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NetBeans Community Contributors

   People mentioned on this page are highly active contributors from NetBeans community helping NetBeans project in various ways. We are very proud of these volunteers!

Mailing list moderators

   Major NetBeans public mailing lists are moderated by volunteers who evaluate incoming moderation requests on a daily basis to protect subscribers from spam and other malicious e-mails.

Name: Tetsu Soh
Country: China
Message: I joined the community by a coincidence at my previous job. It is a charming group with ambition. In the community, the best thing is you always know there is something you can do and doing it makes a change. Join us and enjoy yourself!
Name: Daniel Sheppard
Country: United Kingdom
Message: I like programming, playing chess and following Bristol Rovers. Playing my small part in the NetBeans community gives me a curious sense of ownership and pride in what it has become since I first used version 3.4. "Focus on what you can control, because the rest will probably have to take care of itself."
Name: Holger Stenzhorn
Country: Germany
Message: I have been using Java and NetBeans for many years and have always been amazed by all the community-created and -supported tools that simplify my work. By contributing to NetBeans I want to give something back and show my appreciation.

Plugin verifiers

   There are many plugins in the NetBeans Plugin Portal but only verified ones get published on the NetBeans Update Center. This certification is fully in hands of the following kind individuals from NetBeans community.

Name: Sean Carrick
Country: USA
Message: Proud to be 100% Microsoft free!
Name: John Halupka
Country: USA
Message: Work leaves little time for hobbies, but at least I enjoy what I do. I love spending time with my granddaughter and reading American history, especially the period from the Revolution to the Civil War. I like traveling to out of the way places like Patagonia in South America, the Grand Canyon in Arizona, the Yukon in Alaska, and the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state.

Voice of Community captains

   A project like NetBeans receives a lot of attention and feedback. It also means a lot of requirements for new features and bug fixes. We call it Voice of Community. It's like a big ship which needs guidance. Hence there are three community Captains who monitor variety of channels and escalate issues that are somehow outstanding. Here is the brave crew:

Name: Tushar Joshi
Country: India
Message: Being a part of community, filing issues and request for enhancements is a way to make efficient open-source software available for all. Let us make NetBeans better day by day by joining the NetBeans community.
Name: Melongo Annabel
Country: USA
Message: I like programming and everything that relates to computers. I like jogging, the outdoors as well as traveling. My motto in life is a quote from JRK that says: "Some dream about things that are and ask why? I dream about things that aren't and I ask why not?"
Name: Michel Graciano
Country: Brazil
Message: Working on NetBeans is not just about making it a better tool, but the only tool I need to do my day by day job. This is why I really like open-source and NetBeans project, the chance to make a difference, the chance to do something more, the chance to do something better. To become one of the VOC Captains is one more chance to help this fantastic project really face and understand the community needs and expectations.

NetCAT testers

   Everyone likes new features, right? We believe though that quality is also a feature. However, can you imagine how hard it is to make sure that not only new features are stable but also quality of the existing functionality does not regress? That's why we introduced a beta testing program called NetCAT in 2004. Over the years more than 600 volunteers took part in this community testing effort and helped us with stabilization of development builds. NetCAT programs are now necessary part of every release cycle because nothing really compares to a feedback from real users of a product received soon enough to be addressed before shipping the product.
NetCAT 3.6 (40 participants)
NetCAT 4.0 (60 participants)
NetCAT 4.1 (60 participants)
NetCAT 5.0 (150 participants)
NetCAT 6.0 (60 participants)
NetCAT 6.5 (60 participants)
NetCAT 6.7 (90 participants)
NetCAT 6.8 (90 participants)

Dream Team

   NetBeans community is really big hence it is obvious that there are not only "ordinary" users but also people who want to give something in return. However, size, nature, quality and frequency differs. In January 2007 we created a group of community members whose contributions were clearly outstanding and we called it a NetBeans Dream Team. Right now the team consists of ~30 passionate NetBeans supporters who help NetBeans project in many ways. They speak about NetBeans on conferences, write books or blog about NetBeans, support developers on public mailing lists, many of DreamTeam members are consultants thanks to their deep understanding of NetBeans RCP. They are true NetBeans evangelists directly supporting NetBeans adoption. For their on-going activity they are well known among the community and often get recognized by being elected to NetBeans Governance Board.

Anton Epple

Antonio Vieiro

Anuradha Gunasekara

Caoyuan Deng

Emilian Bold

Ernie Rael

Fabrizio Giudici

Jacek Laskowski

Joerg Plewe

Kristian Rink

Masoud Kalali

Michael Santos Nascimento

Rich Unger

Ryan de Laplante

Tom Wheeler

Tonny Kohar

Wade Chandler



Last Updated: April 15, 2009
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