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Netbeans 6.5 Final Release
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Loading ...A short while back I wrote a quick review on the beta of Netbeans 6.5 and that it had some issues. Since the final version was released some time ago I thought it was time for a new review. This time of the final version.
The reason for me not to write one straight away was simple, I first wanna play around a little to find all the pleasant features and those less pleasant ones.
Bigger, better, best
The first thing you expect is this new version to be bigger, better and the best one yet. Well it is bigger in size, with 190MiB for just Java development. So this means a lot more time downloading, but hey that’s a one time thing.
So lets move onto something more relevant. Is it better then Netbeans 6.1. Lets summorize some of the issues I had with the previous version and see if the problem is solved:
- It crashed when working on larger projects. This issue has been fixed, netbeans won’t crash or hang. Though on occasion the parser may crash. Disabling autocomplete and syntax checking.
- For some reason previous versions had difficulty displaying the names of parameters when using Java libraries. For as far as I’ve been able to determine this has been solved.
- The autocomplete completely fails in some more complicated web projects. Well I’m sorry to say this is still true. For some projects not only does autocomplete fail, but so does the syntax checker, both for the JSP files as well as the Java Source files.
So are there any other changes that would make you consider moving from Netbeans 5.5 to 6.5?
New stuff you will like in Netbeans 6.5
Well have there been any changes that would make you wanna switch to the new version.
- The new version actually has some basic debugging integrated of JavaScript. Though I haven’t got it working yet.
- PHP development is now support. Which is a big plus, but it still kinda feels like a cheap addon that doesn’t work perfectly yet. (Maybe in the next release)
- Thread debugging has been improved and made easier
Unfortunattely not all is good in the world of Netbeans. There are also some new bugs, some of which are really annoying.
- For some unexplainable reason adding of libraries by right clicking the ‘Libraries’ in the project view doesn’t work all the time.
- Like I stated earlier the code completion fails in some of the older Java project I’m working on. Not only does code completion fail, but the syntax checker tells me every single line is wrong. Even though the project compiles beautifully
As a final note: is it worth upgrading to this version. Then I’d have to say hell yeah, it’s a lot better then previous versions. If you are a PHP developer however I suggest not using it, for the moment. Especially when you are already using Zend-Studio, which is still a lot better.
Avoid Debian Exploid using SSH
Not so long ago news surficed that the SSH protocol used in Debian was a lot less then secure. It appears that you can easily guess the key used for the encryption of all data send between the client and the server.
This would mean anyone could hack your debian server by just listening in to the communication between you and it. This is of course not what you want so here are a few easy steps to upgrade the faulty components.
- First you must update the apt by entering apt-get update
- After this it’s time to update the SSL libraries by entering apt-get install libssl0.9.8
- Know that the encryption is a lot more secure again its time to generate new keys for the server this can be done by executing the following line:
ssh-keygen -N ” -t dsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key - Also update the RSA key by entering:
ssh-keygen -N ” -t rsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key - Last but not least is restarting the SSH service to complete the update, this is done by running:
/etc/init.d/ssh restart
Please note that after doing this and reconnecting you will most likely get a warning stating the server changed certificates. Which is true as you’ve done just that in the above steps.
Upgrade to WordPress 2.5
As some of you may know WordPress is one of the most popular blogging packages out there. Many websites offer it, in fact this entire website is running on WordPress.
One of the things I am always very carefull and slow in is upgrading to a newer version of WordPress. One of the main reasons is because I always hack in the code of WordPress to add some neat custom features. But a couple of days back I heard that there was an entirely new version available for download, namely WordPress 2.5
I decided today to attempt and upgrade WordPress. And to my suprise after uploading all the files the website still worked. No error pages, no crashes or weird lay-out issues. Can’t believe it, every time I upgraded in the past the website looked like shit. And I had to rewrite most of the theme to get it working again.
Only after I logged in to the admin section I got a warning that my database was out of date and needed updating to the new version. Which again was smooth sailing, no errors at all. I got to say that I really like the new look of the admin section. It’s a lot more clear and clean!
So if you are working with WordPress and haven’t upgraded yet it’s sure worth the effort and time. A lot of things have improved!
PS: do backup your files and database before upgrading, you never now what may go wrong
