 5 Tools Bundle Update 3 Preview. The Java EE 5 Tools Bundle is a complete,developer-friendly environment with all necessary runtimes installed
and fully configured to start portlet application development.
The Java EE 5 Tools Bundle includes following fully configured and ready to use components for Portlet Application development:
- NetBeans IDE 5.5.1 Beta
- NetBeans Enterprise Pack 5.5.1 Beta
- Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 Beta
- Portlet Container 1.0
- Portal Pack 1.1 Plug-ins
Detail list of components in Java EE 5 Tools bundle can be found here. Check Deepak's blog to know more about Portlet Container 1.0 .
Note: Incase you are already using Portal Pack Plug-ins in your NetBeans IDE, you can update to the latest version of Portal Pack plug-ins.The latest version of the Portal Pack plug-ins are available for download here.
Some highlights of this release are
- Supports all features supported by Portal Pack 1.0.
- Some critical bug fixes.
- Supports to create a new Portlet Application from existing sources.
Here are the links to the resources and docs for Portal Pack 1.1 Plug-ins (Netbeans Portlet Plugin)
- Portal Pack 1.1 (NetBeans Portlet Plugin) Release Notes
- Portal Pack 1.1 (NetBeans Portlet Plugin) Installation Instructions
- Article on Developing Portlets using NetBeans Portlet Plugin
- Other Articles and User guides available on netbeans.org



Posted by Ranga Rao .Panda on April 30, 2007 at 04:40 PM IST #
Posted by 203.124.221.21 on April 30, 2007 at 04:48 PM IST #
sir i am participating in code for freedom contest. I am the SUN campus ambassador from the Amrita Vishwa VIdhyapeetham, AMritapuri. I request you to send me some bugs to fix on...also i request to help me out during my bug fixing process
Posted by archana on November 30, 2007 at 09:13 PM IST #