Tutorials : Implement AJAX Functionality Using the jMaki Framework and NetBeans 5.5 :

Download, Install, and Configure the jMaki Plug-in for NetBeans 5.5

1. Download the plug-in.
2. Install the plug-in. Open NetBeans 5.5 and access the Tools menu, Update Center option. Select Install Manually Downloaded Modules (.nbm Files). Then press Next.
3. Indicate where to download the plug-in by pressing the Add button and select the desired place into the dialog. Press Next.
4. The window in Figure 1 appears if JMaki has not been installed on your computer previously. Ignore it and press the Next button.

   
   Figure 1. Installation: You should see this if it's your first time installing jMaki.

5. Click Accept to accept the licensing agreement and the installation will proceed.
6. In the next dialog that appears, select the checkbox and press Yes, then Finish.

Explore jMaki Widgets with the jMaki Demo Application

Open NetBeans and select: New—>New Project.... In the New Project window, select the Web option from the Categories section and the Web Application with Existing Sources option from the Projects section. Then press Next. The result should look like Figure 2.

Figure 2. Installing the Demo: The demo provides a solid foundation for learning jMaki.

In the first Browse field, select the place on your computer where you have been unzipped the jMaki demo application. NetBeans will automatically complete the Project Name, Project Folder, and Context Path fields. Insert another folder name into the Project Folder field—in place of the default one. Do not worry if the specified folder does not exist, NetBeans will create it for you.

Click Next. Then click Finish. Notice that NetBeans has automatically completed the Web Pages Folder and Libraries Folder fields.

Finally, to see a jMaki example running, right click on the project name in the Projects tab and select Run Project. After a while, your default browser (in this example, Mozilla Firefox) should open to something like Figure 3.

Figure 3. Running the Demo: Your browser should open to something like this.

On the left, in the Samples section, you should see a set of jMaki widgets. Choose one of them, for example, the Dojo Widget. You will see the widgets on the right Figure 4.

Figure 4. The Widgets: You should see the widgets on thr right.

Select the Editor widget. This simple editor can be used in your Web projects.

To capture the inserted text, just click on the diskette icon, but notice that the captured text cannot be used directly by the application. To do so, you'll need to use an additional Java Script function, showEditorContents, discussed in the next section.

Also notice that the text "Edit me" appears in the editor. To modify that text, go into NetBeans and access the text from the Projects tab using this path:

<project_name>/WebPages/dojo/editor.jsp. 

Figure 5. Editing the Inserted Text: Use this directory path in NetBeans.

Now, run the project again. When you access the Editor widget, you should see the text that you modified in the editor.jsp page.

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