[GitHub] dukescript edited a comment on issue #1038: Maven first in New Project Wizard

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dukescript edited a comment on issue #1038: Maven first in New Project Wizard
URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-netbeans/pull/1038#issuecomment-441673101
 
 
   First I thought, it's only a small change, and I should do it, but actually I think the current naming is better, as it serves a purpose:
   
   "Java Maven" and "Java Ant" does not really fix the problem of making Maven the default and "nudging" new developers to stay away from Ant. It only changes the visibility of Maven a little bit, and instead forces users to make a decision. 
   
   Imagine a new developer who wants to create his first Java project. If we present him the options "Java" and "Java Ant", he'll very likely choose "Java", which would be great. If we present him with "Java Maven" and "Java Ant", he'll be lost and in the best case resort to google. Like Tim said on the mailing list, we force a user into a choice they don't (shouldn't) care about [For reference: Joel Spolsky's Blog Post](https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/12/choices/) explaining why this is a bad solution.
   
   I'd prefer to keep the names like this, as a tool to point users in the right direction.

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