NetBeans OpenLaszlo Support

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How to learn OpenLaszlo using NetBeans is explained by this Video.

This plugin adds support for OpenLaszlo, a Flash-based Rich Internet Application web framework. It allows you to develop RIA applications using XML and Javascript on the UI and Java on the server, without any knowledge of Flash itself.

Suitable IDE: NetBeans 6.x

• NetBeans 6.1 has excellent XML editor,Javascript editor so,It is easy to edit .lzx files.
• It is easy to deploy OpenLaszlo application to any application server such as Tomcat,GlassFish and so on.
• NetBeans 6.5 official version was released on November 20, 2008, download available from here.
• NetBeasn 6.5 is very fast to manipulate plugins than 6.1, so this version is recomended.
• But v6.5 has some drawbacks.
  When new project is created using v6.5, warning dialog that "The file xxxx seems to be too large (1 Mb) to safely open ... Opening the file could cause OutOfMemoryError, which would make the IDE unusable. Do you really want to open it?" is invoked.
  By clicking "OK" we can continue to use IDE with no trouble.
  We can ignore these warning dialogs.
  This is NetBeans's BUG,so report was sent to NetBeans community.
  

OpenLaszlo RoadMap:

• Current Version: OL 4.2.0
• DING DONG (OL 4.2 ALPHA) early Aug, 2008 -- released and plugin is available from this site
• KRISPY KREME (OL 4.2 BETA) early Sept, 2008
• DUNKIN (OL 4.2) early Oct, 2008
• Mister Donut(OL 4.2 Final) 20.Dec.2008 --released and plugin is available from this site

Current feature list:

• Adds a template for a new OpenLaszlo web project
• Bundles the OpenLaszlo 4.2.0 library into NetBeans's libraries list
• Provides the main OpenLaszlo 4.2.0 sample application (with full developer documentation) as a sample project under "Samples / Web"
• Recognizes .lzx files as XML and opens them in the XML editor with full Navigator support
• Add wizards for creating OpenLaszlo canvas and view files (.lzx)
• Provides XML-code code completion(DTD Schema registered into IDE'catalog is used)

Short term roadmap:

• Add support for OpenLaszlo as a web framework in the "New Web Application" wizard
• Provide OpenLaszlo-specific items for the XML editor palette

Long term roadmap:

• Provide a GUI builder built on top of the NetBeans Visual Library
• Provide productivity wizards for creating OpenLaszlo views integrated with a Java backend for regular business application functionality (CRUD/JPA, etc)