NetBeans 6 will support other languages -- Ruby, C++, and the generic scripting framework. There's a lot of work being
put into the NetBeans infrastructure to build models of the code people are writing -- we have class views, navigators
and several other things.

But what I really, really miss is the Big Picture. So my thinking is: Wouldn't it be possible, from the models NetBeans
is already building, to generate an overview class diagram of a project?

Note that I'm not requesting round-trip features, code/model synchronization, or anything fancy like that (not at this
time, anyway -- in the future it would be really great to have). All I want is that class diagram which gives me an idea
how the code is organized. You could call it a "code comprehension" feature for people like I, who often have to work on
existing code that I didn't write myself.

How could this work, UI-wise? Well, the feature would develop in phases, I guess:

Phase 1: Generate diagram from entire project -- an overview feature

Phase 2: Generate diagram from set of classes -- drilling down

Phase 3: Move support for other languages up towards the level of Java
  - 3.1: Synchonize code => diagram
  - 3.2: Synchronize diagram => code
  - 3.3: Approach Java functionality

The idea behind the phasing is: Get it out there, learn from it, figure out how such a feature a) should work and b) can
be implemented in the best way. Then, once the groundwork is done, "go for the gold".

Regards.