Usability Study Participants

Author: Jan Rojcek

Date: 2004/04/01

Participant Profile Questions

1. How long have you been using Java for?
2. How frequently do you use Java (e.g. daily, twice a week, weekly...)
3. What sort of work do you do using Java?
4. What IDE's do you currently use?
5. How frequently do you use them? (e.g. Daily, twice a week, weekly...)
6. How long have you used them for?
7. What IDE's have you used in the past?
8. How long did you use those IDE's for?
9. Have you had any experience with Forte for Java / SunONE Studio / NetBeans?

Participants Table

	P1	P2	P3	P4
1 Have Used Java for	2 years	1 year	3 years	3 years
2 Uses Java Frequently	daily	daily	4x a year	daily
3 Does in Java	Swing, JSP	Web and GUI apps	Semestral Work	?
4 Uses IDE	NB	JBuilder	NB 3.5.1	JBuilder, VIM
5 Uses IDE Frequently	daily	daily	4x a year	daily
6 Have Used IDE for	1 month	1 year	2 years	JB - 6ms, VIM - 5ys
7 Used IDEs in the past	JBuilder	none	Delphi, Kylix	Borland C++, VS, KDevelop
8 Did use IDEs for	1 year	--	5 years	BC++ - 3ys, VS - 3ys, KD - 1y
9 Have tried NB	Yes	No	NB 3.5	Yes

	P5	P6	P7	P8
1 Have Used Java for	4 years	3 years	5 years	4 years
2 Uses Java Frequently	Daily	Weekly	daily	Daily
3 Does in Java	JSP, Server side for JSP	GUI	J2EE, Web	SP, Struts, Desktop, Applet
4 Uses IDE	Eclipse 3.0 M7	Eclipse	JBuilder	Eclipse, IDEA
5 Uses IDE Frequently	Daily	Weekly	daily	Daily
6 Have Used IDE for	1 year	1 year	5ys	2 years
7 Used IDEs in the past	Visual Age, NB, Eclipse, WSAD	JBuilder	JBuilder, C++Builder, Visual Works	NB, JBuilder
8 Did use IDEs for	all for 1 year	2 years	6ys (student)	2 years
9 Have tried NB	NB 3.3, 3.4	No	No	Forte, SunONE ME