Failure to add new packages to the list of public packages in a module. This can be done by hand in the modules' nbproject/project.xml file for the modules in question or using the NetBeans IDE in the normal way.
#NETBEANS VS INTELLIJ CODE#
If you are editing code in IntelliJ and you add a dependency between two modules, you need to make an analogous change in your NetBeans module dependencies.
If a module A depends upon a module B in the NetBeans universe, then the same should be true in the IntelliJ universe. =-J-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=5005Ĭommon Pitfalls Failure to synchronize NetBeans and Intellij module dependencies. Opening Word Processor Application in IntelliJ We will use IntelliJ IDEA 12.1.4 for the illustrations. The result of following along with the example is a NetBeans 7.3 Platform Application called "Word Processor" with five modules: WordEditorCore, WordEditorAPI, UppercaseFilter, LowercaseFilter, and WordHistory. To illustrate, we will use NetBeans Platform 7.3 Quick Start to quickly create a NetBeans Platform Application using NetBeans. This means that IntelliJ has one module accessing a class in another module without the necessary configuration in NetBeans to have it work. Another reason IntelliJ IDE will compile the application but it won't run is because the module dependencies are not set up properly. This means that you will sometimes have the IntelliJ IDE able to compile the application, but NetBeans Platform will refuse to run it because one module is accessing a non-public package of another module. IntelliJ defines a module similarly, but without the ability to identify certain packages as internal only. NetBeans defines a module as a cohesive chunk of code or a 3rd-party library with carefully defined dependencies and available public packages. For those IntelliJ developers that wish to develop on the NetBeans Platform, steps can be taken that will allow an IntelliJ developer to work effectively on a NetBeans Platform application. IntelliJ IDEA is favored by some developers because it focuses on productivity and refactoring support.
IntelliJ IDEA is an IDE that used to be a commercial-only tool, but was recently open-sourced. Fortunately, with the help of this article, you can develop your NetBeans Platform application using IntelliJ IDEA. Most examples of NetBeans Platform development are illustrated using the NetBeans IDE to perform the development.
Unfortunately, the NetBeans Platform is coupled to the NetBeans IDE, and some developers prefer to use another IDE, such as IntelliJ IDEA. The NetBeans Platform enjoys use on many Java Swing-based Java UI applications. Some of those lessons included the need to isolate the various parts of the application into "Modules" and the need to organize user interface items of interest into a hierarchy of "Nodes". The NetBeans Platform grew organically from the lessons learned about application architecture learned by the NetBeans IDE development team.
It is an alternative to Eclipse Platform for those that wish to use standard Java Swing user interface instead of the Eclipse SWT user interface. The NetBeans Platform allows rapid construction of an application that has some advanced capabilities, including templates, undo/redo, auto update, and more.
#NETBEANS VS INTELLIJ SOFTWARE#
Programming NetBeans Platform with IntelliJ IDEAīy Dan Lewis, OCI Principal Software Engineer