User manual

Note: this manual was recorded for release nb5.5.1 and the current release is nb6.5m1. Differences are very small though bacause only two things changed in NB 6.5m1 apart from the installation:

1. in Design view of JavaSpaces tuples the class javadoc is not editable,
2. Blitz Breakpoints are inserted in the closest line in the same block as the clicked line,
3. there is an empty JavaSpaces project available in New Project -> JavaSpaces cathegory,
4. there is better Java support for Entry Editor (compilation on save, refactoring options),
5. private fields are not made transient in Entry Editor,
6. basic help available in Help -> Help contents -> IDE Basics -> Servers and Databases -> Servers -> Blitz JavaSpaces server,
7. checking that a right Java version is used (1.5).

Presentations recorded with Wink 2.0:

1. test_nb6.5m1 - How to install and run the project in Netbeans 6.5m1.
2. 00_installation - Installation of the project in NB 5.5.1.
3. 01_template_project - How to create a new project. Libraries you need to make things work. Types of files there are in the template project and their meaning.
4. 02_annotations - Annotations.
5. 03_entry_editor - How to create and edit a tuple's signature.
6. 04_run_file - Running the Blitz server and tuple spaces. What actions we can execute on a tuple space. Entry browser. Running a program.
7. 05_run_on_blitz - The 'Run on Blitz' action. An example using multiple tuple spaces at the same time.
8. 06_debug_on_blitz_1_process - The 'Debug on Blitz' action for a single process. Inserting JavaSpaces breakpoints. The description of windows presenting JavaSpaces breapoints and debugger sessions. Continuing processes stopped on JavaSpaces breakpoints.
9. 07_debug_on_blitz_2_processes - The 'Debug on Blitz' action for two processes. Simulating a sequence of synchronization operations.
10. 08_blitz_replay_configuration - How to create a file with a saved debugger session and what the meaning of this file is. Editing the file using XML view. Browsing the DTD.
11. 09_validate - Validation of a file with a saved debugger session.
12. 10_replay_design_view - Editing a file with a saved debugger session from the Design view,Edycja pliku do zapisu sesji debuggera z widoku graficznego.
13. 11_record - Recording a debugger session.
14. 11_replay - Replaying a debugger session.
15. 13_select_entry - Selecting a tuple a process has to take/read from the tuple space.
16. 14_select_entry_replay - Replaying a debugger session with two processes and selecting tuples these processes have to take from the tuple space.