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Results of the NetBeans Platform Student Quiz 3

The series of quizes especially for those who have taken the NetBeans Platform Certified Training has now reached its third edition. Click here for part 1 and click here for part 2.

And here is part 3, the questions and the answers, followed by the winners of this quiz. Each of the quizes has a theme. This time, the theme was 'Useful Links for NetBeans Platform Developers'. Therefore, if you're developing on top of the NetBeans Platform, you're bound to find a couple of links below that you didn't know about before!

  1. I was told that the API of a particular NetBeans class was updated last week. What's the URL I need to look at to find all the latest API modifications?

    http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/apichanges.html

  2. I was told that the solution to my problem was found on the mailing list for NetBeans Platform developers. What's the URL for that archive?

    http://openide.netbeans.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=dev

  3. I've been told about a 4-part tutorial that covers the NetBeans Lookup class, as well as the Node class, in some detail. What's the URL for the first part?

    http://platform.netbeans.org/tutorials/nbm-selection-1.html

  4. I've been told that UNESCO is doing some cool things with the NetBeans Platform. What's the URL for that story?

    http://netbeans.dzone.com/news/unesco-netbeans-platform

  5. There's a funny picture of a big sandwich that represents the NetBeans virtual filesystem, which comes from someone's blog. What's the exact URL pointing to the blog entry containing the image of the sandwich?

    http://antonioshome.net/kitchen/netbeans/nbms-sandwich.php

  6. There's a PHD student in Linz, Austria, who has created a series of lectures about the NetBeans Platform. What's the URL pointing to the lecture series?

    http://www.ssw.uni-linz.ac.at/Teaching/Lectures/SpezialLVA/TulachWielenga/index.html

  7. The "Definitive Guide to the NetBeans Platform", a book by Tim Boudreau and Jesse Glick, which includes a big section on the NetBeans Platform, is still available on-line. What's the URL to the whole book?

    http://www.netbeans.org/download/books/definitive-guide/index.html

  8. What's the URL of a blog full of interesting NetBeans Platform tips, especially around localization and branding, written by a developer based in Indonesia?

    http://blogs.kiyut.com/tonny/

  9. What's the URL pointing to a list of issues in Issuezilla that are specifically marked as being good ones for external contributors (such as NetBeans Platform students) to fix?

    http://www.netbeans.org/issues/buglist.cgi?status_whiteboard=request_for_contribution&status_whiteboard_type=substring

  10. What's the home page of the NetBeans Platform?

    http://platform.netbeans.org/

And the winners are:

  • First Prize: Bartek Zdanowski (Poland)

  • Second Prize: Jiří Jakeš (Czech Republic)

And a pic of the prizes:

Congratulations! Bartek wins The Definitive Guide to NetBeans Platform, while Jiří gets a t-shirt and pen! And also congratulations to everyone else who entered. You'll all receive a small surprise by mail in the coming weeks.

Jun 17 2009, 05:42:31 AM PDT Permalink