15th entry - MySQL database

As discussed in the previous entry regarding SQL, it is a language that been used in the database management server systems. Thus MySQL is an open source database application for data management.

It is one of the popular database language for web application and database component for platform such as Linux, Mac, Windows, Apache, PHP, Perl, Python.

The business benefit referring from MySQL AB (2007), that uses MySQL are:

• Reducing the cost of database licensing costs over by 90%
• Prevent system downtime by more than 50% to 60%
• Reducing hardware spending
• Reducing administration cost
• Reducing engineering cost
• Reducing support cost
• Ease the management of database
• Improve network bandwidth transmission

Reference
MySQL AB (2007), "MySQL AB :: About MySQL AB",
http://www.mysql.com/company/

14th entry - Structured Query Language (SQL)

Structured Query Language is another computer language for database. It enable user to create, retrieve, update and delete from the database server. It is important to implement SQL database to ease the problem of managing big amount of database in business online transaction.

SQL practically is an ANSI (American National Standard Institute) standard for the computing database language. As mentioned SQL enable user to from creating records to deleting records. SQL is widely use by organization around the world to maintain their databases and it also able to works with multiple types of database program, such as Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL server and etceteras.

Reference
W3Schools (2007), "SQL Introduction",
http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_intro.asp

13th entry - NetBeans UML Features in detail

Refering from the NetBeans (2007), UML not only provide features such as shown in previous entry. It provide features such as forward engineering and reverse engineering. Developer able to produce code from the UML model for more details coding and functionality towards the application the developer creating. None the less it also able design an UML models diagram by refering to previous existing code.

As the UML diagram are being created, there will be no any artificial tag. Sometimes those tag can be annoying to certain developer, this is because the developer will need to delete those marker if it is not the marker that the developer desire to be in the coding. Marker tag such as comment tag that always auto generated when ever a new set of code being enter.

NetBeans UML supports up to 8 diagrams, Activity, Class, Collaboration, Component, Deployment, Sequence, State and Use Case diagram. Diagram are very important for the initial design stage, because it will reflects the overall functionality of the system incorporate with the hardwares, softwares and users.

It also allow requirement gathering through it together with predefine and extensible design pattern. Developer able to import the design requirement into xml file for viewing. With this method it allow web reporting to be created directly from the UML model to make sharing the report with others easier and faster in this way.

Reference
NetBeans (2007) , "uml: NetBeans UML Modeling",
http://uml.netbeans.org/features.html

12th entry - NetBeans UML(UniField Modeling Language)

According to NetBeans (2007), it also provide feature such as object modeling diagram or UML. This will allow analyst and designer to able to design and plan for the application before entering into the coding stage for the application. With such features on NetBeans, developer able to make changes or update their UML and coding application in collaboration from the code generated from UML intergrated it with the application coding procedure. Below are some screen shot of the NetBeans UML Modelling.

Reference
NetBeans (2007), "uml:NetBeans UML Modeling", http://uml.netbeans.org/

11th entry - NetBeans for Web Application Development

According to the NetBeans(2007) also provide features for Web Application Development incorporate with Java Enterprise Edition (J2EE) that had been discussed in entry 8th regarding J2EE characteristic. NetBeans support the Sun Application, Weblogic 9 and JBoss 4. The J2EE version that are able to use with NetBeans are from J2EE version 1.3 to 1.5.

NetBeans IDE application tools are very useful for web application development because it able to support variety of other application beside discussed in paragraph above. Tools such as context help for HTML syntax, JSP syntax, visual editing for the web layout to be build, debugging tools and etceteras.

It also allow the developer to run or preview the layout of the web application being build in the web browser. Validation can take place by using J2EE Verifier with NetBeans IDE application to build a reliable web application without any certification difficulty.

Reference
NetBeans (2007), "NetBeans IDE Features", http://www.netbeans.org/products/ide/
features.html#Web_Application_Development_Java

10th entry - NetBeans Swing GUI Builder tools

According to NetBeans (2007), Swing GUI(Graphics User Interface) tools enable the user to drag and drop some simple and intuitive graphics layout, such as button, drop down menu, button, text box and others. It also provide some guideline for spacing and alignment between the graphics being place on the layout.

There are also pre-installed pluging component for the NetBeans application. With the 'Help' section manager, it able to assist the user with task like synchronizing the GUI and JavaBean properties. It also provide users with pre-code template to reduce the action method coding for the graphics layout that been selected, such as labels, buttons, text field box and etceteras.

Reference
NetBeans (2007), "Netbeans IDE Features", http://www.netbeans.org/products/ide/
features.html#NetBeans_Swing_GUI_Builder_forme

9th entry - NetBeans IDE (Intergrated Developement Enviroment) for Java Coding

Refering to NetBeans (2007), it is an open source IDE for programmer developer. NetBeans does have quite number of feature that help developer to make typing of code less and easier. This IDE can be used many platform environment such as Windows, Linux, Solaris and MacOS. NetBeans is not a programming language but it is a tools that assist the developer to create powerful application without having difficulty by coding it line by line.

Below are a screen shot of NetBeans overview:















Reference
NetBeans (2007), "Introduction to the NetBeans IDE 5.5", http://www.netbeans.org/products/ide/