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Welcome to the NetBeans Community Docs Entry Page

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Accepted Docs Formats

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All around the world, members of communities contribute to make their community a better one. NetBeans is no different. You can make a direct impact on the quality of the NetBeans community by contributing docs in a number of formats.

Tutorials

Teach someone how to use your plug-in, or simply show someone how to perform a task using the NetBeans IDE. You can write a whole tutorial, or send us your list of steps and best practices that you discovered, and our writers will turn them into a tutorial. We will even provide you with a tutorial template.

Flash Demos

Demonstrate how tasks can be performed using the NetBeans IDE. You can make a Flash demo from any existing tutorial, or create a new Flash demo. Look here to see how to create a Flash demo.

FAQs

Do you have the answers? Add them to the User FAQ wiki page or write a short HowTo and link it here.

Tips and Tricks

Share ideas and give advice to other users.

Translations

Translate existing documentation into your language. Help others to better understand NetBeans. Check out http://translatedfiles.NetBeans.org/ for information on translating NetBeans.

Blogging

Blogging about NetBeans? Just send us the URL and join the community.

What's New and Important

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Here you will get an inside access of our program and related one's too.

Tutorials Review

Linking to other Docs

After completing your documentation, it is important to link it to other documentation that is similar in nature. For example: I've written a web application tutorial, so I would to add the following section to the bottom of my tutorial.

!!See Also
[Other Web Tutorial 1 | WikiFictionalTutorial1]
[Other Web Tutorial 2 | WikiFictionalTutorial2]
[Web Application Learning Trail at NetBeans.org | http://netbeans.org/kb/trails/web.html]

Adding Learning Trails is also important, refer Docs & Support

How to Contribute Docs Content

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1. First, check the docs wish list on this page to see possible topics for tutorials, tech tips, white papers, flash tutorials, blogs, etc. Please note that one subject can (and often should) be covered in several formats, so if someone has signed up to blog about something, that doesn't mean that someone else can't expand that blog into a full tutorial or flash demo.
2. Send an email to the Community Docs Manager (james.branam@sun.com), stating what you intend to contribute. If you choose to write a tutorial from the Wish List, add the list to the Community Docs in Progress Table with your name.
3. When you are ready to publish your content, add the appropriate information to the Contributions Table on this wiki page.

Guidelines for Contributing

Here is a list of things to consider, if you want to contribute.

• If doing an FAQ, make sure you link the FAQ from the master FAQ index.
• If doing tutorials, articles, or tips and tricks:
  • Create the wiki page with the tutorial.
  • Link it from an entry in the Community Contributions Table.
  • If you're doing one of the things in the wish list, sign up for it.
  • Send an email to dev@usersguide.NetBeans.org telling us about your contribution so we can advertise it

NetBeans Community Docs email Alias

If you have contributed, or planning to contribute, there is an email alias for community contributors: dev@usersguide.NetBeans.org. The alias is generally a place for discussions about things like priorities for contribution, style, and other interesting things. We're waiting for you to join this discussion because your input is valuable.

How To Subscribe?

If you haven't signed up to the alias, have a look-

1. Go to http://usersguide.NetBeans.org/servlets/ProjectMailingListList and log on with your user name. (If you don't have one, just click Login.Then you can register for one.)
2. Scroll down to the dev@usersguide.NetBeans.org mailing list. Click subscribe and a subscription request will be sent.
3. Within a few seconds, an email will arrive asking you to confirm the subscription. Just send an empty email back.

See you there!

NetBeans Community Docs Blog

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The NetBeans Community Docs project blog is at http://nb-community-docs.blogspot.com/. This is the place where the manager, content-manager and the co-ordinator of the project blogs about the program.

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Announcements

Check out all the latest announcements, being made by our Team.

Contributions

Roughly all of the contributions make it to the blog.

Spotlights

The most wonderful part of our program, giving recognition to the active/quality contributors. We have given spotlight to so many of them and some are in waiting.

Comments/Suggestions

Finally, you can subscribe to the comments/suggestions we get about our program, and its contributors.

Thank you, and have a nice day!

