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| <h1>Create Your NetBeans Network on my.netbeans, FaceBook & MySpace!</h1> |
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| What if the ability to stay current |
| about NetBeans and to keep in contact with other members of the |
| NetBeans community was possible through a single application? |
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| At <a href="http://my.netbeans.org/">my.netbeans.org</a>, our new |
| community |
| networking site, NetBeans users can find such an application—the |
| NetBeans social widget! |
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| my.netbeans.org is one of the ways that |
| members of the NetBeans community around the world can stay connected |
| with each other; collaborate on projects; exchange training ideas; |
| follow the latest news and releases about NetBeans; and give feedback |
| to the NetBeans team. |
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| hspace="5" vspace="5">Developers and users can create |
| personal profiles, browse the global NetBeans community, forge |
| relationships with existing members of my.netbeans and build valuable |
| networks. my.netbeans also includes a customizable widget that can be |
| embedded in websites and blogs. Placed on a web page, the social |
| widget is a great—not to mention cool-looking—tool that keeps |
| members in sync with the NetBeans community. |
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| The widget displays basic profile |
| information from a member's my.netbeans account. Mousing over the |
| application reveals a drop-down menu of options: viewing a member's |
| network of fellow NetBeans users and developers; downloading the |
| latest release of the NetBeans IDE; getting snippets of news and |
| developments related to NetBeans, and previews of screencasts from |
| NetBeans.tv. The widget even offers the uninitiated a chance to make |
| their own my.netbeans widget and join the community! |
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| But connecting with other members of |
| the NetBeans ecosystem isn't restricted to my.netbeans.org alone. |
| NetBeans fans can also be found on popular social networking sites |
| Facebook and MySpace. |
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| <a href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/CommunityDocs">NetBeans Community Docs</a> |
| manager James |
| Branam recently created a network on Facebook specifically for |
| community docs contributors, and a second on MySpace. A general |
| NetBeans group, started by NetBeans Director of Engineering Jan |
| Chalupa, exists on Facebook as well. |
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| For Branam, starting the NetBeans |
| community docs groups on the external sites was a spontaneous move. |
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| “Although NetBeans has my.netbeans, |
| many people already use Facebook and MySpace, so why not start |
| networks there and also encourage members to consider my.netbeans as |
| well?” |
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| According to Branam, an exciting |
| project has already come out of the Facebook group—a member |
| interested in creating a widget for the Community Docs program built |
| with the NetBeans IDE. |
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| my.netbeans.org and other established |
| social networking sites translate into more ways for NetBeans |
| community members to communicate with each other, start exciting |
| projects, be in the know about NetBeans, and help to keep the |
| NetBeans community strong and active. <br> |
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| Get connected today!<br> |
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| <div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(March |
| 2008)</span><br> |
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| <h2>Additional Links</h2> |
| Join <a href="http://my.netbeans.org/">my.net.beans.org</a> and create |
| your widget!<br> |
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| <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5050136701">NetBeans on |
| Facebook</a><br> |
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| <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8267666529">NetBeans |
| Community Docs on Facebook</a><br> |
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| href="http://groups.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=groups.groupProfile&groupid=107084467&Mytoken=1762FF68-15B9-4949-A31EDF1CA69BD93B74962462">NetBeans |
| Community Docs on MySpace</a><br> |
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| <a |
| href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/interviews/comm-docs-branam.html">How |
| to Write a Tutorial for NetBeans</a><br> |
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