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Pro Apache NetBeans Building Applications on the Rich Client Platform — Ioannis Kostaras Constantin Drabo Josh Juneau Sven Reimers Mario Schröder Geertjan Wielenga www.allitebooks.com Pro Apache NetBeans Building Applications on the Rich Client Platform Ioannis Kostaras Constantin Drabo Josh Juneau Sven Reimers Mario Schröder Geertjan Wielenga www.allitebooks.com Pro Apache NetBeans: Building Applications on the Rich Client Platform Ioannis Kostaras Constantin Drabo The Hague, South Holland, The Netherlands Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Josh Juneau Sven Reimers Chicago, IL, USA Salem, Germany Mario Schröder Geertjan Wielenga Berlin, Germany Amsterdam, The Netherlands ISBN-13 (pbk): 978-1-4842-5369-4 ISBN-13 (electronic): 978-1-4842-5370-0 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5370-0 Copyright © 2020 by Ioannis Kostaras, Constantin Drabo, Josh Juneau, Sven Reimers, Mario Schröder, Geertjan Wielenga This work is subject to copyright. 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More specifically: Ioannis Kostaras: To my lovely wife Katerina; my adorable little son Nikolaos-Ioannis; and my parents, Nikolaos and Zinovia Constantin Drabo: I dedicate this book to my lovely mother, my brother Emmanuel, and sister Denise, my spouse Mariam, and my little son Johann. Finally, to these special persons: Geertjan Wielenga and Malo Sadouanouan Josh Juneau: To my wife Angela; and my children, Katie, Jake, Matt, Zach, and Luke Sven Reimers: To my beloved wife Isabelle Mario Schröder: To my wife Fridah Geertjan Wielenga: To my wife Hermine www.allitebooks.com Table of Contents About the Authors .................................................................................................. xiii About the Technical Reviewer ...............................................................................xvii Acknowledgments ..................................................................................................xix Introduction ............................................................................................................xxi Part I: Using Apache NetBeans .......................................................................1 Chapter 1: What Is Apache NetBeans ....................................................................... 3 The Journey to Apache NetBeans ................................................................................................. 4 Installing Apache NetBeans .......................................................................................................... 5 Integrated Development Environment .......................................................................................... 6 Java Code Editor ........................................................................................................................... 7 Java SE Applications ..................................................................................................................... 8 Java Web Applications ................................................................................................................ 11 PHP and Other Languages .......................................................................................................... 15 Maven Support ............................................................................................................................ 16 Collaboration ............................................................................................................................... 17 Profiling, Debugging, and Refactoring ......................................................................................... 21 Apache NetBeans Platform .................................................................................................... 24 Apache NetBeans Community ............................................................................................... 27 Chapter 2: Getting Started with NetBeans .............................................................. 29 Default Layout and Purpose ........................................................................................................ 29 Explorer Window .................................................................................................................... 30 Navigator Window ................................................................................................................. 34 Editor Window ....................................................................................................................... 36 Output Window ...................................................................................................................... 39 v www.allitebooks.com TABLE OF CONtENtS Terminal Window ................................................................................................................... 40 Palette Window ...................................................................................................................... 41 Properties Window ................................................................................................................ 41 Design a Project .......................................................................................................................... 42 Set Up an Ant-Based Project ................................................................................................. 42 Set Up a Maven-Based Project .............................................................................................. 46 Set Up a Gradle-Based Project .............................................................................................. 49 Speed Up Your Application Coding .............................................................................................. 49 Intelligent Code Completion .................................................................................................. 50 Hints ...................................................................................................................................... 51 Refactoring ............................................................................................................................ 52 Comparing Files ..................................................................................................................... 53 Generating Code .................................................................................................................... 54 Using Code Templates ........................................................................................................... 57 Splitting Windows .................................................................................................................. 58 Enriching Your IDE ................................................................................................................. 60 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................