Netbeans IDE

My first time using NetBeans, it was barely an IDE. Actually, it was just a platform that allows Java Developers to test their JavaBeans on. Running on Java 1.3.

So, since 1.3 to the end of Java 1.4, I have been using a simple IDE called Gel. Gel’s developers have stopped development since the launch of Java 1.5, and actually becomes non-usable since Generics was released. So I have been on the search for another IDE. At one point, I tried the famous Eclipse IDE however was extremely disappointed at the slow responses Eclipse have. JDeveloper was not a bad solution, however I personally am not very comfortable with using something that is branded with Oracle with MySQL or PostgreSQL.

After jumping into bed with several Java IDEs, I’ve decided to give NetBeans 6.5.1 another try. This time, I think I am set for my Java Development. It not only have a decent speed while loading up, it supports two other languages that I use all the time, C++ and PHP.

I personally think NetBeans have come a long way, one of the most amazing tool is the GUI interface. I recall that back in the days of Java 1.4, to create a typical Java GUI, I must code the the GUI piece by piece in code. However with the GUI interface editor, drag and drop with double clicking to code. This made GUI design and GUI coding A LOT easier then when I was learning Java.

To obtain the Netbean IDE please go to http://netbeans.org/. and download the version that fits your developmental system.

Tags: development, Eclipse, Eclipse IDE, Gel, Generics, java, Java Developers, Netbeans IDE, platform

Pulpcore

Recently I came across an OpenSource project designed to make java more updated with simple 2D game programming. Flash, Silverlight and other secondary tools have long since dominate this client side, interactive coding portion of the web. HTML 5 is still in its infancy, and ultimately painful to implement. Of course, to some, Java is as painful to learn. But for most people who have been taking advantage of Java’s server side power, it would be relatively fun to go back to GUI programming.

Pulpcore is really not a brand new idea. Java’s applet attempts back in the mid ninties was a complete failure, yet super foresight on Sun’s part. Java Applet’s failure is actually due to the limitation in computing power back in the 90s. The Java VM is not light to load and run, yet most computers back then would have been under 100 mhz! That is like a joke compared to today’s cpu speed, measured in GHz instead!

So if there is a way to load the applet code without all the annoying java protection, java can actually be more efficient then flash!

Click here to take a look at Pulpcore’s main page!

Tags: games, java, pulpcore

Moodle on Ubuntu

Yesterday, I have just installed Moodle on a distribution of Ubuntu Workstation (9.x) for a test of moodle. What I have immediately found out is that Ubuntu have a default version of Moodle that works with either MySQL or PosteSQL. No Database support, for DB like Oracle, MS SQL, or others.

Moodle, according to Moodle.org supports many Databases, so I guess we would have to rely on non-default packages if we want to use databases other then the two.

A command one might want to know if using the default Moodle on Ubuntu: sudo dpkg-reconfigure Moodle.

Tags: default version, Moodle, MySQL, SQL, support, test, Ubuntu, Yesterday