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Borland JBuilder Developers Survey

 
Questions
1. What types of applications do you primarily develop?
   (Check all that apply)
 
Command-line (non-GUI) applications
Rich client Java applications (Swing, SWT)
Web applications (Servlets, JSP, JSF, ...)
Java EE applications (EJB, Web services)
Database applications
Java ME applications
Application extensions, plug-ins
Other - Please Specify

2. Which technologies and application frameworks do you use in your Java applications?
   (Check all that apply)
 
JDK 1.3 and earlier
Swing
Servlets
J2EE 1.3
EJB
JavaScript
JAX-RPC
CDC
Eclipse RCP
JDK 1.4
SWT
JSP
J2EE 1.4
Hibernate
Ajax
JAX-WS
CLDC
NetBeans Platform
JDK 5.0
JSF
Java EE 5
Spring
Ruby
Axis
MIDP
JDK 6.0
Struts
Groovy
Other - Please Specify

3. What development environments do you use regularly?
   (choose your top 3 choices)
 
Eclipse
IntelliJ IDEA
JBuilder
JDeveloper
NetBeans
Sun Java Studio Creator
Sun Java Studio Enterprise
Visual Studio
Emacs
vi
Other - Please Specify

4. What servers do you deploy to?
   (Check all that apply)
 
JBoss Application Server
Sun Java System Application Server / Glassfish
Tomcat Web Server
WebLogic Application Server
WebSphere Application Server
Oracle Application Server
None
Other - Please Specify

5. Which of the new features in the upcoming NetBeans 5.5 are you interested in?
   (choose your top 3 choices)
 
Java Persistence API (aka EJB 3 Persistence)
JAX-WS 2.0 Web Services
EJB 3 Session Beans or Message Driven Beans
Web tier development support improvements
SOA Visual Design Tools
UML Modeling
XML Tools
Other - Please Specify
I am not particularly interested in the NetBeans 5.5 features

6. How do you typically set up projects in your IDE:
 
I let the IDE create the project structure from scratch
I import existing sources, and let the IDE create the build scripts
I am using an existing build script and have the IDE use it
Other - Please Specify

7. How important for you is the localization of your development environment:
 
I'm a native English speaker
I'm not a native English speaker, my native language is
     but I would not use a localized version of my IDE
     I am using, or would use a localized version of my IDE


8. Which of the following do you use to find information about new features in SW development tools :
   (choose your top 3 choices)
 
Online help
Manuals
Technical articles
Tutorials
Blogs
Forum threads and mailing lists
Release notes
Other - Please Specify

9. What type of content would you like to see more of on netbeans.org :
   (choose your top 3 choices)
 
News articles
Product Info
Interviews with NB & Sun Engineers
Interviews with NB Users
Technical articles
Documentation
Blogs
FAQs
Forums
Other - Please Specify

Questions for NetBeans users
1. Please list up to 3 things you like the most about NetBeans:
 
1:
 
2:
 
3:

2. Please list up to 3 things you'd like to see improved in NetBeans in the near future:
 
1:
 
2:
 
3:

Personal Information
What is your primary job responsibility?
 
Software Development
Software QA
Systems Integration
System Administration
Management
Student
Other - Please Specify

How big is the development team you work on?
 
1
2-5 developers
5-10 developers
10-50 developers
over 50



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