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Mastering Netbeans

Master building complex applications with NetBeans to become more proficient programmers

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|Sep 2025

Master building complex applications with NetBeans to become a more pro fi cient programmer

Key Features

    Book Description

    With the increasing complexity of software development and the abundance of tools available, learning your IDE in-depth will instantly increase your developer productivity. NetBeans is the only IDE that can be downloaded with Java itself and provides you with many cutting edge features not readily available with many IDEs. The IDE also provides a great set of tools for PHP and C/C++ developers. It is free and open source and has a large community of users and developers around the world.
    This book will teach you to ace NetBeans IDE and make use of it in creating Java business and web services. It will help you to become a proficient developer and use NetBeans for software development. You will learn effective third-party interaction and enable yourself for productive database development.
    Moving on, you will see how to create EJB projects and write effective and efficient web applications. Then you will learn how to use Swing and manage and configure a relational database. By the end of the book, you will be able to handle external services such as databases, Maven repositories, and cloud providers, and extend your NetBeans when you require more from your IDE.

    What you will learn

    • Install NetBeans either from a distribution package or from source code
    • Test, debug, and run production code using the NetBeans IDE
    • Use external services such as PaaS environments and web services
    • Create desktop applications using Swing tools
    • Manage and configure relational databases
    • Build a Java business model and web tiers using Java EE and Spring technologies
    • Explore web services both with XML and RESTful approaches
    • Handle external services such as databases , Maven repositories, and cloud providers
    • Extend NetBeans for those situations where you require more from your IDE

    Who this book is for

    If you are a competent developer who wants to fast-track your application development with NetBeans IDE, then this book is for you. Reasonable knowledge and an understanding of Java programming and NetBeans IDE is assumed.

    Table of Contents

    1. Getting Started with NetBeans
    2. Editing Files and Projects
    3. The NetBeans Developer
    4. Managing Services
    5. Database Persistence
    6. Desktop Development with Swing and JavaFX
    7. Creating the Business Layer
    8. Creating the Web Tier
    9. Creating and Consuming Web Services with NetBeans
    10. Extending NetBeans
    PDF ISBN: 978-1-78528-689-6
    Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
    Copyright owner: © 2015 Packt Publishing Limited
    Publication date: 2025
    Language: English
    Pages: 348

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