Community Docs Contributions

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Here is the list of docs contributed to the NetBeans Community by community members. Most recent contributions are listed first. Note: Documention is eventually moved to the Community Doc Archives or to the netbeans.org Community Docs Web Page

Contribution No.	Date	Title of Contribution	Category	Contributor	Contact	Location
210.	Aug 26, 2008	¿Para qué usar EJB?	Tutorial	Diego Silva L.	diego.silval at gmail dot com	URL
209.	Aug 26, 2008	Administrando Freehg desde NetBeans	Tutorial	Aristides Villarreal Bravo	avbravo@gmail.com	URL
208.	Aug 19, 2008	Netbeans Platform Localization as Plugins	Tips and Tricks	Tonny Kohar	tonny@kiyut.com	URL
207.	Aug 19, 2008	Netbeans Platform Standalone Module Branding tips	Tips and Tricks	Tonny Kohar	tonny@kiyut.com	URL
206.	Aug 17, 2008	How to Set Up JDK 6 and JavaFX on 32-bit Intel Macs	Tutorial	Ruth Kusterer	rkusterer @ netbeans . org	URL
205.	Aug 15, 2008	Agregando Componentes SwingX a la Paleta	Tutorial	Aristides Villarreal Bravo	avbravo@gmail.com	URL
204.	Aug 14, 2008	Tutorial Básico de NetBeans para Novatos Parte II (Bases Datos)	Tutorial	Aristides Villarreal Bravo	avbravo@gmail.com	URL
203.	Aug 10, 2008	NetBeans and Subversion - A Quick Start Guide	Tutorial	James Selvakumar	james.eliyezar@gmail.com	URL
202.	Aug 08, 2008	VWP : Custom Message	Tutorial(Flash Demo)	Prakan Puvibunsuk	prakan at gmail dot com	URL
201.	Aug 08, 2008	Reportes en NetBeans 6.1 con iReport/JasperReports y Visual Web JavaServer Faces	Tutorial	Diego E. Silva L.	diego.silval at gmail dot com	URL
200.	Aug 07, 2008	Reportes con JasperReport desde NetBeans	Tutorial	Aristides Villarreal Bravo	avbravo@gmail.com	URL
199.	Aug 07, 2008	Platform- Other strategies for authentication and authorization	How To	Tom Wheeler	tomwheel at gmail dot com	URL
198.	Aug 07, 2008	Platform- Can I create a console or server (non-GUI) app with the NetBeans Platform?	How To	Tom Wheeler	tomwheel at gmail dot com	URL
197.	Aug 07, 2008	Platform- What are some of the hooks in the application's lifecycle I can plug into?	How To	Tom Wheeler	tomwheel at gmail dot com	URL
196.	Aug 07, 2008	Manteniendo la Configuración de las Bibliotecas Personales	Tips and Tricks	Diego E. Silva L.	diego.silval at gmail dot com	URL
195.	Aug 07, 2008	Depurar PHP en NetBeans 6.1	Tutorial	Diego E. Silva L.	diego.silval at gmail dot com	URL
194.	Aug 07, 2008	Usando NetBeans IDE Early Access for PHP	Tutorial	Diego E. Silva L.	diego.silval at gmail dot com	URL
193.	Aug 06, 2008	Freeform Project JUnit Test Results	Tips and Tricks	Alex Kotchnev	akochnev AT Gee Mail DOT com	URL
192.	Aug 05, 2008	Cambiando el Estado de un CheckBox	Tutorial	Aristides Villarreal Bravo	avbravo@gmail.com	URL
191.	Aug 03, 2008	Add/Remove Sort Key from TableDataProvider Woodstock Components	Tips and Tricks	Varun Nischal	nvarun AT NetBeans DOT org	URL
