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NetBeans 7.2: Refactoring Constructor As Static Factory

In the post NetBeans 7.2: Refactoring Parameterized Constructor As Builder, I looked at how NetBeans 7.2 supports refactoring a constructor to a builder as described in Item 2 of the Second Edition of ...
InfoWorld

NetBeans 7.2: Refactoring Parameterized Constructor As Builder

Shortly after the Second Edition of Josh Bloch‘s Effective Java was released, I borrowed a colleague’s copy to browse it and consider purchasing a copy of my own despite already owning a copy of the ...
CNET

Sun plots push for open-source tools

The plan centers on the company’s NetBeans project, an open-source effort to create software that allows several different Java development tools to snap together within a single programming ...
ZDNet

Schwartz: “Innovation happens elsewhere”

NetBeans Day officially began this afternoon with a keynote presentation by Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz, Java Tools director Tim Cramer, and others. Jonathan Schwartz: Why do I care so much about ...