Finally someone posting howto or tutorial for tracking Java version using google analytics. Here is the url for more detailed info http://cowwoc.blogspot.com/2008/11/tracking-java-versions-using-google.html So now you can track your visitors who have java installed. The nice things regarding this tips and tricks is that this tips also capture the java version eg: Java 1.5, 1.6, etc. So no [...]

If you haven’t realized, Netbeans is going to celebrate its 10th birthday. This event will be started from October 20, 2008. Here is the excerpt from the Netbeans Event Site. Since 1998, NetBeans has grown from a student project into an award winning Open Source project, IDE and application platform. With millions of downloads a [...]

This is another series of Netbeans Platform i18n and localization trick. You can read the other series in here and here. This methods is used to localize Netbeans Platform based Application which can be updated using Update Center. It also have an entry on the Plugins List. However, please note this may be somekind of [...]

We just released Alkitab Bible Study 0.9. Alkitab Bible Study is open source and free desktop based Bible Study tool. It features rich and user friendly Bible study tools. Alkitab supports parallel view, commentaries, lexicons, dictionaries, glossaries, and daily devotions. It also come with powerful search capability. Alkitab is an alternative front end to the [...]

Just a simple tip regarding module branding splash during development or debugging. If you build a “standalone” module for your Netbeans RCP based application, during development you will notice that it will display the original Netbeans IDE/RCP splash screen rather than your branded application splash screen. To enable your own branded splash during development you can add [...]

KIYUT just released Citra FX Photo Effects 2.5, a photo filter effects for digital photos or images. It allows anyone, regardless of experience, to turn digital images into unique artistic looks. Creating impressive photo effects have never been this easy and fun. It is well suited for everything from simple to advanced digital photo or [...]

If you build an application on top of Netbeans Platform, you probably already know that it is using Apache Ant as the build system. Thanks to this flexibility of Netbeans Platform (ant based build system), this system allow us to do various trick to automate stuff. For example Netbeans Platform Branding and version info Netbeans Platform [...]

This is the second part of Netbeans Platform i18n and localization trick. The first part is available at Netbeans Platform i18n and localization. This approach is using branding trick to override the Netbeans Platform default localization. I think this is a HACK, use with caution. The proper localization should be following Netbeans Localization Project. Please [...]

Finally, we just build Java Web Start for Sketsa SVG Editor and Citra FX Photo Effects. Last time, we disabled Java Web Start due to the Netbeans Bug: 96928 which is now fixed. However, there are another Java Web Start related bug which is not fixed yet: 96928 - fixed 76196 - not fixed yet 76197 - not [...]

So, you just finished creating Netbeans Platform based Application and ready to deploy it to the users. You might be interested to check IzPack Installer. IzPack is an installers generator for the Java platform. It produces lightweight installers that can be run on any operating system where a Java virtual machine is available. Depending on [...]