From: Matthew Lemon <matt@matthewlemon.com>
To: geertjan wielenga <geertjan.wielenga@oracle.com>
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Subject: Re: Nice to meet at NetBeans Day UK
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Hi Geertjan,
Thanks for the email.
I've got my ticket booked for the conference this year as I'd still like to
come, however I was firmly channeled down the Python path for my project over
the last year, so really haven't used Netbeans as much as I'd have hoped. Still
very much interested in Netbeans though so hope to be able to make it along.
Hope all is well.
Regards,
Matthew
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>
>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
>
>
>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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Matthew Lemon
Email: matt@matthewlemon.com
Phone: 07841677965
