2. Hey Java Developer
What if someone gave you:
Experience in large product
development
Experience in collaboration
Experience in writing robust code
All this and much more FREE
3. Mature Product
What if someone gave you
Opportunity to study a Mature
Product
Product which is successful and
time tested
Opportunity to study the source
code of that product
4. Round Clock Support
What if someone gave you:
Opportunity to ask questions on
that product while studying
Support by receiving answers round
the clock
Help in studying through tons of
documentation
5. Chance to experiment
What if someone gave you:
Chance to experiment on the same
product - writing new features
Chance to enhance the product
Mention of your name in the
contributors and credits of the
product for your contributions
6. Review of Code
What if someone gave you:
Code reviews for your experimental
code
Expert opinion and suggestions on
improving the features
Support to package and deploy your
new product
7. Are you ready
What if someone gave you:
Opportunity to get experience in
software development
Opportunity to work with more than
50 technology gurus
Opportunity to become expert of a
mature software framework
8. You know what?
You already got these opportunities:
10 years mature product to study
with source code
Support forum for the product with
help from experienced gurus
Opportunity to use the framework
to make new products
9. Ok, what it is?
NetBeans IDE and NetBeans Platform
Started in 1997 as a student
project
Marketed as commercial product
from 1998 and acquired by Sun
Microsystems in 2000
Open Sourced by Sun Microsystem
now owned by Oracle Corporation
10. Is it really good
http://netbeans.org/features/
platform/showcase.html
Defense
Aerospace
Oil and Gas Services
Geospatial applications
and more.. check link..
11. Now you know..
Go download the source code
Go join the mailing lists
Go explore the show case of people
using it
Develop you own product using the
framework to make sophisticated
applications.