[Cialug] NetBeans on Flash Drive

Fri Jan 4 14:14:38 CST 2013

100% Success confirmed!

WoooHooo!

To recap, installed the portable netbeans and then the portable open JDK 7
which allowed netbeans to start.

At that point, the flashdrive died.  Seriously!  But as I mentioned, I had
everything backed up in the cloud.

After restoring backups, I realized this computer I'm using didn't have
java installed.  What did I do?  I installed the portable JRE on my flash
drive of course!!

So, the (text based) project built (into a jar) and ran perfectly!   GUI
stuff is still something I need to get functioning, but I think I can
handle that one.

So, thanks for your guys help!

-Todd

On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com> wrote:

> Huzzah!  8)
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Todd Pierce <toddcpierce at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Ah ha!!
> >
> > I got NetBeans to start!  Not sure if it works yet.  I installed the
> > OpenJDK and moved it under the app/jdk subfolder of portable netbeans and
> > it didn't die on startup.
> >
> > Will mail later on whether it was successful.
> >
> > -Todd
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I hope that one is functional and will help you.
> > >
> > > Glad you are aware of cloud options.
> > >
> > > I generally try to err on the side of caution in recommending them
> often.
> > >  Even though most people know that flash drives are not super reliable,
> > i'd
> > > rather insult someones intelligence than have some poor person lose
> data
> > > because they were unaware or had not remembered.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Todd Pierce <toddcpierce at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Crew,
> > > >
> > > > Presently installing the portable version that Scott suggested (I did
> > try
> > > > this before but it's a different file name and Scott is probably
> > smarter
> > > > than I am).
> > > >
> > > > The point of this message, however, is that I'm not so stupid as to
> run
> > > > around with a USB drive development environment without backups in
> the
> > > > cloud (that's what cell phone users do, did you notice?).
> > > >
> > > > This installation will take a bit and I have to run. I'll give you an
> > > > update and maybe I'll even hear from you guys tomorrow if I haven't
> > bored
> > > > you already.
> > > >
> > > > -Todd
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Big or not, make SURE you are storing your source code online
> > somewhere
> > > > as
> > > > > flash drives can be VERY flakey when they start to die, and it
> would
> > > > ++suck
> > > > > to lose work because of it.
> > > > >
> > > > > You can use something like the free git hosting plan here
> > > > > https://bitbucket.org/plans  It allows private repositories.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Barry Von Ahsen <
> barry at vonahsen.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > argh, beat me
> > > > > >
> > > > > > it is 127MB, though
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -barry
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Jan 2, 2013, at 2:16 PM, Scott Yates wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Ok, try this:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/nbportable/
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Todd Pierce <
> > toddcpierce at gmail.com
> > > >
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >> Barry, Scott,
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> Okay... so I tried Cameyo and the message I got was this:
> > > > > > >> File exceeds your size limit: 181 MB. Your limit is 30 MB.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> This kind of makes sense since a file like
> > > > > > >> jdk-7u10-nb-7_2_1-windows-i586-ml.exe actually *is *pretty
> big.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> Regarding Eclipse, well, I really think that I might have to
> > > depend
> > > > on
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > >> GUI that NetBeans has to offer.  I'm really not a rocket
> > scientist
> > > > > when
> > > > > > it
> > > > > > >> comes to GUI applications to start with, and I'm not exactly
> Mr.
> > > > Super
> > > > > > Java
> > > > > > >> Developer anyway.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> Still, I'm open to any and all suggestions from you guys,
> since
> > > > like I
> > > > > > >> said, I'm in a bind.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> Sincerely,
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> -Todd
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> I can't really n
> > > > > > >> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Barry Von Ahsen <
> > > > barry at vonahsen.com>
> > > > > > >> wrote:
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>> I don't know how it compares to NetBeans, but eclipse is very
> > > > > portable,
> > > > > > >> it
> > > > > > >>> just unzips to a directory
> > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > >>> -barry
> > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > >>> On Jan 2, 2013, at 12:56 PM, Todd Pierce wrote:
> > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > >>>> Crew,
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>> This is not exactly on topic (linux) but I'm in a bit of a
> > bind
> > > > with
> > > > > > >>>> NetBeans and you're the smartest people I know.
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>> A guy hired me to develop a Java app and the best approach
> > seems
> > > > to
> > > > > be
> > > > > > >> to
> > > > > > >>>> develop it using NetBeans (7.2.1).  The bind is that I'm not
> > > only
> > > > > > >>> homeless,
> > > > > > >>>> but I have generally gotten into the habit of working off
> of a
> > > > flash
> > > > > > >>> drive
> > > > > > >>>> using whatever Windows machine is convenient.  Lots of
> decent
> > > > > software
> > > > > > >>>> works perfectly well when installed on these things...
> except
> > > > > > NetBeans.
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>> When I start NetBeans I get the opening screen, it reports
> it
> > > > can't
> > > > > > >> open
> > > > > > >>> a
> > > > > > >>>> lot of modules then simply goes away.
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>> I'm going to dive in deep and hunt around the Web (and
> config
> > > > files)
> > > > > > >> for
> > > > > > >>>> solutions to this, but since hundreds of dollars (which
> could
> > > get
> > > > me
> > > > > > >> off
> > > > > > >>>> the street) hinge on this, I figured I'd plant this idea in
> > your
> > > > > heads
> > > > > > >> in
> > > > > > >>>> case someone has ideas that stop me from barking up wrong
> > trees
> > > or
> > > > > > >>> killing
> > > > > > >>>> my brain unnecessarily before I even get to start the
> project.
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>> Any help you guys can offer is appreciated.
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>> Sincerely,
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>> -Todd
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