Re: What can NetBeans do better for educators than it does now?

Anton Wallace wrote:
> 
> I have a few suggestions that could make net beans more usable in a teaching environment
> (these suggestion would also apply to the workplace).
> 
> I hope I haven't suggested any features that I just haven't stumbled across yet !
> 
>    * A project template would be very useful.  I find myself constantly remounting common
>      / shared classes and folders for each project I set up.  Given that many teaching
>      examples are brief this can be quite laborious.
>    * A java decompiler so students can see how the jdk has been implemented (I currently
>      have a couple of these but it would be nice to have an integrated one).

There is jasm module (Java Assembler/Disassembler) which have been created by 
one of my students. The main goal was to visualize the structure of java class 
file. The module has its own page http://jasm.netbeans.org and it will be 
available through autoupdate soon. I use it often.

-Martin

>    * A tool that identifies similar / identical algorithms - to identify students poaching
>      others work.
> 
> Thanks for encouraging us to participate !
> 
> Anton.

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