Re: Does anyone still make NetBeans Platform Applications in 2024/2025?

Hi Tim,

On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM Tim Mullé <[email protected]> wrote:
> Anyway, I’m just wondering:
> 1. Do you create NB Platform applications for your projects, company, etc?

Since my switch to Java (which is since 2010 or something around that)
I did a few smaller Swing Applications and I never did something
bigger so that I seriously considered NetBeans platform. Since then
mostly backend and one web project with Vaadin and one with GWT (in
both cases you have web, but program in Java). I loved Vaadin
especially for the fact, that you code it similar as Swing. In the
last years I worked with teams in projects where web clients are
implemented with AngularJS, Angular and React, but I totally miss the
Swing feeling.

For some kind of applications a desktop application is still a
no-brainer, but more and more is browser based, even for applications
where I would totally prefer a desktop application. But even photo
editing software on the smartphone can be pretty good these days.

There might be a little of a comeback to desktop applications with the
trend to decouple from the big players nowadays and to be more
resilient in case of internet outages, but on the other hand a web
application gives you more platform compatibility. I loved the Sing
being compatible with Linux, MacOS and Windows, but nowadays you want
everything also to work on the smartphone for real platform
independence.

If you consider a platform/framework change then one of the first
major questions is: Are there ongoing development plans where the
current implementation will hold you back significantly?

Usually in such situations, if only maintenance is done any more, such
a big change is usually not worth the effort.

Not sure if that really helps you,

best regards, Martin.

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