Re: NetBeans manifesto

[František Kučera <ko...@frantovo.cz>]

Dne 27. 09. 19 v 6:18 Geertjan Wielenga napsal(a):
> Thoughts welcome and onward to a NetBeans manifesto.
I am working on Sane software manifesto 
<https://sane-software.globalcode.info/> (currently in a draft version). 
If you like these ideas, feel free to incorporate them into the Netbeans 
manifesto. However Sane software manifesto is a set of general 
guidelines focused on freedom, privacy and software quality and is not 
specific to any product.

Talking particularly about Netbeans:

  - I liked the motto: „The only IDE you need“ and I still have a 
t-shirt with this text :-) I use Netbeans for Java, C/C++ and often also 
as a plain text editor, because I appreciate the great version control 
support (Mercurial, Git, SVN).

  - I appreciate the simple and uncluttered GUI.

  - Also the Maven support is the best.

  - Comprehensive support of Java technologies: SE/ME/EE/Spring/OSGi and 
Java modules

What currently bothers me:

  - missing features not yet ported to the 11 (I know that it is not 
your fault) and unsafe installation of 8.2 modules to 11 (lot of 
security warnings, possible MITM)

  - sometimes performance issues and sometimes broken C/C++ code assistance

What could be improved:

  - better XML and WSDL support – current support is good, but it could 
be event better: e.g. refactoring (rename) elements, do not show only 
documentation (from XSD) for xs:element but also for the types while 
editing an XML, more code assistance in OSGi, Spring or Maven XMLs (like 
suggesting class names, methods or properties).

  - Guile/Scheme language support

  - Arduino project type and examples – lot of people play with hardware 
and this might attract new Netbeans users. There is some plugin or I 
sometimes just import existing Arduino Makefile project. But it would be 
nice to have it officially supported.

  - Build a lightweight editor based on the Netbeans platform (not IDE) 
with just basic features (syntax highlighting) and version control 
system support (highlighting of changed lines, annotate/blame and 
history browser are great and generally useful features).

  - Create/choose/customize some nice Swing Look and Feel. I use Nimbus 
– not perfect but still better than the default LaF.

  - There were modules for UML, BPMN(?). Are they lost? Also ArchiMate 
support would be nice.

Franta



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