The first Apache NetBeans release definitely needs a book. And, yes, the 9.0 release brings many new features to the end users — Jigsaw, JShell, ‘var’ integration...
Maybe we could work on the book as a community, e.g., a different person assigned to each chapter, fir example. Gj On Saturday, July 14, 2018, John Kostaras <[email protected]> wrote: > Good idea. But what more will it add to the existing bibliography, as it > doesn't bring many new features to the end users? > > On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 at 17:26, Josh Juneau <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've been approached by Apress regarding interest in a book on Apache > > NetBeans. I personally do not have enough time to devote to another book > > right now, so I wanted to send a note to the Apache NetBeans developer > > group to see if there are any developers interested in authoring a book > > (perhaps a collaborative effort). > > > > I know things are very busy right now, and I've already told Apress that > > the main focus is the release of Apache NetBeans 9 right now, but maybe a > > book project could start this fall. There are no timelines right > > now...just interest in a book on the new open Apache NetBeans IDE. > > > > If anyone is interested then reply to this message and I can get a list > of > > names together to send along to Apress. > > > > Thanks > > > > Josh Juneau > > [email protected] > > http://jj-blogger.blogspot.com > > https://www.apress.com/index.php/author/author/view/id/1866 > > >
