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> On 18 Apr 2019, at 10:22, David <djohn...@start.ca> wrote: > >> On Tue, 2019-04-16 at 11:31 +0000, Ko Turk wrote: >> Hi Netbeans Users, >> >> currently I am researching the strengths and weaknesses of different IDEs. I >> think Netbeans is awesome in the integration with Maven. But I am also >> curious what you think about this great IDE! >> >> I hope you can help me in answering the following questions: >> >> 1. What are the best Netbeans plugins to use you think? And do you know some >> funny ones?? > > I used to use the NBAndroid plug-in but that has gone away. In an Apache project, nothing ever goes away. :-) Gj > I don't use any other plug-ins. > >> 2. Are there any upcoming cool features? > > Haven't a clue. > >> 3. What could be improved? > > Handling of JavaFX application development and distribution. It would also be > nice to use Netbeans for Android development (I am not finding androidstudio > all that great, e.g. just tried an automatic update and it barfed). > >> 4. Why should the whole world use this IDE? > > It's ready to go out of the box, it's written in Java and, of course... > because it's an Apache project! > >> 5. First IDE that you ever used? And why? > > Java Workshop because it was the only Java IDE available at the time. Turned > out it had an horrendous architectural flaw and 2/3 of the way through a > large project we hit a brick wall! Frantically hunting for an alternative we > discovered this little Czech company called Netbeans! Not only did their IDE > not have the fatal flaw found in Java Workshop but it was written in Java - > we were moving our dev machines off Windows NT and onto Linux so the fact > Netbeans would run on any OS was a huge plus. Bought copies of Netbeans for > all our developers and the rest, as they say, is history. > >> >> >> >> Hope you can help me. Thanks! >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Ko Turk >>
