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Chapter 2 Setting Up Your Java 8 IDE: An Introduction to NetBeans 8.0 Let’s get started here in Chapter 2 by considering NetBeans IDE 8.0, because that is the primary piece of software that you will be using to create your Java 8 games. Even though Java JDK 8 is the foundation for your Java 8 games, as well as for NetBeans 8.0, you will start your journey by learning about NetBeans, as it is the “front end,” the window through which you look at your Java game project. NetBeans 8.0 is the official IDE for Java JDK 8, and, as such, it is what you will be using for this book. That is not to say you cannot use another IDE, such as Eclipse or IntelliJ, which are the official IDEs for Android 4.x (32 bit) and Android 5.x (64 bit) respectively, but I prefer to use NetBeans 8.0 for my new media application and game development for the Java 8, JavaFX 8, HTML5, CSS3 (Cascading Style Sheets 3), and JavaScript software development markup and programming paradigms. This is not only because NetBeans 8.0 integrates JavaFX Scene Builder, which you will be learning about in Chapter 5 of this book, but also because it is an HTML5 IDE, too, and I create everything I design for my clients using Java 8, JavaFX 8, Android 4.x, or Android 5.x as well as HTML5. I do this so that the content works across (on) closed, or proprietary, OSs and platforms. I prefer open-source software and platforms, as you observed in Chapter 1. First, you will take a look at what is new in NetBeans 8.0. This version of NetBeans was released at the same time as Java 8, and the version number synchronization is no coincidence. You will discover why you will want to use NetBeans 8.0 rather than an older NetBeans version, such as NetBeans 7.4 or earlier. Next, you will examine the various attributes of NetBeans IDE 8.0 that make it an invaluable tool for Java 8 game development. You will not be able to get hands-on experience with all its features in the chapter, but you will be exploring all the cool things that it can do for you over the course of this book (you will need to put an advanced code base into place to really give some of the features a workout). Finally, you will learn how to create your Java 8 and JavaFX project, using NetBeans 8.0 so that you progress toward creating the Java 8 game that you will be developing as you read through this book. Primary Attributes of NetBeans 8.0: An Intelligent IDE Assuming that you already have a professional-level workstation in place for new media content and game development, you need to remove all the outdated JDKs and IDEs and make sure that you have the latest V8 Java and NetBeans software installed on your system and ready to go. If you are new to this and do not have a game-appropriate workstation, go to Walmart or PriceWatch.com, and purchase an affordable multicore (use a 4-, 6- or 8-core) 64-bit computer running Windows 8.1 (or 9.0 if it is available) that has 4GB, 6GB, or 8GB of DDR3 (1333 or 1600 memory access speed) system memory at the very least and a 750GB, or even 1TB, hard disk drive. www.it-ebooks.info 19
Chapter 2 ■ Setting Up Your Java 8 IDE: An Introduction to NetBeans 8.0 NetBeans 8.0 Is Smart: Put Your Code Editing into Hyperdrive Although it is true that an IDE is like a word processor, only geared toward writing code text rather than creating business documents, a programming integrated development environment such as NetBeans does a lot more for your programming work process than a word processor does for your document-authoring work process. For instance, your word processor does not make suggestions in real time regarding the content that you are writing for your business, whereas the NetBeans IDE will actually look at what you are coding while you are writing that code and will help you write your code statements and constructs. One of the things that NetBeans will do is finish lines of code for you as well as apply color to the code statements to highlight different types of constructs (classes, methods, variables, constants, references, and the like) (for more details, see Chapter 3). NetBeans will also apply the industry standard for code indenting to make your code much easier to read (for both yourself and the other members of your game application development team). In addition, NetBeans will provide matching code structure brackets, colons, and semicolons so that you do not get lost when you are creating complex, deeply nested, or exceptionally dense programming constructs. You will be creating constructs such as these as I take you from Java 8 game beginner to Java 8 game developer, and I will point out Java 8 code that is dense, complex, or deeply nested as you encounter it. NetBeans can also provide bootstrap code, such as the JavaFX game application bootstrap code that you will be creating a bit later in this chapter (see the section “Creating Your Java 8 Project: The InvinciBagel”), as well as code templates (which you can fill out and customize), coding tips and tricks, and code refactoring tools. As your Java code becomes more complex, it also becomes a better candidate for code refactoring, which can make the code easier to understand, easier to upgrade, and more efficient. NetBeans can also refactor your code automatically. In case you are wondering, code refactoring is changing the structure of existing computer code to make it more efficient or scalable without changing its external behavior, that is, what it accomplishes. For instance, you could take Java 6 or Java 7 code and make it more efficient by implementing Lambda Expressions, using Java 8. Furthermore, NetBeans offers pop-up helper dialogs of various types, containing methods, constants, asset references (see Chapter 3), and even suggestions regarding how to construct the code statement, for example, when it might be appropriate to use the powerful new Java 8 Lambda Expressions feature to make your code more streamlined and multithread compatible. NetBeans 8.0 Is Extensible: Code Editing with Many Languages Another thing that your word processor cannot do is allow you to add features to it, which NetBeans can do using its plug-in architecture. The term that describes this type of architecture is extensible, which means that if needed, it can be extended to include additional features. So, if you wanted to extend NetBeans 8.0 to allow you to program using Python, for instance, you could. NetBeans 8.0 can also support older languages, such as COBOL and BASIC, in this fashion as well, although with the majority of popular consumer electronics devices using Java, XML, JavaScript, and HTML5 these days, I am not really sure why anyone would want to take the time do this. I did a Google search for this, however, and there are people coding in Python and COBOL in NetBeans 8.0, so there is real-world proof that the IDE is indeed extensible. Probably because of its extensibility, NetBeans IDE 8.0 supports a number of popular programming languages, including C, C++, Java SE, JavaScript, XML, HTML5, and CSS on the client side and PHP, Groovy, Java EE, and JavaServer Pages (JSP) on the server side. Client-side software is run on the device that the end user is holding or using (in the case of an iTV); server-side software runs remotely, on a server, and talks to the end user over the Internet or a similar network while the software is running on the server. Client-side software is more efficient, as it is local to the hardware device that it is running on and thus is more scalable: no server is involved to experience overload as more and more people use the software at any given point in time. 20 www.it-ebooks.info
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