Foreword
NetBeans started as a student project named Xelfi at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University, Prague, in the Czech Republic. We originally wanted to create Delphi for the XWindow system, though later we decided to switch to Java and create the first integrated development environment (IDE) for Java written in Java.
In 1995, I and 80 other students were supposed to select a final software project with which to complete our studies. There was a huge gathering where various professors presented their projects, hoping to attract the attention of the students. For example, there was a project to control a real robot; ...
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