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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).
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
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.
done.
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 --->
---> CLOSED
Reorganization of java component