netbeans 6.5 and struts 2

It is not really straightforward to add Struts 2 capabilities to Netbeans 6.5, so I'll try to explain it in details.

1. Go to nbstruts2support project's page and download two nbm files under the "release modules" folder.
2. Open netbeans 6.5 > tools > plugins > downloaded > add plugins. Then choose both nbm files and click next until the installation is complete.
3. You can now create java web projects with struts 2 framework support (Don't forget to tick Struts 2 on Frameworks window). Notice that you can automatically generate a "hello world" page using Struts 2.

data mining in hr department?

Businessweek has a short article about the usage of data mining in human resources departments. Although the article is -unfortunately- free of statistical details, it's still an interesting read for learning the practical uses of data mining. In this example, data mining is used for assessing "values" to workers for extracting important and less important workers.

ibm is planning to buy sun

Although there's no official statement on the matter, world street journal informs us of the possibility that IBM is planning on buying Sun. I wonder what will happen to Netbeans if that transaction takes place. Even though I largely choose Eclipse over Netbeans, it won't be cool to lose that IDE. I still think that Netbeans is better than Eclipse for web development on Java.

top 16 useful shortcuts in eclipse

Code of Doom presents the most useful Eclipse shortcuts. If you're using Eclipse for sometime you'll know some of them for sure, but there could be some shortcuts you missed. Check it!

an eclipse summit in istanbul? here comes eclipsist!

In 28, 29 april, an Eclipse summit (Eclipsist) will be held here in Istanbul. Eclipsist will contain some workshops and speeches about subjects pertaining to Eclipse (can't you believe?) and Java EE. The fact that there's no entrance fee to the summit obviously increases its charm.