NetBeans IDE Field Guide

Book excerpt: The Only Complete Guide and Reference for NetBeans(TM) IDE 5.0 The award-winning NetBeans(TM) IDE eases all aspects of Java application development, incorporating a wide range of powerful features into one well-designed package. NetBeans IDE is consistently first in supporting the latest Java technologies for developing desktop, web, enterprise, and mobile applications. "NetBeans(TM) IDE Field Guide" provides an introduction to the IDE and an extensive range of topics to help you with both everyday and advanced programming tasks, including Taking advantage of the Ant-based project system to create easily deployable projectsDeveloping web applications with the built-in Apache Tomcat web serverConstructing, assembling, and verifying large-scale Java EE applicationsManaging the Sun Java System Application Server through NetBeans IDEDeveloping mobile applications with the NetBeans Mobility PackIn this expanded second edition, you can also learn how toBuild powerful and attractive desktop applications with the Matisse GUI BuilderProfile your applications for performance issuesDevelop modules for NetBeans IDE and rich-client applications based on the NetBeans PlatformChat and share code with other developers using the NetBeans Collaboration Modules