bluemarine sailing with netbeans platform

blueMarineSailing with NetBeans

Platform Fabrizio Giudici (JUG-MI)

Emmanuele Sordini (JUG-GE)

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Goals●Introduce NetBeans RCP

●Introduce blueMarine

●Demonstrate NB RCP by examples

●Show some cool integrations● SwingLabs, TimingFramework● Visual Library● NASA World Wind● Jini, Rio, Sun Grid

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Developing for the Desktop

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What's NB RCP?

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What's NB RCP?

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Your Desktop Application!

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blueMarine● Photo workflow management

● Pluggable single platform for everything● Community-specific plug-ins● 0.9.RC2b

● Open Source● Apache License, business friendly

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Demo (splash)

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Troubled history● 2003-2005

● Swing not ready ● Didn't like Eclipse RCP

● BTW, Fabrizio is an Ex-clipse user...

● 2006-2007● NetBeans RCP (complete re-design)● SwingLabs, TimingFramework

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Swing limits● Is Swing a true framework?

● It isn't, for some respects● You build everything manually● Only at “basic-block level”

● Listeners, Actions

● Missing sophisticated components● Date Picker, TreeTables, etc...

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What do you need?● “Cool stuff„ means complexity

● Go quickly from idea to prototype● Integrate quickly others' stuff● NIH isn't a killer-idea, but an idea-killer● Don't write (and maintain) your own,

soon-to-be-messy framework

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NB RCP: a framework● You start with an “empty” app

● (or you can just extend NetBeans IDE)

● You populate it● views

● actions● menus● toolbars

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NB RCP: a framework● You start with an “empty” app

● (or you can just extend NetBeans IDE)

● You populate it● views

● actions● menus● toolbars

} often declaratively

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Enhancing, not replacing● NetBeans RCP is Swing

● Lots of third parties' stuff (e.g. SwingLabs) can be integrated

● You have full control on the l&f (à la Romain Guy)

● Can use it incrementally

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From pain to gain

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Some NB RCP APIs● Actions

● DataObjects

● Dialogs

● Explorer

● FileSystem

● Lookup

● Modules

● Nodes

● Options

● Progress

● Visual Library

● Window Sys.

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MVC on steroids

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DataObjects and Nodes● Get a DataObject Node delegate

● Clone it as many times you want● Nodes stay in sync automatically

● Bind an ExplorerManager to a View

● Put the Node(s) into the ExplorerManager

● Publish and Subscribe

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Actions● Various extensions of javax.swing.Action

● Some can be auto-enabled● on selection of DataObjects

● on selection of Nodes with certain capabilities

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Demo: Explorers, Viewers,Actions

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SwingLabs,T.Framework● SwingLabs

● Swing enhancements and extensions

● TimingFramework● The easy way to add animations,

smooth transitions, etc...

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Demo

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Visual Library● Support for graph-oriented

modeling● Nodes● Arcs● Routing

● Really cool stuff

● Can be used with plain Swing apps

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Demo:Light Table, Geo Viewer

(thanks to David Kaspar)

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NASA WWJ● Java version of NASA World Wind

● 3D software that renders the Earth● NASA terrain imagery, other data sets

can be plugged in (if legal stuff is ok)● Based on JOGL

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Demo:Geo Viewer 3D

(thanks to Patrick Murris)

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Update centers● NetBeans components

● can be added / removed on the fly● can be versioned● can add actions, menus, toolbars

● Pretty good for plugins

● Pretty good for blueMarine's concept of “communities”

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blueMoon● A plugin for amateur astro-

photographers

● Developed by Emmanuele Sordini● www.bloomingstars.com

● Initial feature: “image stacking”

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Image stacking● For decades only with pro

equipment● Since 90s within the reach of amateurs

● Hires imaging of solar system bodies● take multiple exposures

● stack and align them● improve S/N ratio by averaging

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Image stacking

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Demo:blueMoon

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Parallel Computing● Parallel Computing is a must

● Multi Core Computers● Small, local mini-grids● Massive Grid Computing

● Mistral● blueMarine's graphic library● supports various kinds of PC

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Jini, Rio● Jini

● SOA building federations of services ● Auto-discovery● Now Apache River

● Rio● Jini-based technology● Provides containers, beans, QoS,

dynamic deployment, monitoring and management and more

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Local mini-grids

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Sun Grid● Grid computing as a service (utility

computing)● Massive grid facility (1000 CPUs)● Made available to users on an as-

needed basis ($1 per CPU-hour)● Not only Java, but with Java is much

easier (e.g. NetBeans plugin)

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Current work● L10N

● RDF and XMP support

● Editor

● Movies

● Spinning off ForceTen

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We want you● Testing

● Developing new stuff● Scripting support (JavaScript? Ruby?)● Import from Scanner and Camera

● CD/DVD Burning● The Plugin Contest

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Conclusion

Medium-large desktop apps?

Get NetBeans RCP - make it better, make it quicker

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Resources● fabrizio.giudici@tidalwave.it

● weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici

● emmanuele@sordini.com

● www.bloomingstars.com

● {bluemarine,mistral}.tidalwave.it

● www.swinglabs.org

● graph.netbeans.org

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Resources● worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/java

● www.jini.org

● rio.dev.java.net

● www.netbeans.org/community/magazine/

● www.network.com