And, please, in all these things, do not go to the Plugin Manager, do not either activate or enable anything there.
Thanks, Gj On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 1:53 PM Geertjan Wielenga < geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com> wrote: > So, it sounds like you're simply opening NetBeans and then opening your > project. > > Instead of that, would be better if you'd first enable Java and Java EE, > in the New Project dialog, create a Java project and then a Java EE project > and everything will be enabled and you shouldn't encounter this problem. > > Can you first try the above -- with a fresh userdir, i.e., from scratch, > with nothing enabled or otherwise -- and then respond after that? > > Thanks, > > Gj > > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 1:35 PM Philip Durbin <philipdur...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Sure, it's easy to reproduce both the javafx error and the "dataverse >> (broken)" experience, unfortunately. I just reproduced it on a second and >> third computer here at home. That makes two Macs and one Ubuntu computer. >> Here are the steps: >> >> 1. Unzip incubating-netbeans-11.0-vc4-bin.zip and launch Netbeans. >> 2. git clone https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse.git (I'm on ac6a1fd) >> 3. Open dataverse as a project >> 4. Observe that Netbeans says "dataverse (broken)" >> 5. Right click "dataverse (broken)" and click "Resolve Problems..." >> 6. Observe the error "Feature FeatureInfo[java] is incomplete: some >> module(s) are missing: org\.netbeans\.libs\.javafx\.(linux|win|macosx)" >> >> I'm attaching screenshots from the second Mac and the Ubuntu computer and >> I'm putting details about their versions of Java below. >> >> I am *not* saying I want to install the "Java Web and Java EE" support. >> Please re-read my original message. There is a difference between >> installation and activation. I'm saying that as an experienced Netbeans >> users, I'm aware that Netbeans has plugins and so I know to start poking >> around in this area. Some of our summer interns are late high school or >> early college students and have never touched Netbeans before. It is for >> this reason that in that pull request for our dev guide (now merged) that I >> explain to go into "Plugins" and to observe that "Java Web and EE" is >> already installed but must be activated. On my second Mac no plugins are >> activated. When I check the box next to "Java Web and EE" the "Activate" >> button becomes available. I haven't clicked "Activate" yet but I'll include >> a screenshot. I'm trying to say that seeing "dataverse (broken)" for a Java >> EE project is a poor user experience (I don't love the word "broken" in >> this context) and that it's non-obvious to new Netbeans users that one must >> activate plugins to make the project non-broken. I compensated for this in >> our dev guide, explaining how to make our project non-broken from the >> Netbeans perspective. >> >> Emma, thanks for your note about Java 8 vs. 11. Below I'm listing the >> Java versions I'm running on the three computers I've tried. >> >> I'm glad to hear that docs are coming. Docs are extremely important. >> >> One more bit of feedback is that yesterday from my Mac at work (Mac 1, >> below), a number of Keymap shortcuts were missing. The entire >> "CommonTestRunner" category was absent, for example. Quitting Netbeans and >> restarting it fixed this. Very strange. I did not observe this bug on >> either computer at home. Very strange. I reported this yesterday in >> #netbeans on freenode, which I understand is piped into your Slack. You can >> read what I wrote at http://echelog.com/logs/browse/netbeans/1553727600 >> >> I hope the feedback I'm giving is appreciated. I've spent a lot of time >> on this. To be clear, I voted "ship it!" for Netbeans 11 because I can work >> around these issue and guide contributors to our Java EE project to work >> around them as well. Again, I'm thrilled that I'm not stuck on Netbeans 8.2 >> anymore. THANK YOU! >> >> Phil >> >> Mac 1 (work) >> OS X 10.14.3 >> AdoptOpenJDK 1.8.0_192-b12 >> (I can't run `java -version` from home) >> >> Mac 2 (home) >> OS X 10.14.3 >> openjdk version "11" 2018-09-25 >> OpenJDK Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11+28) >> OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11+28, mixed mode) >> >> Linux 1 (home) >> Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS >> openjdk version "1.8.0_191" >> OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build >> 1.8.0_191-8u191-b12-2ubuntu0.18.04.1-b12) >> OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.191-b12, mixed mode) >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 4:07 AM Geertjan Wielenga < >> geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >>> Can you provide step by step instructions from scratch so that we can >>> reproduce seeing this error: >>> >>> Feature FeatureInfo[java] is incomplete: some module(s) are missing: >>> org\.netbeans\.libs\.javafx\.(linux|win|macosx) >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Gj >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 7:00 AM Geertjan Wielenga < >>> geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I don’t understand why you want to install the ‘Java Web and Java EE’ >>>> support in Apache NetBeans 11. Please don’t do that. That support is >>>> automatically built into Apache NetBeans 11 for the first time. >>>> >>>> Yes, no docs yet specific to this release. Once they’re there would >>>> indeed be great for you to provide feedback on them. >>>> >>>> Gj >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 at 21:50, Emma Atkinson <emma.atkins...