Well, pick a language and start writing the support for that. It's that simple.
On Tue, Sep 20, 2022, 00:22 N <navin....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I was an ardent user of Netbeans from 2009 to around 2016, while using > Java (and for a short while when using C++ and Python). I've even written > about it > <https://nrecursions.blogspot.com/2014/07/preview-your-webpage-realtime-while.html>, > and linked to James Gosling's support for Netbeans. > The reason for mentioning this, is because current popular IDE's lack the > usability that Netbeans has. There is a LOT of features that are very > thoughtfully crafted, and has left me wishing it was there in other IDE's > too. Problems with other IDE's: > > - Intellij Idea: Too heavy on resources. Can't run it on my 2GB RAM, > Celeron laptop. > - VS Code: The various view panels are inflexible in position and > simple tasks that should have been easily runnable, are complex in > accessibility and usage. Julia's plugin for VS Code makes it extremely slow > to run Julia programs. > - Spyder: Poor support for refactoring. > - Sublime text: Unbelievably un-intuitive IDE. Need to Google search > for how to do anything in it. > - Atom: Is already being sunsetted. > - Eclipse and LiClipse: Is kind of ok, but not as good as Netbeans. > > It's not just me. When using Java, many of my juniors were also > enthusiastically vocal in their preference for Netbeans. You've built a > great IDE. If Netbeans could be streamlined to be lightweight, bug-free and > if support for languages like Python, Julia, R and C++ is added/improved, > and if Netbeans could be marketed more, it'd be a great help to the > software community. > > -- > Regards, > Navin > > >
