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Bug 268534

Summary:	Regroup Project Types
Product:	projects	Reporter:	jdlee <jdlee>
Component:	Generic Projects UI	Assignee:	Tomas Stupka <tstupka>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	8.2
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description jdlee 2016-10-14 18:13:26 UTC

Currently, when creating a new project, the user has to pick the build system, then project type. That often leads to users ending up with Ant-based projects (I'm talking to a user on IRC about this right now). I don't know anyone who recommends using Ant these days, but NetBeans, for some reason, seems to prefer Ant. While that may be an acceptable choice for some, it would be nice if new users were given all of their options up front:

File | New Project | Java Application

Build System:
(*) Maven
( ) Gradle
( ) Ant

This would reduce the number of options in the main menu, and help ensure that the user gets the actual build system desired.