Re: NetBeans: No longer working backwards?

On Apr 27 2011, at 13:23 , Ivan Soleimanipour wrote:

> On 04/27/11 07:21, Geertjan Wielenga wrote:
>>> 
>>>   http://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=107858
>>>  
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> Is there a _technical_ version of this announcement?
> 
>> I believe this new one will replace all other ones -- you'll be able to continue using the others (e.g., the TreeTableView/OutlineView situation) but the one where development will be focused on is the new Multiview API (which will probably also have annotation support, of course).
> 
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> Will it help me have side-by-side debuggers?
> I.e. more than one fully functioning debugger "window" including a src view, stack view
> and say a debugger console. Then I could have one debugger debugging my java
> client and one debugging my C++ server.

Or two Java debuggers for two separate processes on two separate JVMs. This is the usage scenario that I've always found most difficult. It is possible with current NetBeans to two debug two applications simultaneous but the UI doesn't always cooperate.

Mike