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| <h1>300 Reasons to Subscribe to NetBeans Weekly Newsletter</h1> |
| <span style="font-style: italic;">July 16, 2007</span><br> |
| <br> |
| <h5>This week marks a milestone publication for the NetBeans Weekly |
| Newsletter—its 300th issue! Delivered to email boxes every Monday since |
| January 29, 2001, <a |
| href="https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/archive.html"><span |
| style="font-style: italic;">NetBeans Weekly</span></a> has kept the |
| NetBeans community informed about developments—big and small—related to |
| NetBeans.</h5> |
| <h5><br> |
| Here are 300 reasons why <a |
| href="mailto:%20nbweekly-subscribe@netbeans.org">subscribing</a> |
| to <span style="font-style: italic;">NetBeans Weekly</span> is a great |
| idea.<br> |
| </h5> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">1.</span> Start the week with the |
| latest news about NetBeans. It's good for |
| you.<br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">2.</span> We show you how to tap into |
| the power of the <a |
| href="http://www.javalobby.org/eps/netbeans_platform/">NetBeans |
| Platform</a>. <br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">3.</span> And jazz up your programming |
| with <a href="https://netbeans.org/features/ruby/index.html">Ruby</a>. |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">4–14.</span> We support 11 other |
| languages as well: Java, JavaScript, HTML, XML, BPEL, CSS, XSL, JSP, |
| DTD, TLD and WSDL. <br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">15.</span> <a |
| href="https://netbeans.org/kb/kb.html">Tutorials, tutorials, |
| tutorials</a>!<br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">16.</span> Insider tips on cool things |
| you can do with NetBeans, such as watching a movie in NetBeans. (<a |
| href="https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2007-01-29.html">Issue |
| #276</a>)<br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">17.</span> Our tips are free, and |
| legal.<br> |
| <br style="font-weight: bold;"> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">18–31.</span> Updates about the NetBeans |
| WorldTour—14 locations this coming season—and other <a |
| href="https://netbeans.org/community/news/calendar.html">NetBeans |
| events</a> around the world.<br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">32.</span> <a |
| href="http://plugins.netbeans.org/PluginPortal/">Modules, |
| modules, modules</a>!<br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">33-38.</span> Six Evangelists |
| spreading the Gospel about NetBeans around the world and racking up |
| converts along the way. (<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/david/">Dave |
| Botterill</a>, <a href="http://weblogs.java.net/blog/timboudreau/">Tim |
| Boudreau</a>, <a href="http://weblogs.java.net/blog/bleonard/">Brian |
| Leonard</a>, |
| Ashwin Rao, <a href="http://weblogs.java.net/blog/gsporar/">Gregg |
| Sporar</a>, <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/roumen">Roman Strobl</a>.)<br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">39.</span> Goodbye Gridbag. Hello |
| Matisse! (<a |
| href="https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2006-01-18.html">Issue |
| #225</a>)<br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">40–116.</span> Get inspired by our |
| sample applications—we've got 77. Check out our <a |
| href="https://netbeans.org/kb/samples/">top five</a>.<br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">117.</span> Learn why the NetBeans |
| Profiler rocks. (<a |
| href="https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2007-04-23.html">Issue |
| #288</a>)<br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">118–148.</span> Tune in to the <a |
| href="http://blogs.sun.com/roumen/category/Podcasts">NetBeans Podcasts</a> |
| (31 episodes, thus far) with Evangelists Roman Strobl and Gregg Sporar.<br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">149.</span> A chance to win cool |
| prizes—snazzy NetBeans t-shirts, NetBeans books or USB sticks—if you |
| listen till the end.<br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">150.</span> Developers who have made |
| the switch to NetBeans. (<a |
| href="https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2007-02-12.html">Issue |
| 278</a>)<br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">151–160.</span> Still not convinced |
| about switching? Here are <a |
| href="https://netbeans.org/switch/why.html">10 more reasons</a>.<br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">161.</span> The occasional <a |
| href="http://weblogs.java.net/blog/tball/archive/2006/11/get_medieval_on.html">pop-culture |
| reference</a>. (<a |
| href="https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2006-11-28.html">Issue |
| 268</a>) <br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">162.</span> And a nod to <a |
| href="http://blogs.sun.com/geertjan/entry/eclipse_and_netbeans%3A_a_tale">Charles |
| Dickens</a>. (<a |
| href="https://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/2006-12-11.html">Issue |
| 270</a>)<br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">163–167.</span> Number of issues |
| edited by Jaroslav Tulach, co-creator of NetBeans.<br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">168.</span> The NetBeans Weekly is |
| open-source too! Be a part of the process by <a |
| href="mailto:%20nbnews_contrib@netbeans.org">submitting</a> project |
| news, |
| blog entries, tutorials, and more, that you think the NetBeans |
| community should know about.<br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">169.</span> Get lectured by the <a |
| href="http://blogs.sun.com/divas/category/NetBeans+Visual+Web+Pack">Divas</a> |
| and develop Visual Web applications with style.<br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">170-241.</span> Screencasts are good. <a |
| href="https://netbeans.org/kb/kb.html">72 demos</a> and counting....<br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">242–250.</span> Links to the global |
| network of <a href="http://planetnetbeans.org/">NetBeans bloggers</a> |
| blogging in nine languages.<br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">251–263.</span> Profiles of the <a |
| href="https://netbeans.org/community/contribute/dreamteam.html">NetBeans |
| Dream Team</a>—13 diverse and passionate NetBeans advocates.<br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">264–266.</span> Three issues of <a |
| href="https://netbeans.org/community/magazine/">NetBeans Magazine</a>.<br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">267–281.</span> We support developer |
| literacy. Stock your library with any of these <a |
| href="https://netbeans.org/kb/articles/books.html">15 books about |
| NetBeans</a>.<br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">282–293.</span> NetBeans for everyone |
| everywhere. Track the progress of 12 translation teams working to |
| localize NetBeans for non English-speaking developers. Better yet, <a |
| href="http://nblocalization.netbeans.org//">join the translation |
| effort!</a><br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">294–298.</span> NetBeans is the only |
| IDE you need, and we have five <a |
| href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/jolt2007.html">Jolt |
| awards</a> to prove it.<br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br> |
| 299.</span> Never running out of ways to <a |
| href="http://blogs.sun.com/geertjan/entry/kirk_pepperdine_further_integrated_into">trick |
| out NetBeans</a>.<br> |
| <br> |
| <span style="font-weight: bold;">300.</span> <a |
| href="https://netbeans.org/community/releases/60/index.html">NetBeans |
| 6.0</a> is due out soon. Do you really want to miss all the <a |
| href="https://netbeans.org/servlets/NewsItemView?newsItemID=1057">fun</a>? |
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