Chapter 12. Updating a NetBeans Platform Application: Let's Allow the User to Add Features at Runtime!
This chapter covers updating applications already distributed to end users. This is done by providing new or updated modules in one of several different ways. The focus of this chapter is on the creation, architecture, and distribution of update packages.
Overview
During software lifecycles, it is quite common for users to request patches when experiencing unexpected error messages. In addition, development teams often want to make new features available between one release and the next. It would be cumbersome to redistribute the entire application when providing a patch or a new feature. A major advantage of modular architectures is its support ...
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