PS: See https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/on+top+of+NetBeans for a list, this is the updated version, with more info being added, of https://platform.netbeans.org/screenshots.html.
On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Antonio <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 13/10/17 09:49, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 1:21 AM, Antonio Vieiro <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> ...Should NetBeans support Apache Spark? Tomcat? The Go programming >>> language? R? Whatever? Just find a big pool of developers and ask them >>> what to do next, what they need, what they want... >>> >> >> However I think NetBeans is more an end-user tool. I use it myself but >> don't really care how it's built, and learning that would not help me >> progress much in my careeer where I'm doing other things - with >> similar technologies but other things. >> > > It's important to know that the NetBeans user base is. Maybe we should > start by defining that. I distinguish these two sets: > > - One part of the NetBeans user base is formed by (or was formed by) big > companies and organizations such as NATO, The US Navy, the European Union, > Boeing, NASA, ESA, UNESCO, and many other companies, big and small. See > [1] for a list. These companies and organizations may be interested in some > sort of support, or may provide funding through sponshorships, so that the > project is kept alive and up to date with new platforms and technologies. > By listening to these user base we may learn how to improve the platform > and understand what their problems are (installers?, UI improvements?, geo > and map support?). And they may even want to donate code they built over > the years. > > - Another part of the NetBeans user base is formed by Java > (C/C++/Ruby/PHP) developers that prefer to use NetBeans as their IDE. > NetBeans is well positioned as an IDE for PHP and C/C++ in Unix > environments. I don't know what funding could be in these, maybe > crowfunding is an option, as you say. Another option (a difficult one) is > forking commercial products that concentrate in specific areas/requirements > (say an IDE for R projects?) and that is funded by subscriptions, much like > IntelliJ is doing. > > [1] https://platform.netbeans.org/screenshots.html > >
