JBoss NetBeans IDE- Features

Key Highlights

• Deploys to the JBoss AS 4.0.4 with EJB3 Tech Preview.
• Provides code completion and Javadoc for Java EE 5 APIs and deployment descriptors.

Java Persistence support:

• Generates Java entity classes from existing DB schemas.
• Creates entity classes in the IDE.
• The persistence runtime can be used in web apps and plain Java apps without the need for a full-blown Java EE application server.
• Wizards for creating complete web applications for manipulating data in the database using Java Persistence.
• Enhanced Java source editor with code completion, on the fly error checking and verification, and hints specifically targeting Java Persistence.
• High level user actions that generate common code patterns (e.g. using an Entity Manager).

Support for Enterprise Java Beans 3 session beans:

• Simplified development of session beans and message driven beans.
• Enhanced Java source editor with code completion, on the fly error checking and verification, and hints specifically targeting EJB 3.

Other features:

• Code completion for the JavaServer™ Pages Expression Language.
• Support for configuring security in Java EE applications.
• Support for running SQL scripts directly from the IDE.

To update to latest set of JBoss Samples, follow these steps

• In the NetBeans IDE, choose Tools > Update Center to open the Update Center wizard.
• Connect to the NetBeans 5.5 Update Center.
• Add the "JBoss Samples" module to the list of modules to include.
• Follow the steps in the Update Center wizard to complete the installation.
• In the NetBeans IDE, choose File > New Project.
• Expand the Samples folder - it contains an Enterprise folder which contains the JBoss sample applications.