ISYE 7210--Simulation of Real-Time Systems Fall 2005 NetBeans 4.1 Notes on IDE

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ISYE 7210--Simulation of Real-Time Systems
Fall 2005 NetBeans 4.1 Notes on IDE GUI
Development7210 Class Web site
www.chmsr.gatech.edu/ISyE7210/ Horstmann
Cornel (7th ed) Download Web site
www.horstmann.com/corejava.html

• Christine M. Mitchell
• Center for Human-Machine Systems Research (chmsr)
• School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
• (chmsr lab) ISyE Main, Room 426, 404 385-0363
• (office) ISyE Groseclose, Room 334, 404 894-4321
• cm_at_chmsr.gatech.edu

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Create a New Project ExamplesNB (p. 1/2)

• See Using NetBeans IDE 4.1
• http//www.netbeans.org/kb/41/using-netbeans/index
  .html
• There is a PDF version on the class Web site
• Create a New Project
• Filegt New Project (upper tool bar)
• See figure on right
• Categories General
• Projects Java Application gt Next

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Create a New Project ExamplesNB (p. 2/2)

• Using New Java Application panel
• Project Name ExamplesNB
• Location C\7210\ExamplesNB
• Deselect (1) set as main (2) create main
  class
• gt Finish

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View New Project, ExamplesNB, Create New Java
Class within Project

• See new project, ExamplesNB, in Projects Pane
• Right click on project name ExamplesNB

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Create New Java Class within Project ExamplesNB

• Right click on project name ExamplesNB (figure
  on previous page)
• Select New gt Java Class
• See New Java Class Window (figure)
• Class name FirstClass
• Do not enter any more information in this panel
  (figure)
• Finish

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Change Class/Package Name(p. 1/2)TestLL to
TestLinkedList, in Project ExamplesNB

• Double click on project name ExamplesNB
• Double click on Source Packages
• Right click on TestLL package (figure)

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Change Class/Package Name(p. 2/3)TestLL to
TestLinkedList, in Project ExamplesNB

• Change package name to TestLinkedList
• Select Refractor gt Rename
• View Rename window

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Change Class/Package Name(p. 3/3)TestLL to
TestLinkedList, in Project ExamplesNB

• Change package name to TestLinkedList (contd)
• Enter New Name TestLinkedList
• Check Apply Rename on Comments
• Check Preview All Chages
• Next gt Do Refractoring

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Create a Another Class, FirstClass, in Project
SampleGUI (p. 1/3)

• Open project double click on SampleGUI
• Right click (Project Panel) on ltdefault packagegt

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Create a Another Class, FirstClass, in Project
SampleGUI (p. 2/3)

• New gt Java Class
• Class Name FirstClass
• Change location, if necessary
• Finish

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Create a Another Class, FirstClass, in Project
SampleGUI (p. 3/3)

• View NetBean window with
• Project ExamplesNB
• NewClass NewClass.java

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Typical Use of NetBeans 4.1

• Add a new package e.g. a class assignment
  RNG1, to ExamplesNB project
• Put existing .java files in a folder RNG1
• Put RNG1 in the NetBeans project folder
• Paste RNG1 into ExamplesNB\src
• Open existing project ExamplesNB
• Double click on project name (figure Project
  Panel)
• Double click on Source Packages
• Find the package RNG1
• Double click on RNG1 package to see Java source
  files
• Resume coding