Re: Re: NetBeans EDGE

Hi Maxym, Vincent and Robert,

> > > We want to make the Edge the best possible
> > > and the next issue will be very important.
> >
> > I also agree. Because the next issue of NetBeans Edge is like a
> > resurection. That must be a (really) special edition.
> 
> Don't think so. IMHO, every edition should be given the equal value.
> Otherwise it's not really interesting to work on SUPER-TOP + 1'th
> issue.

+1

> > > Any thoughts on content that you
> > > would like to see there?
> 
> Announcement of Russian NetBeans IDE 4.0 (really small script it
> should be, but a small notice would be fine).

Great job Maxym!

> Also it would be nice to see some interview with top-developer and
> top-marketing guy at Sun about the plans on how NetBeans will catch-up
> with Eclipse (if there're such plans): on functionality, on
> popularity, on the number of plugins etc. It would be interesting to
> see different approaches (developer: "we need to have cleaner APIs"
> vs. marketing: "we need to publish one more book, and a good one").

I agree with Maxym, I have tinkered around with the idea to write a NetBeans
module for a program that I am writing, but the fact that there currently is no
good book, nor any good tutorial that is easily installable out there has made
me not pursue it any further.

So I would really want to see the developers put effort into making it a LOT
easier to write modules from scratch. It might be easy for them, but for an
outsider it currently is not.

Also, an idea is to make it possible that at least a couple of the bugs or
feature requests are assigned to any NetBeans developer (within Sun
or not). Let the community be more involved!

I for one would want to see Jesse do some tutorial as he seems to be
quite a frequent poster on the mailinglist and helping out people as much
as he can.

Kind regards,
-- 
Manfred Riem
[email protected]