[Bluej-discuss] BlueJ Netbeans Plugins

[Bryan J. Higgs]

Michael --

Sounds great!  I particularly like the idea of turning on features only 
when (and if) you need them.  That has been a problem for lots of 
beginning Java programmers trying to use Java IDEs for years.  Many of 
my students have struggled to learn the ins and outs of an IDE, when 
really they were trying to learn the language.  In particular, most 
modern IDEs have so many features that it's hard for a novice to pick 
out the essential features they need to get started.  It was hard for 
them to see the trees for the forest, so to speak.

Here, in the past, we have used Borland JBuilder for a Java IDE, but 
Borland has recently announced that it is getting out of the IDE 
business. I guess it's hard for them to compete against two very 
successful, quality, and free IDEs: NetBeans and Eclipse.  I have been 
leaning towards NetBeans for a replacement, because it has been making 
noticeable usability improvements with each release, but there is still 
the same basic IDE learning curve. "NetBeans IDE / BlueJ Edition" makes 
the idea even more attractive.

The obvious follow-up question is:  Are you also working to provide 
something similar for the Eclipse platform?

:-)

Bryan

Michael Kölling wrote:
> On 11 Mar 2006, at 12:06, Frans Thamura wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am developing a tutorial using BlueJ, but I hear that there will  
>> be a
>> plugins in BlueJ, can anyone know what is the status of this?
>>     
>
> Hi Frans,
>
> We have been working for a few months with the NetBeans team to  
> create support for an organised migration from BlueJ into NetBeans.
>
> The result, however, is not a BlueJ plugin, but a new version of  
> NetBeans, called "NetBeans IDE / BlueJ Edition".
>
> This version is not yet available. There has just been a press  
> release from Sun a couple of days ago (here: http://biz.yahoo.com/ 
> prnews/060309/sfth070.html?.v=41 ) and we have done a demo recently.
>
> The public release of this version is still a couple of months away.
>
> The NetBeans/BlueJ edition will be able to open and work with BlueJ  
> projects, it will look very clean and simple and use some BlueJ-ish  
> icon-vocabulary and allow yo to switch on the more powerful NetBeans  
> features gradually, one at a time.
>
> You can even work on the same project with BlueJ and NetBeans  
> simultaneously, if you want!
>
> We'll talk more about this soon, when it comes a little closer to  
> public release.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael
>
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