Netbeans
Netbeans is an integrated development environment (IDE) for developing with Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Groovy, C, C++, Scala, Clojure, and other languages.
From Wikipedia article:
- "The NetBeans IDE is written in Java and can run anywhere a compatible JVM is installed, including Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and Solaris. A JDK is required for Java development functionality, but is not required for development in other programming languages."
Installation
Install the netbeans package which is available in the official repositories.
Tips and tricks
- Settings in local version of netbeans.conf override the same settings in the global copy of the file.
- Command-line options override settings in either of the configuration files.
Font antialiasing in Netbeans
Netbeans Specifically
Add -J-Dswing.aatext=TRUE -J-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=on
to the 'netbeans_default_options' line of your netbeans.conf file.
Java Generally
See Java#Better font rendering .
Look and feel
To change Netbeans look and feel, add switch --laf yourLookAndFeel
to IDE command line by appending it to ‘netbeans_default_options’ section of /usr/share/netbeans/etc/netbeans.conf
or editing .desktop file with which you launch Netbeans.
For GTK:
--laf com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel
For Nimbus:
--laf com.sun.java.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel
Integrate with tomcat
It is possible to debug web applications running on tomcat within netbeans:
First install, tomcat.
You will need to create a configuration and deployment folder for your user, for example in /home/USER_NAME/.tomcat7
Copy /etc/tomcat7/ in /home/USER_NAME/.tomcat7/conf and check that you give read/write access to your user.
# sudo cp -r /etc/tomcat7/ /home/USER_NAME/.tomcat7/conf # sudo chown -R USER_NAME:USER_NAME /home/USER_NAME/.tomcat7/conf
Make sure to configure /home/USER_NAME/.tomcat7/conf/tomcat-users.xml with a user having tomcat admin permissions so that netbeans can deploy applications.
Copy /var/lib/tomcat7/webapps in /home/USER_NAME/.tomcat7/webapps
Then, in netbeans go to Tools>Servers>Add Server and select Apache Tomcat.
In server location specify /usr/share/tomcat7
Check "Use Private Configuration Folder (Catalina Base)" and specify /home/USER_NAME/.tomcat7
Finally, set the username and password you configured in /etc/tomcat7/tomcat-users.xml
Troubleshooting
OpenJDK vs Sun's JDK
Netbeans 7.0-1 will not ALWAYS work with OpenJDK. Some reported issues are:
- Starting - In some cases, netbeans will not start.
- Installation - The .sh script provided by netbeans will not launch wizard (any proofs?).
- JavaFX module does not work (see FS#29843).
Glassfish server - Can`t download Glassfish server I/O Exception
If you are trying add new Glassfish server, you can`t download the server. Netbeans returns
I/O Exception: http://java.net/download/glassgish/3.0.1/release/glassfish-3.0.1-ml.zip
Solution is:
- Download GlassFish Server Open Source Edition manualy from official site, actual link is http://download.java.net/glassfish/3.0.1/release/glassfish-3.0.1-ml.zip
- Extract from zip to any location
Integrate Netbeans with kwallet
Netbeans may need to store some passwords. It can do that in kwallet. See netbeans' wiki [[1]]
However, you need to install and configure qtchooser so that netbeans find the qdbus command:
# pacman -S qtchooser $ ln -s /etc/xdg/qtchooser/4.conf ~/.config/qtchooser/default.conf
See forum discussion [[2]]