Total respondents: 62 respondents
Duration: May 12th - May 25th, 2020 (14 days)
Evaluation of all potential release blockers
Overall Quality
Can you compare Apache NetBeans IDE 12.0 and NetBeans IDE 11.0 in terms of Overall Quality?
| 32 | 51.6 % | Quality of Apache NetBeans IDE 12.0 is better than NetBeans IDE 11.0 |
| 29 | 46.8 % | The two releases are basically comparable |
| 1 | 1.6 % | Quality of Apache NetBeans IDE 12.0 is worse than quality of NetBeans IDE 11.0 |
Comments:
- I use a 4k monitor. Netbeans, as downloaded, is barely usable. Fonts are too small and unreadable. I had to set fontsize=36 with limited success.
Performance
Can you compare Apache NetBeans IDE 12.0 and NetBeans IDE 11.0 in terms of Performance?
| 28 | 45.2 % | Performance of Apache NetBeans IDE 12.0 is better than performance of NetBeans IDE 11.0 |
| 33 | 53.2 % | The two releases are basically comparable in term of performance |
| 1 | 1.6 % | Performance of Apache NetBeans IDE 12.0 is worse than performance of NetBeans IDE 11.0 |
Comments:
AssertionError occurs in 12.0 during program launch.
Java Editor
What do you think about the Apache NetBeans IDE 12.0 Java editing features?
| 44 | 71 % | The quality of Java editing support meets my expectations and it is ready for release |
| 7 | 11.3 % | There are some problems in Java editing support but these can wait until the next release |
| 4 | 6.5 % | Java editing support is not stable yet |
| 7 | 11.3 % | I do not use Java editing features. |
Comments:
NETBEANS-4328 - Getting issue details... STATUS
Exceptions while editing lambda
NETBEANS-3858 - Getting issue details... STATUS
On several occasions, the java editor shows error badges on files with no actual errors
Java Debugger
What do you think about the Apache NetBeans IDE 12.0 Java debugging features?
| 44 | 71 % | The quality of Java debugging support meets my expectations and it is ready for release |
| 3 | 4.8 % | There are some problems in Java debugging support but these can wait until the next release |
| 0 | 0 % | Java debugging support is not stable yet |
| 15 | 24.2 % | I do not use Java debugging features |
Comments:
none
Java Refactoring
What do you think about the Apache NetBeans IDE 12.0 Java refactoring features?
| 38 | 61.3 % | The quality of Java refactoring support meets my expectations and it is ready for release |
| 9 | 14.5 % | There are some problems in Java refactoring support but these can wait until the next release |
| 2 | 3.2 % | Java refactoring support is not stable yet |
| 13 | 21 % | I do not use Java refactoring features |
Comments:
NETBEANS-3315 - Getting issue details... STATUS
Various and seemingly random renamed class references in import statements and elsewhere do not get renamed, keeping the previous class name.
Java Enterprise Edition
What do you think about the Apache NetBeans IDE 12.0 Java EE features?
| 20 | 32.3 % | The quality of Java EE support meets my expectations and it is ready for release |
| 8 | 12.9 % | There are some problems in Java EE support but these can wait until the next release |
| 0 | 0 % | Java EE support is not stable yet |
| 34 | 54.8 % | I do not use Java EE features |
Comments:
- none
HTML / JavaScript
What do you think about the Apache NetBeans IDE 12.0 HTML/JavaScript support features?
| 25 | 40.3 % | The quality of HTML/JavaScript support meets my expectations and it is ready for release |
| 8 | 12.9 % | There are some problems in HTML/JavaScript support but these can wait until the next release |
| 2 | 3.2 % | HTML/JavaScript support is not stable yet |
| 27 | 43.5 % | I do not use HTML/JavaScript support features |
Comments:
syntax check variables/classes hints: novice...
sometimes do not highlight
PHP Support
What do you think about the Apache NetBeans IDE 12.0 PHP support features?
| 13 | 21 % | The quality of PHP support meets my expectations and it is ready for release |
| 2 | 3.2 % | There are some problems in PHP support but these can wait until the next release |
| 1 | 1.6 % | PHP support is not stable yet |
| 46 | 74.2 % | I do not use PHP support features |
Comments:
- This is more Windows related: I use Netbeans solely for PHP projects. In 12.0-beta4 some files are noted as modified by git whereas at the command line git status reports "nothing to commit, working tree clean". Due to org.eclipse.jgit [5.5.0 5.5.0.201909110433-r].