Pro Apache NetBeans, 1st ed.
Building Applications on the Rich Client Platform

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Take a detailed look at the NetBeans IDE and new features in the NetBeans Platform. Learn about support for JShell, the Jigsaw Module System, and Local Variable Type Inference, focusing on what this new version of NetBeans brings to developers who are working in Java and other supported languages. The book is a practical, hands-on guide providing a number of step-by-step recipes that help you take advantage of the power in the latest Java (and other) software platforms, and gives a good grounding on using NetBeans IDE for your projects. This book has been written by Apache community members who both use the IDE and actively contribute and develop Apache NetBeans as an open source project.

Pro Apache NetBeans consists of three parts. The first part describes how to use the IDE as well as the new features that it brings to support the latest Java versions. The second part describes how you can extend NetBeans by creating plugins and writing your own applications using the Rich Client Platform. The third part describes how you can contribute to develop NetBeans IDE further, becoming part of the open source team that is driving future developments in the toolset. 


What You Will Learn
  • Work faster and more effectively by applying expert tips and tricks
  • Apply NetBeans' most cutting-edge features to your Java development
  • Debug your applications using intuitive features built into the IDE
  • Identify performance issues in your application by using the NetBeans profiler
  • Develop using the latest API of the NetBeans Rich Client Platform
  • Extend Apache NetBeans by creating plugins built on the Rich Client Platform
  • Build NetBeans from source and understand the internals of NetBeans itself
  • Contribute to the large community that supports and develops NetBeans

Who This Book Is For

Developers who want to know the latest features in NetBeans, as well as how the transition to Apache has affected the future of the NetBeans IDE. The book is also of interest to those desiring to become contributors to the NetBeans project and to influence its future development. Java developers who need to create a new desktop application from scratch also will benefit from this book.

Part I. Using Apache NetBeans.- 1. What Is Apache NetBeans?.- 2. Getting Started with NetBeans.- 3. Apache NetBeans: New Features.- 4. Developing Desktop Applications.- 5. Apache NetBeans Java EE Development.- 6. Debugging and Profiling.- Part II. Extending Apache NetBeans.- 7. Mastering the Core Platform.- 8. Mastering the User Interface.- 9. Porting an Application to the NetBeans Platform.- 10. Learning the Extras of the Platform.- 11. Writing a Plugin for NetBeans.- Part III. Participating in Apache NetBeans.- 12. The Apache NetBeans Process.- 13. Apache Infrastructure.- 14. The NetCAT Program on Testing.- 15. Apache NetBeans Sources Overview. 

Ioannis (​John) Kostaras graduated from the Informatics Department at the University of Athens. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Telecommunications from the Electronics Systems Engineering department of Essex University, and a Master of Arts degree in Management Studies from Essex University. John is a software architect in a big organization and has been a Java developer since JDK 1.0 was released. One of the many applications he has written for the industry, developed in the NetBeans Rich Client Platform, was awarded the 2012 Duke’s Choice Community Choice Award. He is also a member of the NetBeans Dream Team. Apart from Java, he speaks other languages, too, such as C/C++, C#, Python, Ruby, Erlang, and Visual Basic. He has written a number of articles in JavaCodeGeeks, and in the NetBeans wiki, and is preparing an online course for Java in Greek in the Mathesis platform, teaching the latest Java and Apache NetBeans to audiences speaking Greek. 

Constantin Drabo earned a master’s degree from the Université de Picardie Jules Verne (France) in Internet Technologies. He is a software engineer in the National Treasury of Burkina Faso, and is a part-time teacher at the Université Nazi Boni of Bobo-Dioulasso, where he teaches on Java/Java EE and the Human/Machine Interface. He participates in the Java Community Process (JCP) through his contribution to JSR 381 (Visual Recognition). Constantin is a member of the NetBeans Dream Team, and creator of the FasoJUG Java User Group. He is currently studying for his PhD in Machine Learning in Medical Systems.

Josh Juneau has been developing software and database systems for several years. Database application development and sophisticated web apps have been the focus of his career since the beginning. Early in his career, he became an Oracle database administrator and adopted the PL/SQL language for performing administrative tasks and developing ap
Explains how to contribute and influence the future development of NetBeans Helps you master important new features in NetBeans Provides recipes on how to extend NetBeans