This is part 7of Coffee on Couchbase series where we are building a NetBeans plugin for Couchbase. This multi-part webinar series is a discussion with Geertjan Wielenga (@GeertjanW) and Eben Haber (@ebenhaber).

As part of this series, you’ll also learn how to build a NetBeans plugin from scratch and learn the awesomeness behind NetBeans platform.

During this episode, two useful links about NetBeans platform were shared:

• NetBeans API List
•  NetBeans Platform Sample Code

Here is what we’ve covered so far:

• Part 1
  • GitHub repository for the plugin
  • Started a new NetBeans plugin – discussed Ant vs Maven approach for starting a plugin
  • Couchbase node configured in NetBeans
• Part 2
  • Show NetBeans users how to install Couchbase and configure it with a sample bucket
  • Run a simple Java EE application that queries the documents stored in Couchbase sample bucket
  • Migrating the NetBeans plugin from Ant to Maven
  • Show a message in popup help menu
  • Double clicking on the Couchbase node connects to Couchbase server and displays a message in status window
• Part 3
  • Login to Couchbase server
  • See Bucket list
  • See Documents in Bucket
  • Query data from buckets (basic queries, N1QL queries coming later)
  • Compare Documents (NetBeans Diff Viewer)
  • Open Documents (in JSON editor, not savable back to Couchbase)
  • Multiple Couchbase hosts can be configured
• Part 4
  • Entry point of a NetBeans plugin
  • Learn about NetBeans platform node hierarchy
  • Property sheet for each node
  • Keeping code organized for the plugin
  • Creating menus for different nodes
• Part 5
  • Showcase features that have been created in the plugin so far
  • Show different icons for indexed and non-indexed buckets in Couchbase
• Part 6
  • Add a new menu “Create Primary Index” for non-indexed buckets
  • Started work on refreshing the name and description of a bucket after indexing
  • Started work on optimizing the number of documents retrieved for a bucket

The recording from part 7 is now available:

This episode covers:

• Discussion around modal window vs status bar when creating bucket
• Icons for newly created buckets are shown correctly as non-indexed
• Change the menu name from “Set Primary Index” to “Create Primary Index”
• Discussion around properties panel vs menu items design pattern
• “Explore from here” for nodes and buckets
• Default error handling (by NetBeans platform) while editing JSON document
• Rename buckets (only in NetBeans view, not in database)
• Discussion around REST endpoint code generator using a bucket
• Displayed a dialog when JSON document is edited/saved

All the code is evolving at: github.com/arun-gupta/couchbase-netbeans-plugin.

Let us know by filing bugs on features that you’d like to see in this plugin.

We’d love to see your tweets containing snapshots of your document in NetBeans. Use  #NetBeans #Couchbase to let us know

Enjoy!

Source: http://blog.couchbase.com/2016/march/netbeans-plugin-couchbase-part7-coffee-on-couchbase