RE: Teaching with NetBeans

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Boudreau [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: June 19, 2003 4:36 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [nbedu] Teaching with NetBeans

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It used to be that if it was a unix system, you could
simply run NetBeans as root and whatever you did,
you'd end up doing globally - if you turned off modules,
they'd get turned off in the global settings layer.

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>> - Preconfigure a shared version on a drive that's shared with all the

>> student workstations.  After installation, delete projects.jar from 
>> the modules directory (you may want to turn off other modules to 
>> simplify the experience for your students)
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>
> this is good to know. in my case, i am stuck with whatever they have
> done in the labs. unless the config files are in a place where i can 
> change them. the oroginal poster may find this useful.
>
>> - Do a custom build with only the modules you want and
>> have your students download that from some shared location
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>
> downloading would be ok, but in my case on windoze, the students can
> not write to the c drive. but installing a custom build sounds like a 
> good idea. 

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Well those are great tips on how to build a slim version. I may give it
a try, but I've also been stacked with some System Admin work for the
summer, so my time to experiment with NetBeans will be pretty slim. I'll
try installing it under Linux and try a couple of things to see how it
works out.

I'd need to spend more time with it to see what I need and what I don't.
I may not get that time.

But the tips are great so far.... Is there a module for someway to
submit assignments? I just took a look at the latest beta from BlueJ.

Thanks,
	Rick Henderson