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NetBeans Debugging tricks #1211

Wednesday Oct 08, 2008

During debugging, if NetBeans sees several method calls on a single line, it allows you to choose for stepping into one of them. So cool !

Update : This feature is available in NetBeans 6.5 beta onwards.

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Posted at 08:21PM Oct 08, 2008 by Vadiraj Deshpande in NetBeans
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This is available on latest NB 6.5 builds only I presume.

Posted by Rohan Ranade on October 08, 2008 at 09:38 PM IST #

Thanks Rohan for the tip. I updated the entry with this information.

Posted by Vadiraj Deshpande on October 08, 2008 at 09:53 PM IST #

hi there,

When I moved from eclipse to IDEA, I sorely missed this feature. Good to know that Netbeans is catching up. Hopefully, soon, the focus on other languages will reduce and the focus on making the editor in Netbeans as good as any professional editor will increase.

Posted by Anjan Bacchu on October 08, 2008 at 11:11 PM IST #

@Vadiraj: You are welcome. Nice to see you back on the blogosphere

@Anjan Bacchu:
Perhaps you are not aware of the size of NetBeans dev operations, and hence this comment about focus on other languages.

1. What is it that you miss in the current NetBeans editor that is there in other "professional editors" that you like? I am sorry, but I find NetBeans as good as any professional editor, if not better.

2. How does focusing on other languages take away the focus on making the editor in NetBeans better? The folks focusing on providing other languages support have nothing to do with the Java editor folks. These are separate teams.

Posted by Rohan Ranade on October 08, 2008 at 11:44 PM IST #

It is nice.

The only thing is it doesn't 'allow' you to make a choice you 'MUST' make a choice. If you press the button 'step' repeatedly it still wants you to make a choice. They make you move the mousepointer off the step button.

Posted by Kees on October 09, 2008 at 10:38 PM IST #

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