IvyBeans
Description
IvyBeans provide full Apache Ivy integration into the library management feature of the Netbeans IDE. This includes support for :
- managing and downloading dependencies
- setting the project classpath,
- editing the relevant configuration files used by Ivy,
- generating distribution files.
After a quick and simple demonstration available on Netbeans TV, you can discover the current implemented features, and finally install it.
News
20090718 : 1.1 released
Available here and new features are :
All fixed issues : http://code.google.com/p/ivybeans/issues/list?can=1&q=fix%3A1.1
20080826 : Received the silver medal in the NetBeans Innovators Grant contest
New to Apache Ivy?
Don't know what Apache Ivy is and how it can help you? In a few words, Apache Ivy is a dependency manager, which helps you manage the dependencies between your projects and third party libraries, especially open source libraries. With a very high level of compatibility with maven 2 repositories, Ivy let you manage your dependencies declaratively.
With IvyBeans, adding a library like hibernate or spring with all its dependencies is only one click away. All you need to know is the organisation (groupId in maven 2 terminology) and name (artifactId in maven 2 terminology) of the library you want to add.
Some helpful links:
- Apache Ivy web site
- Apache Ivy documentation
- Web site to search the libraries you need on maven 2 repository
External Resources
Articles
http://blog.grovehillsoftware.com/2009/07/fogbugzreporter-netbeans-ivy-ivybeans.html
