NetBeans69WebTierTopics

Topics for the NetBeans 6.9 release in the Web Tier area

• CSS/HTML/JavaScript - really good support, refactoring

• JavaScript

• Rhino update
• AST improvements (var vs. functions)
• distinguish JSON vs. JavaScript

• HTML refactoring
• CSS refactoring (in CSS, HTML, PHP, ...)
• navigation (HTML -> CSS etc)
• code completion for selectors
• CSS frameworks
• visual style editor
• see: http://wiki.netbeans.org/HtmlCssEditing
• JavaScript libraries support

• development vs. production
• compression
• bundle some

• Better integration of external browser

• jump to source when I see error in browser
• refresh on save
• do not open new tabs, reuse existing
• FireBug integration with NB (integrate, not duplicate the UI)

• Terminal emulator
• PHP

• frameworks: Zend, CakePHP
• FTP (remote fs) file browser - low priority
• refactoring
• structure view, hierarchy view, navigator
• implements/overrides, hints
• packaging - phar (wait and see if people use it)

• CSL improvements

• navigator
• more shared code/supports

• Web Profile part of JEE (Servlet, JSP, JSTL, EL, JSF, WebBeans, EJB-Lite, JPA, JTA, JavaMail, Common Annotations)

• JSF

• components market
• graphical editing

• JavaFX vs Web Project

• seamless cooperation (both are about different aspects of the same web application)

• Cloud/virtual image deployment

• promote Sun products via pre-configured/pre-tuned images of Solaris/D-trace/GlassFish/MySQL (and other Sun products)
• allow users to deploy their apps to *public* internet via F6 keystroke from NB

• JPA / Database

• it is Oracle domain after all
• criteria API code completion/error checks improvements
• JPQL editor/tester, HQL

• WebBeans

• provide more support and integrate into more samples/tutorials

• Web Frameworks (Spring, Struts, Wicket, Hibernate)

• expand list or update/improve existing

• WebLogic
• Oracle components (ADF)

• Non-Web Profile part of JEE (EJB, JMS, Connector, SAAJ, JACC, JASPIC, StAX)

• JMS enhancements by Frank Kieviet?
• How many active NetBeans users using JMS, JCA are there really?
• Domain of tools users are used to pay for.

• Web Services area (WebServices, JAX-RCP, JAR-RC, JAXB, Web Services Metadata)

• REST

• REST services test client improvements
• improve generated code (use criteria API)

• Ruby and Rails

• Rails 3? Big task - when released?
• Cucumber
• HAML
• Java integration
• editing
• debugger - maintenance mode
• deploy war files from the IDE?

• Groovy and Grails

• GSP
• Groovy debugger (watches)
• Parser performance
• Type inference
• Better GlassFish runtime integration
• AppEngine, GWT plugins support

Features to postpone until future releases:

• Embedded browser
• Visual HTML composer
• JavaScript component libraries rewrite

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