NetBeans Day turned out to be pretty cool in the Netherlands today. Learning from last year, the decision was made to focus more on workshops than on (passive) sessions, i.e., more active learning than sitting and listening to a variety of sessions.

So, after the introductory NetBeans status update, including a demo of the upcoming multicaret support by NetBeans engineer Ralph Ruijs, and yet another exciting Adam Bien keynote on microservices (and how Java EE is perfect for doing microservices), there were a series of workshops—about the NetBeans Platform, on Oracle JET, and on DukeScript. Unfortunately, Timon didn't make it, so there wasn't a workshop on progranming drones with your own code!

Attendees came from all over the place, including several from Germany and even one from Belgium and Italy. There were several students, from technical colleges in Amsterdam, Utrecht, and Venlo. Many attended especially to get hands on experience with Oracle JET and this is the workshop instructions that were used during the Oracle JET workshop:

https://netbeans.org/kb/docs/webclient/ojet-gettingstarted.html

Many thanks to PiDome for hosting the registration form for the event, to Blue4IT for sponsoring the t-shirts, and to Oracle for providing the location, the food, and the drinks!



Here are some photos taken during the event:

The next NetBeans Day will be in Munich, Germany, on March 31!