What this book covers

Chapter 1, Getting Started with NetBeans, describes the different versions of NetBeans that are available to download and shows you how to install NetBeans from an installable package or from the source code.

Chapter 2, Editing Files and Projects, teaches you about the many different facilities available while editing files. You will learn about macros, project groups, the NetBeans windowing system, and much more.

Chapter 3, The NetBeans Developer's Life Cycle, explains how NetBeans helps with the tasks that every developer does on a daily basis—running, debugging, testing, and profiling applications.

Chapter 4, Managing Services, shows you how NetBeans manages external services such as Maven repositories, PaaS, and continuous integration systems.

Chapter 5, Database Persistence, describes the features that NetBeans provides to help write database applications, from both a code-first and data-first perspective.

Chapter 6, Desktop Development, describes the excellent features provided by NetBeans for developing desktop Swing applications.

Chapter 7, Creating the Business Layer, teaches you the tools provided to help developers write the business layers of applications, describing subjects such as EJBs and bean validation.

Chapter 8, Creating the Web Tier, explains the different features available for Java web developers, including details of creating Spring web applications and using CSS preprocessors.

Chapter 9, Creating and Consuming Web Services, explains how NetBeans makes it straightforward to create and consume both RESTful and SOAP-based web services.

Chapter 10, Extending NetBeans, describes how to create NetBeans plugins for those situations where you need to customize the IDE along with the details of how to start using NetBeans as the platform for desktop applications.