NetBeans Community Polls
Developers can be an opinionated group! The NetBeans Poll is a quick glimpse at what
NetBeans users and developers think about current technology trends, including topics within the NetBeans community.
We welcome suggestions for future polls. Serious or light-hearted,
topical or quirky,
send us your poll ideas
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What do you use to implement rich web UI in your application?
Opening: 19 Jan 2012 Closing: 20 Feb 2012
Answers (6645)
jQuery
53%
Server-side Framework (JSF, GWT, etc)
17%
Other JavaScript Library
9%
Flash/Flex, Silverlight or Java applets
8%
Client-side JavaScript Framework (Backbone.js, etc)
7%
Dojo
7%
What would encourage you to contribute to the NetBeans project?
Opening: 23 Nov 2011 Closing: 9 Jan 2012
Answers (3271)
Clearer guidelines on how & where to contribute
27%
Activities that are easy or quick to do
24%
More user-friendly infrastructure
18%
Having influence on the product direction
12%
Recognition or rewards for my efforts
12%
Other
6%
How do you contribute to NetBeans?
Opening: 19 Oct 2011 Closing: 22 Nov 2011
Answers (1494)
Teach or introduce others to NetBeans
35%
None of the above
22%
Blog or write tutorials about NetBeans
13%
Contribute source code, plugins, patches
9%
Solve questions on the mailing lists
8%
Participate in programs such as NetCAT
7%
All of the above
7%
How many open source projects do you contribute to?
Opening: 14 Sep 2011 Closing: 18 Oct 2011
Answers (5832)
None
48%
1
19%
4 or More
16%
2
11%
3
7%
What do you do when faced with a problem using NetBeans IDE?
Opening: 13 Jul 2011 Closing: 13 Sep 2011
Answers (4061)
Find help on NetBeans mailing lists and forums
31%
Do nothing and work around it
24%
File a bug report
19%
Switch to another IDE or software
14%
Blog or tweet about the problem
7%
Solve the problem and send a patch
5%
