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| <h1>The NetBeans worldTour Wraps up 2006-2007 Season</h1> |
| <span style="font-style: italic;">August 2007</span><br> |
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| With multiple stops around the globe, the NetBeans |
| worldTour is a road trip that fans of the NetBeans IDE have come to |
| expect and enjoy as an opportunity to learn more about their favorite |
| development tool.<br> |
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| hspace="5" vspace="5"></a>Organized around the <span |
| style="font-style: italic;">Sun Tech Days</span>, |
| the worldTour's <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">NetBeans |
| Software Day</span> is a free event where developers can attend |
| technical sessions led by NetBeans evangelists and engineers. Attendees |
| learn about improvements to NetBeans and pick up new tips and tricks |
| for working within IDE. For the uninitiated, the sessions offer a |
| first-hand look at the ways the IDE can improve their development |
| projects. The day also serves as a gathering point for the community, |
| with users interacting with each other and the NetBeans team, and |
| mingling with Java and Sun luminaries such as James Gosling and |
| Jonathan Schwartz. Chances to win cool NetBeans giveaways serve as an |
| added draw.<br> |
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| In the 2006-2007 season, the worldTour delivered the NetBeans agenda to 17 cities |
| worldwide. The message? That NetBeans had muscled up thanks to a |
| functionality overhaul.<br> |
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| Developers in Seattle, where the season kicked off in September, |
| received previews of NetBeans 5.5 and new features in the IDE such as |
| Java EE 5 support, the NetBeans GUI Builder, and five add-on |
| toolsMobility, Enterprise, Profiler, C/C++, and Visual Web packs. The |
| new features were demoed by NetBeans experts who touched on the |
| advantages of each and showed users how to integrate the tools into |
| their work.<br> |
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| NetBeans' new features and improved functionality garnered praise from |
| veteran users and acquired converts as the tour traveled to Shanghai, |
| Beijing, Buenos Aires, Seoul, Prague (the birthplace of NetBeans!), |
| Atlanta, Hyderabad, Kuala Lampur, London, Paris, St. Petersburg, Sao |
| Paolo, San Francisco, Mexico City, Washington D.C., and Zurich.<br> |
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| alt="NetBeans Day Mexico" |
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| hspace="5" vspace="5"></a>A testament to the tour's popularity among |
| users, seating at NetBeans |
| Day events was often hard to come by--many stops witnessed record |
| attendance. In <a |
| href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/nbday-hyderabad07.html">Hyderabad</a>, |
| the technical sessions were standing room-only; in Buenos Aires, |
| attendees looking to register at the last minute found that sessions |
| were fully booked. At almost all stops, during breaks in the day, |
| NetBeans presenters often fielded questions from more users than time |
| permitted.<br> |
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| After a brief summer break, the worldTour returns for another thrilling |
| season this September with 14 scheduled stops, and more to be announced |
| later in the season. The goal for this tour is two-fold: as expected, |
| bringing committed NetBeans fans news about the latest features in the |
| IDE, and reaching out to developers who use other IDEs and showing them |
| how NetBeans can complement their productivity. And as always, the day |
| is also a chance to rub shoulders with popular NetBeans bloggers and |
| Java personalities and with other NetBeans enthusiasts.<br> |
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| So, check out the NetBeans calendar for a NetBeans Software Day near |
| you, mark your calendar and register!<br> |
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| The first stop on the 20072008 tour? <span style="font-weight: bold;">BOSTON!</span> |
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| <br> |
| <a href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/wiki/view/NetBeansWorldTour2008">NetBeans |
| worldTour 2007 2008 Agenda</a><br> |
| <h4>From the 20062007 Season</h4> |
| <span style="font-style: italic;">Blogs & Press</span><br> |
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| Buenos Aires: <a |
| href="http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35285">Press</a>, |
| <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/roumen/entry/questions_at_the_sun_booth">Roman |
| Strobl's blog</a><br> |
| <a href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/nbday-prague06.html">Prague</a><br> |
| Hyderabad: <a |
| href="http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/25/stories/2007022500031400.htm">Press</a>, |
| <a |
| href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/nbday-hyderabad07.html">Blogs</a><br> |
| Paris: <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/bblfish/entry/netbeans_day_paris">Henry |
| Story's blog</a><br> |
| Mexico: <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/david/date/200705">David |
| Botteril's blog</a><br> |
| <a |
| href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/javaone/2007/nb-day-report.html">San |
| Francisco</a>: <a |
| href="http://blogs.sun.com/geertjan/entry/netbeans_day_2007">Geertjan |
| Wielenga's blog</a>, <a |
| href="http://weblogs.java.net/blog/gsporar/archive/2007/05/netbeans_day_sa_1.html">Gregg |
| Sporar's blog</a><br> |
| Zurich: <a |
| href="http://weblogs.java.net/blog/gsporar/archive/2007/06/index.html">Gregg |
| Sporar's blog</a>, <a |
| href="http://blogs.sun.com/roumen/entry/how_was_jazoon_1_0">Roman |
| Strobl's blog</a><br> |
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