Preface

The NetBeans Platform provides a rich client framework to build desktop applications in Java and JavaFX. Its design has a certain symmetry and elegance. As you use its many APIs, each new feature learned will become familiar. You’ll learn that this familiarity, coupled with code and design reuse, is a good trait.

Simply stated, the NetBeans Platform will save you years in building and maintaining application framework code. Even the simplest NetBeans Platform application has amazing features. And the platform’s best feature is that as users change and technology and requirements evolve, your application can evolve, too.

Our Approach

This book takes a holistic approach to presenting the NetBeans Platform. We begin with the basic Java ...

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