Introduction

From this book you will gain structured insights into the key features that NetBeans IDE makes available, all for free. Starting from installation and your first “hello world” application in Java, you will travel through every key feature of the IDE, whether you are just beginning to learn Java or want to be productive in Java enterprise environments.

If there is one area on which this book particularly focuses, it is the Java Editor. More pages and screenshots are dedicated to this topic than to any other. The reason for this is quite simple. Writing Java code, quickly and efficiently, is what the IDE is all about. All the other features, while powerful, are secondary. Programming is all about your fingers being on the keyboard ...

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