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| <h1>NetBeans IDE - The Smarter and Faster Way to Code </h1> |
| <p class="intro"> NetBeans IDE lets you quickly and easily develop |
| Java desktop, mobile, and web applications, as well as HTML5 applications |
| with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. 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. </p> |
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| <h2>Best Support for Latest Java Technologies</h2> |
| <p>NetBeans IDE is the official IDE for Java 8. With its editors, code |
| analyzers, and converters, you can quickly and smoothly upgrade |
| your applications to use new Java 8 language constructs, such |
| as lambdas, functional operations, and method references.</p> |
| <p>Batch |
| analyzers and converters are provided to search through |
| multiple applications at the same time, matching patterns for |
| conversion to new Java 8 language constructs.</p> |
| <p>With its constantly improving Java Editor, many rich features |
| and an extensive range of tools, templates and samples, NetBeans |
| IDE sets the standard for developing with cutting edge |
| technologies out of the box.<br> |
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| <a href="https://netbeans.org/kb/docs/intro-screencasts.html" class="arr-link">Videos and more information</a> |
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| <h2>Fast & Smart Code Editing</h2> |
| <p> An IDE is much more than a text editor. The NetBeans Editor |
| indents lines, matches words and brackets, and highlights source |
| code syntactically and semantically. It lets you easily |
| refactor code, with a range of handy and powerful tools, |
| while it also provides code |
| templates, coding tips, and code generators. <br> |
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| The editor supports many languages from Java, C/C++, XML and |
| HTML, to PHP, Groovy, Javadoc, JavaScript and JSP. Because the |
| editor is extensible, you can plug in support for many other |
| languages. <br> |
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| <a href="./java/editor.html" class="arr-link">More information on Editing and Refactoring</a> |
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| <a href="./../kb/docs/java/editor-codereference.html" class="arr-link">More information on Code |
| Assistance</a><br> |
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| <h2>Easy & Efficient Project Management</h2> |
| <p> Keeping a clear overview of large applications, with thousands |
| of folders and files, and millions of lines of code, is a |
| daunting task. NetBeans IDE provides different views of your |
| data, from multiple project windows to helpful tools for setting |
| up your applications and managing them efficiently, letting you |
| drill down into your data quickly and easily, while giving you |
| versioning tools via Subversion, Mercurial, and Git integration |
| out of the box. <br> |
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| When new developers join your project, they can understand the |
| structure of your application because your code is |
| well-organized. <br> |
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| <a href="./ide/project-management.html" class="arr-link">More information on Project |
| Management</a><br> |
| <a href="./ide/versioning.html" class="arr-link">More |
| information on Versioning</a> </p> |
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| <h2>Rapid User Interface Development</h2> |
| <p> Design GUIs for Java SE, HTML5, Java EE, PHP, C/C++, and Java ME applications |
| quickly and smoothly by using editors and drag-and-drop tools |
| in the IDE. <br> |
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| For Java SE applications, the NetBeans GUI Builder automatically |
| takes care of correct spacing and alignment, while supporting |
| in-place editing, as well. The GUI builder is so easy to use and intuitive that |
| it has been used to prototype GUIs live at customer presentations. <br> |
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| <a href="./web/" class="arr-link">More information on Java EE</a><br> |
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| <a href="./java-on-client/swing.html" class="arr-link">More information on |
| Swing GUI Builder</a><br> |
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| <h2>Write Bug Free Code</h2> |
| <p> The cost of buggy code increases the longer it remains |
| unfixed. NetBeans provides static analysis tools, especially |
| integration with the widely used FindBugs tool, for identifying |
| and fixing common problems in Java code. In addition, the |
| NetBeans Debugger lets you place breakpoints in your source |
| code, add field watches, step through your code, run into |
| methods, take snapshots and monitor execution as it occurs.<br> |
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| The NetBeans Profiler provides expert assistance for optimizing |
| your application's speed and memory usage, and makes it easier |
| to build reliable and scalable Java SE, JavaFX and Java EE |
| applications. NetBeans IDE includes a visual debugger for Java |
| SE applications, letting you debug user interfaces without |
| looking into source code. Take GUI snapshots of your |
| applications and click on user interface elements to jump back |
| into the related source code. <br> |
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| <a href="./java/debugger.html" class="arr-link">More information |
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| <h2>Rich Set of Community Provided Plugins</h2> |
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| <p> NetBeans IDE offers superior support for C/C++ and PHP |
| developers, providing comprehensive editors and tools |
| for their related frameworks and technologies. In |
| addition, the IDE has editors and tools for XML, HTML, |
| PHP, Groovy, Javadoc, JavaScript, and JSP. </p> |
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| <p> NetBeans IDE can be installed on all operating systems |
| that support Java, from Windows to Linux to Mac OS X |
| systems. Write Once, Run Anywhere, is as true for |
| NetBeans IDE as it is for your own applications... |
| because NetBeans IDE itself is written in Java, too! </p> |
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| <p> The NetBeans community is large and active; many users |
| are developing new plugins all the time because NetBeans |
| IDE is extensible and has well-documented APIs. Are you |
| missing a feature in NetBeans IDE? Create a plugin that |
| fills the gap and participate in making NetBeans even |
| better than it already is!<br> |
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| <a href="http://plugins.netbeans.org/" class="arr-link">Visit |
| NetBeans Plugin Portal</a> </p> |
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| <h2>See Also</h2> |
| <ul class="bigger"> |
| <li><a href="/community/releases/81/index.html">NetBeans IDE 8.1 |
| Release Page</a> for a list of highlighted features in the |
| latest stable release.</li> |
| <li><a href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/NewAndNoteworthyNB81">NetBeans |
| IDE 8.1 New & Noteworthy page</a> for the complete list |
| of features in the latest stable release.<br> |
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