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NetBeans™ IDE Field Guide: Developing Desktop, Web, Enterprise, and Mobile Applications (2nd Edition)

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This book covers up to Netbeans 4.1; the current revision on the streets is 5.0 and the 5.5 Beta is almost ready to go live. Unfortunately there are big differences between the 4.x and 5.x versions, rendering this book useless to all but those who need the most basic NB usage info.

Seriously lacking in this book (revision issues aside) is any information on "Netbeans Platform" development. This is a serious oversight. When will we find a good, current Netbeans book that covers Platform and Module development in depth???

I returned it to Amazon after about an hour reviewing it. It simply does not meet the need for today's Netbeans Developer.

This book was written by programmers, for programmers. As a programmer knows, learning a new editor/IDE is the bane of the profession. I still use the editor I learned in college, because I hate learning new ones. - This book makes it easy (No, I won't say how long ago I went to college :)

The field guide is a very well written book and an essential guide for learning how to develop Java applications quickly. Fully 1/4 of the book shows essential details for learning the shortcuts that reduce keystrokes and teach essential techniques for becoming a power user of the IDE. The book also contains grey boxes that address some of the history and essential concepts of Java programming. Each section is designed to fully address the myriad of activities supported by the Netbeans IDE. The beginning of each section shows a table of essential functionality and associated key combinations, making this book handy to have close by.

The Netbeans IDE has a lot of hidden functionality, which is exposed by a quick scan of the book. Code refactoring and debugging are very common activities that are covered in detail. The book also covers every type of Java application - from PC based (console) to embedded systems (J2ME) though server based systems (J2EE) and Web Services.

Coverage of how to use the Form editor is good; however the example does not show how to create form. It also does not mention that in order to drag and drop components in Windows both mouse buttons must be pressed. But these are minor oversights in otherwise excellent coverage of the material.

As I try the more sophisticated aspects of Java programming, this book helps me get started in a hands-on manner very quickly. This book is essential for anyone trying to become proficient in the world of modern Java programming.

The NetBeans IDE is very powerful and has many features that simplify the process of creating quality Java applications ranging in scale from large (J2EE) to small (J2ME). This Field Guide is an outstanding companion book targeted for use by real-world software engineering practitioners. In a straightforward manner, it walks one through the process of familiarizing oneself with the IDE; setting up projects; and creating, debugging and deploying applications for web, desktop, enterprise, and mobile platforms.

I've developed software professionally for almost twenty years and have read my fair share of technical books - this one ranks very high on my scale for it's clarity, content, and practicality. If you work with Java, you will not be disappointed using NetBeans and this Field Guide.

This is an excellent guide for the beginner as well as the experienced developer. The writing is easy to understand and follow with clear examples. It walks through not only getting to know the basics of the IDE but through the creation and use of projects including an outstanding guide for enterprise development, not simply enterprise projects.

I have been developing enterprise applications for many years and have used many different IDEs and I found this book to not only be the best guide I have seen but makes it apparent that NetBeans is the best IDE.

This is the type of book, you can read at specific parts, don't need to read it in a page by page basis. One thing I liked a lot, the tips at (almost) every page, contains precious tricks normally not displayed or hidden somewhere. Other thing I liked most, is the plenty number of screenshots demonstrating the GUI aspects of IDE.

I am a newbie to web services, but the guide to webservices, was very good to understand, together with HTTP monitor to see the protocol traffic, is awesome (I don't need anymore ethereal to see the http traffic).

Another part I found very useful, is the mobility guide. How to customize the netbeans generated code, with pre-processor like functions, how to use the mobility component pallete (something different than swing pallete). The good part of mobility guide, is how to integrate third-part emulators to the IDE.

Sincerely, to have better productivity and understand fast how to develop using NetBeans, I recommend to read this book.

The books is useful and would help many people (including myself). If was an author, I would have added detail chapters on Java Beans, Applets, testing of RMI. I like the chapter on J2ME!

This book contains a lot of valuable information and is an excellent companion to using the NetBeans tutorials. It has been very helpful to me to get up to speed in using NetBeans for developing Java applications.

Only an OK book. Minor improvements covering J2ME tools and Matisse. Needed a lot more coverage of the Netbeans Plug-ins and RCP usage. Not a lot of good code examples and some examples difficult to understand. Also Netbeans 5.5 is in beta and soon to be released. This book only covers 5.0 so in my mind is already out of date.

The book only help you to go around the funtions of the NetBean. Very Poor!!! Very Poor of examples and hard to understand if you want to compiles other coding packages. Over all the book is good if you don't have a clue about the program. It best just download the user manual in the NetBean.org (free) which it help more than the book.

I have been using Netbeans sometime but really wanted to get a book to learn more about this powerful tool. I really like this book and think the author did a great job explaining many of the features.

I feel that I will be more productive now that I have this book. For any Netbeans users, I would recommend it. This is a nice complement to an already outstanding development environment.