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| <h1>Meet the Top Community Testers for NetBeans 6.8</h1> |
| <span style="font-style: italic;">February 2010</span><br> |
| <h4>Michel Graciano: Stay Connected to the NetBeans IDE through Beta Testing <br> |
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| <h2>Tell us about your background as a developer and NetBeans user.<br> |
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| I have been developing software professionally since 2003. |
| My main project these days is a desktop product based on the |
| <a href="http://genesis.dev.java.net/">genesis framework</a> and my |
| team uses the NetBeans IDE as its primary IDE. We make use of all tools |
| in the IDE: CVS, Matisse, database access, editors for XML, Java and |
| SQL, and so on. Many |
| people ask me: "Why NetBeans?" The answer is simple: We work with a |
| desktop product, with Swing as a main toolkit; using Matisse is |
| necessary to reach the level of productivity we need. By using plugins |
| we create for the IDE and that allow us to create special components |
| pallets, update center, editor |
| validation and hints and so on, we can increase |
| productivity in our day-to-day work. |
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| <h2>As a <a href="http://qa.netbeans.org/processes/cat/68/index.html">NetCAT</a> participant you experienced |
| <a href="https://netbeans.org/community/releases/68/">NetBeans 6.8</a> before the masses did. Your thoughts on the new features and the |
| quality?<br> |
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| <div style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://br.linkedin.com/in/michelgraciano">Michel Graciano</a><br> |
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| <div style="font-size: 90%;">Location: Brazil<br> |
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| <span style="font-weight: bold;">Projects</span><br> |
| <a href="http://genesis.dev.java.net/">Genesis</a><br> |
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| <span style="font-weight: bold;">NetCAT 6.8 Stats</span><br> |
| Bugs Filed: 57<br> |
| RFEs Filed: 1<br> |
| Emails Sent: 48<br> |
| Total NetCAT Points: 293<br> |
| <a href="http://qa.netbeans.org/processes/cat/68/activity.html">NetCAT 6.8 Activity Log</a><br> |
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| <span style="font-style: italic;">More NetCAT 6.8 Spotlights:</span><br> |
| <a href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/interviews/netcat68-eric-smith.html">Eric Smith</a>, <a href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/interviews/netcat68-ulf-zibis.html">Ulf Zibis</a><br> |
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| Well, the best improvement in my opinion has been in memory |
| consumption and performance. The latest release is awesome in this |
| matter. Working on a huge free form project with |
| several source roots and thousands of source files, my memory |
| consumption decreased by 20-30%. I could see several memory leaks were fixed. When the Garbage Collector runs, almost every |
| memory allocated is released for use again. NetBeans 6.8 is the first |
| release in years that I experience no issue loading and waiting for a patch |
| or update.<br> |
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| <h2>Have you participated in other software Beta testing programs? Can you compare them to NetCAT?<br> |
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| No, I have not participated in testing programs for other products. |
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| <h2>What |
| motivates you to contribute to the NetBeans |
| project?<br> |
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| This kind of program is necessary to make every release as good as |
| possible; to have the community be invested in solving bugs and |
| suggesting enhancements. As a software developer, I know that |
| regressions happen, and the earlier they are identified and addressed |
| in a program like NetCAT the better for everyone. This is a big |
| motivation for me.<br> |
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| NetBeans is the community's IDE, so we all need to help to keep the tool as stable as |
| possible, including related plugins. This type of relationship is what keeps open-source projects alive and successful. |
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| <h2>How would you encourage other users to participate in future NetCAT cycles?<br> |
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| If the NetBeans IDE is |
| important for your daily work, I can't see why you would not |
| consider joining NetCAT. NetCAT helps make the tool better |
| release after release. We test as many scenarios as possible; there's |
| nothing better than to work with the daily builds and be connected to |
| the tool as it grows.<br> |
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