Wednesday, April 16, 2008
NetBeans for Visual Studio users
One of Visual Studio's most useful and time-saving features is highlighting of recognized class names (in light blue). You can always tell you've typed a class name correctly, because as soon as you finish typing, in turns light blue for you.
Here's how to get this convenient effect in NetBeans 6:
1. Tools menu -> Options
2. Fonts & Colors tab
3. Language: Java
4. Do the following for each of "Class Declaration", "Class Use", "Constructor Declaration", "Constructor Use":
4.1. Set "Foreground" to Custom
4.2. In the dialog that appears, go to RGB tab
4.3. Red: 43, Green: 145, Blue: 175
4.4. Click OK as many times as required
You can also get the same font Visual Studio uses. To do this, Go back to Fonts & Colors and set the font for "All Languages" category "Default" to be "Courier New 13".
The next things are getting automatic code completion everywhere (hell, my box is fast enough!) and then making the keybindings feel like Visual Studio. More soon!
Here's how to get this convenient effect in NetBeans 6:
1. Tools menu -> Options
2. Fonts & Colors tab
3. Language: Java
4. Do the following for each of "Class Declaration", "Class Use", "Constructor Declaration", "Constructor Use":
4.1. Set "Foreground" to Custom
4.2. In the dialog that appears, go to RGB tab
4.3. Red: 43, Green: 145, Blue: 175
4.4. Click OK as many times as required
You can also get the same font Visual Studio uses. To do this, Go back to Fonts & Colors and set the font for "All Languages" category "Default" to be "Courier New 13".
The next things are getting automatic code completion everywhere (hell, my box is fast enough!) and then making the keybindings feel like Visual Studio. More soon!
Monday, April 14, 2008
Why not blog for?
I keep going to blog but stopping myself with loops of self-doubt. Worse, blogging isn't the only area of life this happens. Fear grips me and I don't act; I don't try new, scary things.
* Casual conversations: I don't open up to people, preferring to stick to boring routines. While I'm pretending life is good and giving bland, detail-free descriptions of my weekends, I'm silently turning over the sad thought: who would want to listen to my worries and fears?
* Meeting new friends, and catching up with old friends: I don't make the required effort to break through others' barriers and connect with them. Then I get depressed that my circle of friends is shrinking as I age, and I've no-one to go out with on Saturday night.
* Joining sports clubs: Years ago, I convinced myself I'd join a soccer club. It was going to be great. But then I got tangled in loops of self-doubt, thinking silly things like "all the clubs would be full" and "the season probably already started". I never even called a club to find out.
* Blogging: I'm always having "interesting blogging ideas" but never actually going and posting them. Hence the blog goes for months without any love. (Danya I'm glad you don't own a gun.)
* Facebook: I never make time to upload photos or keep in touch with people. I've still got the same photo I had when Bec created my account. My "invites" page is riddled with hundreds of stale invites to the effect of "X would like to invite you to play 'Pirates vs. Ninjas!'"
* Programming: I don't write code until I am sure I'm doing things the "best" way. All this despite the doctrine of the industry; everything I've learned just doesn't figure. They say, "do one to throw away" and I've seen first-hand that old stuff can be adapted to new requirements surprisingly easily. Yet I have to force myself to do enough work to get stuff working.
Willpower is something I've not cultivated in a while; instead I fall back on habit and excuses.
So I guess I'm having a crisis; I'm in need of some life advice: how does one reverse the power equation and overcome the fear?
Huzzah for publicly (voluntarily!) airing one's own emotional dirty laundry.
* Casual conversations: I don't open up to people, preferring to stick to boring routines. While I'm pretending life is good and giving bland, detail-free descriptions of my weekends, I'm silently turning over the sad thought: who would want to listen to my worries and fears?
* Meeting new friends, and catching up with old friends: I don't make the required effort to break through others' barriers and connect with them. Then I get depressed that my circle of friends is shrinking as I age, and I've no-one to go out with on Saturday night.
* Joining sports clubs: Years ago, I convinced myself I'd join a soccer club. It was going to be great. But then I got tangled in loops of self-doubt, thinking silly things like "all the clubs would be full" and "the season probably already started". I never even called a club to find out.
* Blogging: I'm always having "interesting blogging ideas" but never actually going and posting them. Hence the blog goes for months without any love. (Danya I'm glad you don't own a gun.)
* Facebook: I never make time to upload photos or keep in touch with people. I've still got the same photo I had when Bec created my account. My "invites" page is riddled with hundreds of stale invites to the effect of "X would like to invite you to play 'Pirates vs. Ninjas!'"
* Programming: I don't write code until I am sure I'm doing things the "best" way. All this despite the doctrine of the industry; everything I've learned just doesn't figure. They say, "do one to throw away" and I've seen first-hand that old stuff can be adapted to new requirements surprisingly easily. Yet I have to force myself to do enough work to get stuff working.
Willpower is something I've not cultivated in a while; instead I fall back on habit and excuses.
So I guess I'm having a crisis; I'm in need of some life advice: how does one reverse the power equation and overcome the fear?
Huzzah for publicly (voluntarily!) airing one's own emotional dirty laundry.
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