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Bug 35622

Summary: Simplify the APIs, create docs that guide the developer through most common oper
Product: platform Reporter: mvinar <mvinar>
Component: -- Other --Assignee: issues@platform <issues>
Status: NEW ---    
Severity: blocker    
Priority: P2    
Version: 3.x   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT Exception Reporter:

Description mvinar 2003-08-21 11:02:45 UTC
User problem:
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Writing an extension for NetBeans IDE is
nontrivial and harder than for most of the c
ompetitors (JBuilder, IntelliJ, Eclipse)

User need:
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The API for extending NetBeans IDE needs to be
crisp and simple, following the pyramid of
complexity paradigm (easy/most common things are
easy, and do not require understanding of the
entire API. More complex things can be harder and
might require better understanding of the
architecture).

Product requirement:
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Simplify the APIs, create docs that guide the
developer through most common operations
(task-based, rather than architecture-based), etc.