A few people asked for a visual representation. I pulled this together a few years ago. Mostly it just illustrates why those kinds of representations are useless at scale.
Package dependencies: https://timboudreau.com/files/nb-packagegraph/ Classes (IIRC trimmed down a LOT): https://timboudreau.com/files/netbeans-classes/ On Wed, Nov 6, 2019 at 7:57 PM Eric Bresie <ebresie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is this a reason to push for the UML plugin ;-) There are no reasons to push for uml, ever :-) -Tim > > Eric Bresie > ebre...@gmail.com > > On November 6, 2019 at 9:02:49 AM CST, Eric Barboni <sk...@apache.org> > wrote: > > Hi, > > Not sure that is what you want. > > > > ((A small help can be > > If you get the sources, do a first build: > > ant > > you can then do > > ant index-layer-paths > > > > this will create in nbbuild/build/generated layers.txt and services.txt > > where given a " UI element" " mimetype" "project type" you can find > which module provide it (this is a bit too textual). > > )) > > > > Maybe you want a more complex visualization, with rectangle and edge but > I guess should be some layout and "dynamic page" to filter ( or 8K monitors > :p). Modules are legion. > > > > Best Regards > > Eric > > -----Message d'origine----- > > De : Christian Lenz <christian.l...@gmx.net> > > Envoyé : mercredi 6 novembre 2019 15:43 > > À : dev@netbeans.apache.org > > Objet : AW: NetBeans Design > > > > ➢ And this IMHO continues to be the best book on the NetBeans Platform: > > > > ➢ https://leanpub.com/nbp4beginners > > > > ➢ Gj > > > > Hey Geertjan, > > > > how does that fit in the reworked/categorized structure. Is the book > still up to date? Just asking. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Chris > > > > > > Von: Geertjan Wielenga > > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. November 2019 15:34 > > An: dev > > Betreff: Re: NetBeans Design > > > > On Wed, Nov 6, 2019 at 3:09 PM Christoph Theis <th...@gmx.at> wrote: > > > > > I have the same problem: > > > E.g., NB doesn't accept a current javahl. So, where would I find the > > > module where the check happened (I grep'ed for the error message and > > > found it). Are there dependencies? If I want to improve the error > > > message (right now it is hidden in the log files), how to do it? > > > > > > So, summarizing, an eagles view of what NB is composed of, would be a > > > start. Sthg., that would help newcomers to understand the code of NB. > > > > > > > > > In many ways, the current GitHub structure provides the eagle's view you > > seek: > > > > https://github.com/apache/netbeans > > > > Rather than it being a long list of modules, the above categorizes them > into their clusters, reflecting what you see in your NetBeans installation > directory. > > > > Indeed, grepping is a good approach to find the code you need to work > with. > > > > You can also search directly in the GitHub repo on-line in the web > interface. > > > > The dependencies of any modules are always listed in the project.xml > file of a module. > > > > And this IMHO continues to be the best book on the NetBeans Platform: > > > > https://leanpub.com/nbp4beginners > > > > Gj > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > @Jeremy: I hope I got your point. > > > > > > > > > Best regards > > > > > > Christoph > > > > > > On 06.11.2019 14:24, Geertjan Wielenga wrote: > > > > What specific things are you looking for? > > > > > > > > Gj > > > > > > > > On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 at 14:05, Jeremy Cavanagh > > > > <jeremy.cavan...@orange.fr> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > > > I was just wondering if there was a design document for NetBeans > > > > > which shows how all the pieces fit together? I ask this because > > > > > whenever I look at incubator-netbeans I have no idea of what I'm > > > > > looking at, or where to find things. > > > > > > > > > > I really hope there is, particularly if it includes structure > > > > > diagrams > > > etc. > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > > > Jeremy > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > > > > -- http://timboudreau.com
