Take a look around at the apache.org website to see what it is about (i.e., all volunteer programmers, just like you; you want something, you build it).
Gj On Tue, 20 Sep 2022 at 13:38, Amn Ojee Uw <amnoje...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, isn't that the job of the Apache Netbeans. > The features requests is what users do. > If I have a request and Netbeans wants to include any of us in that teem, > one could help. I love the suggestion of the OP, and respect the suggestion > being offered. However, accepting that suggestion would require too much > effort for a single developer; not only time wise, but also mental and > physical, just to mention some. This kind of endeavours are better suited > for a stablish company like Apache. > I'm offering my help, in case one of the developers need coffee or > something from the kitchen :), 7 to 10 hour a week. > I truly hope Apache is not just reading this emails, but also giving them > the cerebral value they deserve. > > > On Tue., Sep. 20, 2022, 3:37 a.m. László Kishalmi, < > laszlo.kisha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 >>> >>> >>>
