Talking up NetBeans Community in Brazil
The FISL event starts tomorrow April 17 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. I was hoping that this year I might get the opportunity to go since it is where FOSS communities come together. And, I'm always on a mission to build community around NetBeans ;-D Or, just visit Brazil, because the people are fun and nice and energetic and the beaches are famous. Well, maybe next year.
The week before FISL, the SouJava Sao Paulo JUG held a meeting at which our esteemed NetBeans Brazil team contributor, Wagner Santos, gave a presentation about how and why to participate in the community. NetBeans Evangelist Gregg Sporar also talked about new features of NetBeans and getting involved in community. Thanks to Wagner's friend for the photos.
CAPTION: Wagner talks about the NetBeans translations into Brazilian Portuguese. The community team is growing and there more than 60 subscribers to the translation team mailing list. As Wagner shows, there is a technical discussion list (nbdiscuss_pt@netbeans.org).
What is being translated? The IDE, web content, documentation, the Weekly Newsletter, tutorials.
CAPTION: Jefferson Prestes takes the stage to help Wagner explain what you can do: download NB 6.0.1 in Portuguese; register on netbeans.org; create tutorials for NetBeans; participate in the forums; write a plug-in; spread information about the community to your friends; subscribe to mailing/discussion lists; and collaborate.
CAPTION: Gregg Sporar shows a map of people around the world using the NetBeans platform to develop applications.
