CommunitySiteDesignContentChanges
NetBeans Community Index Content ( Community index redesign).
The Community page says: "Come and contribute to this project!" => Repurpose contribution index
- Why? The community encourages contributions. This is how we use them. Your contributions add value.
- What? Other people contributed all sorts of content, quality, style, size, difficulty.
- How? We make it easy to contribute, clear and easy steps to follow.
Your reward - "tap into the collective brain of the developer community"
- You learn and teach
- News, events, videos, training, support
- chats, mailing lists, forums
- You get credit
- You get more hits to your blog/webpage (you "move the needle")
Non-Code Contributions
Improve quality, share knowlegde, be part of the team.
| Type | Goal | Examples | How to | Track Effects |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submit Bug Reports | quality | issues.html | issues.html NetCAT | |
| Help Test Releases | quality | issues.html | issues.html NetCAT | |
| Translate NetBeans | localized IDE and RCP apps | ... | l10n tf | Sitemap/language pop-up on website, language selection on download page |
| Write Tutorials | share best practices | CommunityDocs | web content | more docs in kb, CommunityDocs |
| Blog | share news,success stories,tips | http://planetnetbans.org | http://planetnetbans.org, IDE Start Page | |
| Link to nb.org (icon, banner) | show you are part of the team | partners | move the needle partners | m.t.n. results |
Code Contributions
Get the sources -> learn, reuse and integrate -> contribute back.
| Type | Goal | Examples | How to | Track Effects |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bug fixes (patches) | quality | ? | patch | ? |
| publish NBM modules | add features to NB platform | plugin portal | needs update | plugin portal |
| start a project | develop and release your software | screenshots | ... | http://developer.java.net |
