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Bug 33603 - use more descriptive names for Resources and Output
Summary: use more descriptive names for Resources and Output
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: java
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Unsupported (show other bugs)
Version: 3.x
Hardware: PC Windows ME/2000
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: Chris Ledantec
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Reported: 2003-05-14 13:06 UTC by Chris Ledantec
Modified: 2007-09-26 09:14 UTC (History)
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Description Chris Ledantec 2003-05-14 13:06:06 UTC
Issue: A participant tries to create a text 
file as a new resource through "New 
Resource..." popup menu item of the resources 
node. Then tries to add it as the source under 
the sources node. Participant #5 invokes also 
the new project wizard from the contextual 
menu. Analysis: Wizard wording issues. This is 
connected to other problems participants had 
in trying to add resources to a project (see 
below) the connection of resource to the 
classpath is ambiguous as it is to other 
things that may not be strictly considered 
source.

Recommendation(s): Clarify relationship 
between logical parts of the project and Java 
specific concepts (sources = class and 
cohabitating files, resources = classpath and 
external libs).
Comment 1 Chris Ledantec 2003-05-14 13:23:23 UTC
Issue: A participant can't find how to set a 
build dependencies between projects. Most of 
the participants look into: Project 
customizer, Project properties, Configuration 
editor. Few of participants are looking 
for "something named classpath". Analysis: Two-
fold problem: the logical structure of a 
project gets lost when the sources node is 
expanded -participants did not notice the 
Output or Resources node easily; the 
connection of Java concepts to Project 
concepts is not obvious (stated above).

The problem is not specifically connecting up 
two projects but understanding what the 
different parts of a project provide -that 
Output is the built bits of the code and 
Resources are the libraries one uses when 
building a project. Once those concepts were 
understood or explained by the moderator the 
rest of the task (opening the wizard and 
choosing the right template) was trivial.

Recommendation(s): Wording needs to be 
improved and the logical layout to keep things 
from getting lost when viewed with the expanse 
of nodes that appear under the Sources node
Comment 2 Chris Ledantec 2003-05-20 15:01:06 UTC
changing the names may not be necessary so long as there are other
places in the project that will provide more obvious hooks into the
functionality the user is looking for.

chiefly, i'm thinking of the centralized projects customizer as the
alternative.
Comment 3 Chris Ledantec 2003-10-20 11:54:24 UTC
done.
Comment 4 Jan Becicka 2003-11-25 14:04:17 UTC
As described in
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=619519&listName=nbdiscuss the
current work on projects prototype has been stopped.

Marking issue as VERIFIED --->
Comment 5 Jan Becicka 2003-11-25 14:13:26 UTC
---> CLOSED
Comment 6 Quality Engineering 2007-09-20 10:51:33 UTC
Reorganization of java component