The Netbeans IDE

NetBeans IDE is one of the first IDEs with a completely modular architecture. NetBeans IDE is easy to install and use straight out of the box and runs on many platforms including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris. This release also provides improved performance, especially faster startup (up to 40%), lower memory consumption and improved responsiveness while working with large projects. JavaScript developers have also been given due notice with the new debugger and all the other features that have been added. One of the really nice features is the support for the most common JavaScript libraries.

The Netbeans IDE uses the output window for showing various messages. Typically build and run messages. The NetBeans IDE guides the developer and automatically builds the underlying J2EE application infrastructure, making it easier than ever to develop J2EE platform 1.4 applications. To further assist the developer, the Java BluePrints Solutions Catalog as well as an updated performance profiler are also available. The NetBeans IDE opens the project in a browser window, but stops execution at the first breakpoint. The developer can then switch back to the IDE, and can step through the code, watching the values of the variables change as the code executes.

The NetBeans IDE provides a first class set of tools for developing mobile Java applications. This session is an introduction to J2ME development and demonstrates the features of the NetBeans Mobility Pack. BlueJ and NetBeans both will notice if you edit files in the other environment and keep their files updated appropriately. BlueJ is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) specifically designed for teaching students object-oriented programming using the Java programming language. Although BlueJ covers the introductory phase of learning to program, the NetBeans IDE offers powerful tools for professional developers.

NetBeans IDE is being updated to support the latest version of the JDK, J2SE 5.0 (previously known as J2SE 1.5), which is itself still in beta. This brings support for constructs like generics, enumeration and metadata markup. NetBeans IDE is an open-source integrated development environment written entirely in Java. It is a single platform with out-of-the-box development capabilities and support for desktop (JavaSE) applications, enterprise (JavaEE) applications like web applications, EJBs and web services, and mobile/wireless (JavaME) applications (when NetBeans Mobility Pack is installed). NetBeans IDE is a modular IDE, and plenty of free and commercial add-ons are available for it, supporting a wide variety of technologies. The core of NetBeans IDE, the NetBeans Platform, can also be used separately, to build any kind of application.