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| <h1>NetBeans worldTour Lands in Prague</h1> |
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| Itís an overcast afternoon and very little seems golden about Prague, |
| the golden city. A steady |
| stream of people flows into the Prague Congress Center, a massive |
| convention |
| venue that offers spectacular views of Prague and its many spires. But |
| on November 14, the |
| view is not the attraction as only a few give it a cursory look before |
| hurrying indoors. |
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| In one of the centerís auditoriums, the seats are filled to capacity |
| and a few bodies are |
| leaning against the walls. On the stage, Roman Strobl, a NetBeans |
| evangelist, |
| has concluded a presentation about the recently released NetBeans IDE |
| 5.5 |
| and is now taking questions from the audience.</div> |
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| <div style="text-align: center;"><small><span |
| style="font-style: italic;">Yarda Tulach discusses the NetBeans |
| Platform</span></small><br> |
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| A man in a tweed jacket raises a handóhe has a complaint about the |
| debugger. Strobl deftly, and |
| with some glee, sends the question over to a long-haired figure |
| standing |
| unobtrusively on the sidelines:</div> |
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| <div style="text-align: left;"><i> |
| "Why don't we ask Yarda for the answer to that? He's one of the |
| founders of NetBeans."</i> |
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| Jaroslav ìYardaî Turlach, the self-proclaimed ì<a |
| href="interviews/yarda-tulach.html">enfant |
| terrible of NetBeans</a>î, has been placed on the spot; the |
| audience laughs as he shrugs and holds up his hands in mock defense. |
| But before Turlach can respond a member of the audience has assumed |
| control of a |
| wandering microphone and the man begins to suggest a solution. |
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| The moment captures in a nutshell the fundamental purpose of the NetBeans |
| worldTour, a meeting ground of NetBeans experts, devotees, converts |
| and the uninitiated, a venue where |
| ideas are exchanged and information imparted about the latest |
| developments in |
| the IDE world. The worldTour visits select cities worldwide and is |
| organized |
| around Sun Tech Days, which made a stop this year in Prague, the birth place |
| of NetBeans.</div> |
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| <div style="text-align: left;">NetBeans Day Prague saw an |
| impressive turnout of about 250 attendees from its host country and |
| surrounding European countries. The afternoon kicked off with a welcome |
| address |
| from Jan Chalupa, NetBeans's engineering director, who gave a brief |
| overview of |
| the companyís inception and evolution, most notably, the recent updates |
| to the IDE |
| with the 5.5 release.</div> |
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| NetBeans evangelist Roman Strobl gave the first of the eventís five |
| presentations: On the Move |
| with NetBeans, a 50-minute look at the IDE's latest features and ways |
| for |
| developers to incorporate them into their work. The talk included a |
| quick demonstration of one such feature: the NetBeans GUI builder, |
| which allows developers |
| to design GUIs with ease.</div> |
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| Even developers are not immune to a good deal "<i>win a free t-shirt!</i>" when |
| they see one. Several |
| hands went up when Strobl promised a limited edition NetBeans t-shirt |
| to anyone |
| who could explain the name discrepancy between Maven, the software |
| project |
| management tool, and Mevenide, the effort focused on incorporating the |
| tool into IDEs.</div> |
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| The answer? The discrepancy was a typo that was never corrected.</div> |
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| <a href="../../images_www/articles/nbday-prague06/jirka_sedlacek.jpg" |
| target="_top"><img alt="Jirka Sedlacek" |
| src="../../images_www/articles/nbday-prague06/jirka_sedlacek.jpg" |
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| <div style="text-align: center;"><small><span |
| style="font-style: italic;">Jirka Sedlacek reviews the NetBeans |
| Profiler</span><br> |
| </small></div> |
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| Subsequent presentations offered in-depth looks at different aspects of |
| the NetBeans |
| IDE. A talk led by software engineer Petr Pisl: "Did You Get Your |
| Tools with That?" reviewed the support available to Java EE 5 from 5.5, |
| and |
| included demos of ways to improve on Java EE applications. Strobl |
| returned for another |
| session that gave an overview of the NetBeans IDE's new add-on packs |
| and |
| explored how they increased functionality. Later, Yarda Tulach stepped |
| into the |
| spotlight to highlight the advantages of working in the NetBeans |
| platform. The final |
| presentation was a panel that allowed the audience to NetBeans |
| engineers Jiri Sedlacek, Tomas Hurka, and Jaroslav Bachorik questions |
| about the IDE's profiler.</div> |
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| <div style="text-align: left;">Overall, NetBeans Day Prague was typical |
| of what NetBeans fans have come to expect from the |
| worldTour: engaging speakers and enlightening content, and a unique |
| opportunity to |
| interact with like-minded individuals who share a passion for all |
| things NetBeans.</div> |
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| <div style="text-align: left;">If you missed NetBeans Day Prague, worry |
| not. There are upcoming tour |
| dates in other great locations worldwide. NetBeans Day is free and open |
| to the |
| public; but registration is required. Sign |
| up now!</div> |
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