JavaFX Visual Composer in NetBeans 6.9

Yesterday I happened to watch a video on the new JavaFX Visual Composer in NetBeans 6.9. I appreciated the hardwork of the programmers who made my dream a reality.
I came into contact with JavaFX last year somewhere around September when I downloaded NetBeans 6.7. I downloaded the html and pdf tutorials went through and saw it was cool. But I hate writing a lot of codes in powerful IDEs like NetBeans I told a few designers the NetBeans guys will change the coding drag and drop pallete to a visual one.
I was glad to see the visual designer in action yesterday.
You can download the video with the following URL Using JavaFX Composer in NetBeans 6.9.
I am envisioning a time when NetBeans will make all the other IDEs obsolete.

Doing things the hard way

I hate doing things the hard way. This is the very reason I have clung to NetBeans like crazy. This dawn I wanted to get a schema for a JavaDB database so that I migrate it to MySQL. I have beein migrating data from one database to another for more than 2 years. It could be from MSSQL Server, Oracle, JavaDB, MySQL blablabla. I am able to migrate from any database to another. When I was trying to establish connection with NetBeans 6.8 it reported that the database was created in version 10.4 and is not supported in the JavaDB version of NetBeans 6.8. I have not really searched for the JavaDB version used by NetBeans 6.8. I installed NetBeans 6.0 and tried to connect but the same error was given. I think I would have to do my homework well before trying it out again.
I went through the features on NetBeans 6.0 and was glad to see the Visual Web JSF Developer feature. I wonder why it was uprooted in NetBeans 6.8. I have already downloaded the NetBeans 6.9 but have not installed it yet. I wonder if the Visual Web JSF Developer feature will be ressurected in this new version.

Images in NetBeans Swing Applications

I was trying to create a setup package for a software created by someone with NetBeans yesterday. The guy put the images in the NetBeans project directory but not in a package. Everything run fine on his system since the images were created on the various JPanels and JLabels using absolute path. I run it on my machine and booom. The images were not showing. I went back to correct the problem. Absolute paths are the worst thing a programmer should do in development. NetBeans has made our lives so easy we just click, drag-and-drop and everything happens.
The moral of the story - Adding images for platform independence in NetBeans should be done in packages. The best thing in my opinion is to put all the images in an images folder, copy and paste in NetBeans default package for the project in question. Just click the component with which you seek to add images and look up for its Icon property in NetBeans. Use Image Within Project option to browse for images in the project's directory.
If you want to use an External Image it is best to Import to Project for easy accessibility. Note either is a programmer's choice.
What I do most often is create a package for images so that when I package the software, I need not copy a single image. They get embedded in the jar file.

Sexy NetBeans

New to Java? I would recommend no other IDE than NetBeans. NetBeans IDE is the best one kind find using in creating crazy java applications. It makes life easier for programmers of all levels. I always feel strangled or suffocated when I jump into other IDEs.
The developers of NetBeans IDE used the K.I.S.S (Keep It Stupidly Simple) approach in development.
The sexy features in NetBeans just drives me crazy when I start off any project. I now call myself a logic programmer since all the graphical user interfaces (GUI) are just a click away. Why waste your time and energy coding GUIs when you can click. My slogan now in java development is "Click your way through".
I have tried other IDEs and as I said earlier they are no match to NetBeans. Have any questions on the usage of NetBeans? Just post them and I will be available to answer.