On 11-04-2017, geertjan wielenga wrote:
>Hey Matthew!
>
>Are you coming to the event this year:
>
>https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/netbeans-day-2017-registration-32048704538
>
>And would you like to say a few words at it about your experiences
>with NetBeans, etc?
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Geertjan Wielenga
>
><http://www.oracle.com>
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>Phone: +31620320056 <tel:+61386163956> |
>OracleDeveloper Tools
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>
>On 5-6-2016 13:11, Matthew Lemon wrote:
>>Hi Geertjan,
>>
>>Thanks for the email and more than happy that for my tweet to be
>>used to promote Netbeans!
>>
>>It's fair to say that Netbeans Day in London was something of a
>>landmark for me, for the following reasons:
>>
>>1. You may remember our conversation where I said that I had come
>>from a Python background and was considering going with Java for my
>>current project, largely based on using Netbeans and exploring the
>>language and tools from there. Well the sessions only served to push
>>that possibility forward more strongly. I have since been exploring
>>JAX-RS, Jersey, Hibernate, etc for building a REST service and
>>although there is a bit more work to do before I dexide, I'm
>>currently very excited about the possibilities here.
>>
>>2. Oracle JET! For the front end, I always knew it would have to be
>>JavaScript application of some sort but I hadn't really considered
>>JET for this, but your presentation (and stuff I've since found on
>>your blog) is again really exciting. It seems to tick all the boxes
>>right now in that it suits the type of application I need to build,
>>plus the Netbeans integration is a given.
>>
>>3. Finally, the community! Everyone was so enthusiastic,
>>knowledgeable and friendly without being over the top about it. The
>>day had a low-key quality to it that I loved and it seems to be that
>>Oracle are doing something right supporting you in doing your thing
>>around the world to develop and support the use of this brilliant
>>application.
>>
>>In terms of feedback, other than point 3 above - I did find that a
>>couple of the sessions did descend into too much detail about the
>>language/framework used for the project rather than Netbeans:
>>thinking of the Angular, TypeScript, Netbeans session and the live
>>coding session in particular. Really interesting stuff, but didn't
>>really do justice to Netbeans itself. I can imagine it's a really
>>difficult balance to get right - don't get me wrong, I loved the
>>sessions, but I'd have liked to have seen more about Netbeans
>>capabilities for supporting these projects.
>>
>>Maybe next year I could come back and talk about my experience of
>>using Netbeans, Java and Oracle JET from the perspective of a newbie
>>to all these tools, and how they helped me deliver a project for the
>>UK Government! A long way to go before that mind you... But I'll
>>keep you in touch.
>>
>>I hope this is useful. Please keep up the good work, I do so enjoy
>>reading your blog, tweets and other stuff. Hopefully will see you
>>again next year in London if not before somewhere that.
>>
>>All the best,
>>Matt
>>
>>PS Thanks to you and the other guys for making the content available
>>on Github.
>>
>>On 5 June 2016 08:56:27 BST, geertjan wielenga
>><geertjan.wielenga@oracle.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Matt,
>>
>> Great to meet you at NetBeans Day UK.
>>
>> I was looking through your Tweets this morning and found a rather
>> good one about NetBeans, so posted it on the NetBeans Facebook page:
>>
>> https://www.facebook.com/NetBeans/
>>
>> :-) Thanks a lot -- and see you again.
>>
>> <http://www.oracle.com>
>> Geertjan Wielenga | Principal Product Manager
>> Phone: +31620320056 <tel:+61386163956> |
>> OracleDeveloper Tools
>>
>> ORACLE Netherlands | Hertogswetering 163-167 | 3543 AS Utrecht |
>> Netherlands
>> <http://www.oracle.com/commitment>Oracle is committed to
>> developing practices and products that help protect the environment
>>
>>
>
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