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Phil >>>>> >>>>> I think the error dialog saying >>>>> >>>>> Feature FeatureInfo[java] is incomplete: some module(s) are missing: >>>>> org\.netbeans\.libs\.javafx\.(linux|win|macosx) >>>>> >>>>> might be caused by running on JDK8. >>>>> >>>>> When I used the option *--jdkhome <path>* to specify jdk-11 (*please >>>>> check the release notes for the right one*) the error did not >>>>> appear. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> Emma >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 at 15:19, Philip Durbin <philipdur...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi! I just filled out the survey (late, please give us more notice >>>>>> next time) and I have a little feedback that I'd like to share here for a >>>>>> couple reasons: >>>>>> >>>>>> - From my perspective, the survey goes into a black hole. If there is >>>>>> any transparency about what responses have been recorded so far, I don't >>>>>> know where to find them. If they're available, I'm interested in them. >>>>>> - The survey didn't allow me to enter any comments. It's all multiple >>>>>> choice. I have more I would have said in the survey. But maybe that's >>>>>> what >>>>>> mailing lists are for. :) >>>>>> >>>>>> So here we go. >>>>>> >>>>>> I've been feeling "stuck" on Oracle NetBeans 8.2 for a long time >>>>>> because of the lack of Java EE support in Apache NetBeans. The guy at the >>>>>> desk to me got our Java EE project (Dataverse) working in NetBeans 9 but >>>>>> I >>>>>> didn't have such a good time with NetBeans 10. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm thrilled to say that this morning I got NetBeans 11 working with >>>>>> our Java EE project. I'm no longer stuck on 8.2. THANK YOU! >>>>>> >>>>>> However, not all is well. Being open source, we try to onboard as >>>>>> many new contributors as possible to our project and if you follow our >>>>>> dev >>>>>> guide as it appears now (4.11 for my reference), your first experience >>>>>> with >>>>>> NetBeans 11 and our project is that it says "(broken)" next to the >>>>>> project >>>>>> name in the Projects tab. (Screenshot attached.) If you right-click the >>>>>> project and click "Resolve Problems", this is the error you see: >>>>>> >>>>>> Feature FeatureInfo[java] is incomplete: some module(s) are missing: >>>>>> org\.netbeans\.libs\.javafx\.(linux|win|macosx) >>>>>> >>>>>> We don't use JavaFX in our project so it's a very strange error. >>>>>> >>>>>> Next I clicked "Help" and then "Online Docs and Support". These show >>>>>> docs for NetBeans 10 with no mention that I could find of what Java EE >>>>>> developers are suppose to do. If there are new docs for NetBeans 11 that >>>>>> you'd like us to look at before you release, please let us know. >>>>>> >>>>>> From previous attempts to get our project running on anything newer >>>>>> than NetBeans 8.2 I knew that I should check out which plugins are >>>>>> installed and enabled. I don't expect our contributors to know this so I >>>>>> just made a pull request to improve our dev guide to explain how to go >>>>>> from >>>>>> "broken" to a Java EE project. >>>>>> >>>>>> After activating "Java Web and EE", there is no green checkmark in >>>>>> the Active column. Some new menu items appear but "clean and build" still >>>>>> isn't available. I restarted NetBeans and explain this step in my pull >>>>>> request: >>>>>> >>>>>> https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/pull/5695 >>>>>> >>>>>> In case it helps, I'm on Mac OS X 10.14.3. >>>>>> >>>>>> In my pull request I didn't document how to launch NetBeans but maybe >>>>>> I should since a lot of our contributors are new developers, sometimes >>>>>> college students, who may not be very familiar with the command line. I >>>>>> doubt anyone here needs this (and you probably have better ways) but I'll >>>>>> include my little script below since it's on my mind: >>>>>> >>>>>> #!/bin/sh >>>>>> VERSION='11.0-vc4' >>>>>> BIN="$HOME/java/netbeans/$VERSION/netbeans/bin/netbeans" >>>>>> echo "Launching Netbeans from $BIN" >>>>>> $BIN & >>>>>> >>>>>> I guess the other thing I'll mention is that my pull request also >>>>>> includes the workaround to get the Netbeans Connector Chrome Extension >>>>>> working. >>>>>> >>>>>> Finally, I've already given a little feedback on the survey itself, >>>>>> about how I was confused that you don't let your participants type >>>>>> anything >>>>>> (multiple choice only) but I'm new to your process. The other specific >>>>>> thing is that I would have appreciate an "I don't know" option for the >>>>>> question about performance of NetBeans 10 vs 11. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for reading all this! I hope it's helpful! Again, I really >>>>>> appreciate that Java EE support has been restored and that I'm no longer >>>>>> feeling held back on old versions of Oracle NetBeans. Thank you! >>>>>> >>>>>> Phil >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Philip Durbin >>>>>> Software Developer for http://dataverse.org >>>>>> http://www.iq.harvard.edu/people/philip-durbin >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org >>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org >>>>>> >>>>>> For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: >>>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists >>>>> >>>>>
