Customer Reviews

Pro NetBeans IDE 5.5 Enterprise Edition

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A very well written book providing practical examples instead of long-winded complex explanations. Being a beginner in Netbeans, I thought this book might have been beyond me, but it caters for the beginners as well as the experts.

I especially liked the inclusion of shortcut keys to help cut down thoughs maindane repetitive tasks. The screen shots helped support the detailed explanations and by the end of the day I was building my own projects and having fun!

I wanted an environment that's out-of-the-box to do all that server 'stuff' for me so I could just get coding. Netbeans is perfect and with the help of this book, it wasn't long before I was up and running.

BUY IT!!!

At work, I was tasked with importing my project into NetBeans and expected this book to give helpful insights and explain tricky configuration issues. Instead, it was primarily a beginner's tutorial; like how to change fonts or create a new project. That sort of stuff should be evident and straightforward to any developer just by using NetBeans. I was looking for information on how to import free-form projects and how to configure my project and NetBeans to best utilize its functionality. For these advanced topics, "Pro" topics, if you will, this book is lacking.

In summary, save your money and buy the "NetBeans IDE Field Guide, 2nd ed" (ISBN: 0132395525) if you want something more than a shallow beginner's tutorial.

In general it is a good book, but if you are looking for a book to help out with the great GUI form editing of Matisse, this book is not for you. Ironically in the opener the author speaks of how impressive the GUI builder is but the book lacks any substance on this matter.