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NetBeans: The Definitive Guide
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As the Java programming language has increased in both functionality and complexity,
developers have demanded more of their program editors. Gone are the days when
a simple visual editor is sufficient for even small programming projects. While
there are numerous IDEs available today for use by Java developers, one stands
above the rest, not only for its functionality, but for its extensibility: NetBeans.
In NetBeans: The Definitive Guide, you'll find out how to use this IDE
to its fullest, making your Java programming more efficient and productive than
ever before. You'll understand the basics of the IDE, and quickly be utilizing
the various editor and explorer windows. You'll also master many of NetBeans advanced
features, and be working with XML documents, CVS repositories, Javadoc trees,
and web applications, all within the NetBeans framework.
In addition to teaching you how to use the existing features of NetBeans, this
work goes on to cover developing additional modules for NetBeans. Through this
instructional portion of the book, you will master the NetBeans APIs, and learn
how to enhance NetBeans for your own specific needs. Whether you need to add customized
behavior to handle your proprietary file formats, or want to redistribute NetBeans
as a proprietary product, NetBeans: The Definitive Guide will allow you
to master this open source IDE and all of its advanced features. Whether you are
an enterprise developer looking for an IDE that can handle your complex program
tasks, an open source developer looking to integrate NetBeans into your own visual
projects, or a manager trying to maximize your team's development potential,NetBeans:
The Definitive Guide is the book for you.
Customer Reviews
Customer Reviews: 2 Average Customer Rating: Feb 19, 2003
A good intro but inadequate
This book is good for introducing the user to the basic use of NetBeans, and for getting the user started fooling around with creating extensions. Unfortunately, it is too heavy on theoreticals; it gives a lot of facts about the internals of the IDE without giving any real practical context to help one's understanding of how to use it. It omits simple things in the use of the IDe (like how to select files to be excluded in compilation), referring the user to the NetBeans documentation (which gives even less useful information on the subject). Overall, its treatment of NetBeans is too technically light to be of any real use to a newbie; if you want a real understanding of the IDE, how to use it, and how to make useful extensions this book will not help you.
What is needed is a more thorough treatment of the things this book is supposed to talk about (including more detailed information on how to use various parts of the IDE), less theoretical descriptions of the internals, and more practical examples on how to actually use the internals. A format similar to the Wrox Press "Professional" series books is in order -- where the author actually explains things and shows a real understanding of the subject, instead of giving just enough basic information to be useless and referring to the (usually inadequate) documentation all the time.
Jan 14, 2003 A review from Abu Dhabi
A must-have for any NetBeans / Sun One Studio Java developer
An excellent guide to Netbeans for newbies and old users alike.
This book is an excellent tutorial taking you from the basics to the most advanced functionality available in this award-winning open-source Java IDE from Sun Microsystems.
You will learn how to create your own NetBeans modules, and how to use the NetBeans core as runtime in your own applications.
Every NetBeans user must have a copy of this book.
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