190.	Aug 02, 2008	Usando componentes Databound para acceder una base de datos (NetBeans 6.1 / 6.5)	Flash Demo	Diego E. Silva L.	diego.silval at gmail dot com	URL
189.	Aug 02, 2008	Navegación de Páginas usando Visual JSF (NetBeans 6.1 / 6.5)	Tutorial	Diego E. Silva L.	diego.silval at gmail dot com	URL
188.	Aug 01, 2008	Tutorial Básico de NetBeans para novatos	Tutorial	Aristides Villarreal Bravo	avbravo@gmail.com	URL
187.	Jul 30, 2008	SwingX (JXTable) and Beans Binding in NetBeans 6.x	Tutorial(Flash Demo)	Prakan Puvibunsuk	prakan at gmail dot com	URL
186.	Jul 30, 2008	Auto-build maven2 projects in the correct order	Tips & Tricks	Kristian Rink	kawazu <at> zimmer428 <dot> net	URL
185.	Jul 29, 2008	Using Subversion and Local Repository	Tutorial	Tushar Joshi	Tushar Joshi	URL
184.	Jul 27, 2008	Changing Look And Feel	Tips & Tricks	Tushar Joshi	tusharvjoshi at gmail dot com	URL
183.	Jul 27, 2008	Changing Default Font Size	Tips & Tricks	Tushar Joshi	tusharvjoshi at gmail dot com	URL
182.	Jul 26, 2008	Usando API de persistencia Java con una aplicación Visual Web Pack	Tutorial	Aristides Villarreal Bravo	avbravo@gmail.com	URL
181.	Jul 25, 2008	Transforming SOAP-Messages with XSLT	Tutorial	Siegfried Bolz	Siegfried Bolz	URL
180.	Jul 24, 2008	Using Spring 2 and Facelets together with NetBeans 6.1	Tutorial	Siegfried Bolz	Siegfried Bolz	URL
179.	Jul 23, 2008	Platform- Revamped Hyperlink Navigation Tutorial	Tutorial	Varun Nischal	nvarun AT NetBeans DOT org	URL
178.	Jul 22, 2008	Iniciándose en RESTful (Español)	Tutorial	Diego E. Silva L.	diego.silval at gmail dot com	URL
177.	Jul 22, 2008	Easily Create JavaBean Properties using Code Templates	Tips & Tricks	Wade Chandler	hwadechandler-nb@yahoo.com	URL
176.	Jul 22, 2008	How To Apply Code Fixes	Tips & Tricks	Varun Nischal	nvarun AT NetBeans DOT org	URL
175.	Jul 21, 2008	Programación Orientada a Aspectos (AOP) con Spring 2.5 y NetBeans 6.1 (Parte 1)	Tutorial	Diego E. Silva L.	diego.silval at gmail dot com	URL
174.	Jul 21, 2008	Fragmentos con Visual JSF (Español)	Tutorial	Diego E. Silva L.	diego.silval at gmail dot com	URL
173.	Jul 17, 2008	Quicksearch in Treeviews in NetBeans	Tips & Tricks	Hubert A Klein Ikkink	h.kleinikink at gmail dot com	URL
172.	Jul 17, 2008	Debugging Spring OSGi with NetBeans IDE	Tutorial	Slim Ouertani	ouertani@gmail.com	URL
171.	Jul 13, 2008	Tutorial de Mercurial	Tutorial	Aristides Villarreal Bravo	avbravo@gmail.com	URL
170.	Jul 08, 2008	Autocomplete Text Field using Ajax Transaction Dynamic Faces Component in Netbeans 6.1	Tutorial	Bilal Ahamed	bilal@quartesect.com	URL
169.	Jul 03, 2008	Tutorial de NetBeans Visual Library en Español	Tutorial	Aristides Villarreal Bravo	avbravo@gmail.com	URL
168.	Jul 03, 2008	EJB development for Glassfish using Maven2 and Spring	Tutorial	Kristian Rink	kawazu <at> zimmer428 <dot> net	URL
167.	Jul 01, 2008	Java ME development on Mac OS X	Tutorial	Junda	junda@just2me.com	URL

