NetBeans started as a student project in 1998 and was later acquired by Sun Microsystems. It is a free integrated development environment that can be used for Java, PHP, C/C++ and other languages. It provides support for databases, servers, and web frameworks like JavaServer Faces, Struts, Spring, and Grails. The NetBeans team is located around the world and works to make NetBeans a productive environment for web development through features like debugging, profiling, and support for multiple frameworks.

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What is NetBeans?What is NetBeans?
Geertjan Wielenga, NetBeans TeamGeertjan Wielenga, NetBeans Team

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NetBeans History
• 1998: Student project in Prague
• 2000: Bought by Sun Microsystems
• 2003: NetBeans IDE 3.6
• 2004: NetBeans IDE 4.0
• 2005: NetBeans IDE 5.0
• 2006: NetBeans IDE 5.5
• 2007: NetBeans IDE 6.0
• 2008: NetBeans IDE 6.5
• 2009: NetBeans IDE 7.0

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NetBeans is 3 Things
• An IDE:
> Java
> PHP
> Ruby
> JavaScript
> Groovy
> C/C++
> Python
> JavaFX
• An application framework for Swing
• An international community of developers

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Who Works on NetBeans?
• Prague, Czech Republic
• St. Petersburg, Russia
• Bangalore, India
• Menlo Park, California
• Santa Clara, California
• ...
• ...
• ...
• Menoufiya, Egypt?

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Productive Web Development Productive Web Development
with NetBeans IDEwith NetBeans IDE
Geertjan Wielenga, NetBeans TeamGeertjan Wielenga, NetBeans Team

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Goal of the Talk
Learn about:
● Databases & Servers with NetBeans IDE
● Java Web Frameworks with NetBeans IDE
- JavaServer Faces (JSF)
- Struts, Spring
- Grails, Wicket
● Debugging & Profiling
● Troubleshooting

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Database Support with NetBeans IDE

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Server Support with NetBeans IDE

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Demo!

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Web Frameworks
with NetBeans IDE

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Demo!

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Debugger

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Profiler

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Support
For
Many
Other
Frame­
works

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Support For Many Other Frameworks
• Struts
• Spring
• Hibernate
• ...
• ...
• ...
• Grails
• Groovy

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Grails: Problem Statements
• Web frameworks don't have a regular structure
> Useful when creating
> Useful when maintaining
• Model­View­Controller for the web
• Create whole application structure from
command line

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Demo!

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Wicket: Problem Statements
• XML configuration files are not nice
• Java web framework for Java web developers
• Separation of concerns:
> 1 web page = 1 Java file + 1 HTML file
• No JSP pages
• Swing­like programming:
> Create reusable components
> Reuse them anywhere
• AJAX without JavaScript

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Demo!

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Also
• PHP
• JavaScript
• Ruby
• HTML

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NetBeans IDE Troubleshooting Tips
• Choose the right installer pack
• Be aware of the difference between installation
directory vs. user directory

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Summary : NetBeans IDE
• Free
• Award winning IDE
• Great for Databases & Servers
• Great for Web Frameworks
> JSF
> Struts, Spring
> Grails, Wicket
• Great for Debugging & Profiling
• Includes many features – all for Free!
• Many 3rd
party plugins are also available