Community Docs Archives

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Community Documentation submitted prior to July 1, 2008 is now located in the Community Docs Archives. Over 150 docs are archived for safekeeping of the precious contributions. Have a look and get inspired...

Community Docs in Progress

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Here is the list of docs currently being written by community members. Most recent entries are listed first.

Date Added	Document in Progress	Category	Author	Contact	Comments
Aug 25, 2008	Config XAMPP with DatabaseExplorer	HowTo	Varun Nischal	nvarun AT netbeans DOT org	Almost done!
May 28, 2008	Usage of Spring and hibernate in NetBeans Platform application	Tutorial & Code	Filip Jirsák	filip@jirsak.org	Started, sample application attached
May 26, 2008	Using Ibatis in Swing Application Inside NetBeans IDE	Tutorial (id_ID)	Martinus Ady H	mrt.itnewbies@gmail.com	Started.
May 14, 2008	DB Explorer Communication API	Code & Tutorial	Bret Fisher	bfisher2@cfl.rr.com	Started. 60% completed.
Mar 20, 2008	MeshCMS: Site Maintaineance using NetBeans 6	Tutorial	Kristian Rink	kawazu <at> zimmer428 <dot> net	work in progress
October 23,2007	Importing Eclipse projects into NetBeans	sub-project	Amit Kumar Saha	amitsaha.in@gmail.com	in progress

• I have already NetBeans 6.0 Beta 1 over NetBeans 5.5.1 in my PC. How do I install NetBeans 6.0?

Community Docs Wish List

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Looking for an idea to write a tutorial about? Here are some things we would love to have tutorials and Flash demos on.

Do you want to suggest a tutorial or sign up for writing one?

Date Added	Document	Requested By	Contact (Optional)
June 11, 2008	Netbeans IDE Integration of Bug Trackers (howto mylyn in netbeans)
October 21, 2007	Importing an Eclipse project into NetBeans	John Jullion-Ceccarelli	John Jullion-Ceccarelli
October 21, 2007	Importing a JBuilder project into NetBeans	John Jullion-Ceccarelli	John Jullion-Ceccarelli
August 20, 2007	Simple visual Web application (incl. documentation) using simple form based authentication with JAAS against a DB (e.g. login, logout, sessionhandling	Christian Meyer
May 29, 2007	Creating Modules: Adding support for external JSF components (eg. myfaces,...) -> Adding to the palette, visual web support, code completion...
May 22, 2007	Creating Modules: How to add support for Refactoring	Thomas Zillinger
May 22, 2007	Creating Modules: How to write a Bridge to use Suggestions/Task View	Thomas Zillinger
April 2, 2007	Adding JavaHelp for standard projects	Chuck Davis
March 22, 2007	Extending the Database Explorer for Database specific views	Thomas Zillinger
March 9, 2007	Using an Exiting XSD with a Web Service Within an EJB Container	John Hilgedick
February 28, 2007	Porting Eclipse Plug-ins to NetBeans
February 28, 2007	Porting SWT Applications to Swing/NetBeans Platform
February 28, 2007	Porting a regular Swing programs to use the NetBeans Platform
February 28, 2007	Placing a NetBeans projects into CVS
February 28, 2007	Checking out from CVS and doing headless builds
February 28, 2007	Update NetBeans and SSH article
February 28, 2007	Doing Java EE 5 Development in NetBeans 5.5
February 28, 2007	Developing Spring Framework Applications With NetBeans
February 28, 2007	Using the Tapestry Framework With NetBeans
February 28, 2007	Using Facelets with NetBeans
February 28, 2007	Developing EJB 2.1 CMP Entity Beans with JBoss in NetBeans
February 28, 2007	Converting an EJB2 application to EJB3 with NetBeans
February 28, 2007	Converting a Hibernate2 application to EJB3 with NetBeans
February 28, 2007	Tag Library development in NetBeans
February 28, 2007	Integrating JDIC components with NetBeans
February 28, 2007	Accessing MS Access/MSSQL from NetBeans
February 28, 2007	Deploying projects to commercial hosting services such as GoDaddy when the server doesn't find the correct folders for java scripts.	Sapan Parikh
June 13, 2008	Totorial for building a visual JSF application with multiple selection in a datatable

Have an idea that is not on the list? Contact the Docs Community Manager (james.branam at sun dot com) for more information.

NetBeans for Eclipse Users

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• EclipseToNetBeans - Migrate your Eclipse projects to NetBeans

Latest Buzz, check out the latest announcement made in this project.

• NetBeans for Eclipse users
• Improved Eclipse Key Bindings For NetBeans 6

FAQs

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Following are the Frequently Asked Questions by community members. If you can't find one related to your problem, don't hesistate to contact us!
Q: My English isn't that good. Can I still contribute a tutorial?
A: Of course you can. Just make the steps clear and easy to follow. Another community member can edit it for you.
Q: I blog in French. Does this qualify as a contribution to the community?
A: Yes. NetBeans users are based all around the world. Blogging in any language contributes to the community.
Q: I have translated some help files into Swedish. Does this count as a contribution?
A: Yes. Your contribution may help someone in the community.

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