Salter David Salter 
Mastering NetBeans 

Master building complex applications with Net Beans to become more proficient programmers About This Book Customize Net Beans to fit your unique needs Excel in Net Beans IDE, learning the shortcuts and hidden features to become more productive A comprehensive guide to become more productive at application development using Net Beans IDEWho This Book Is For If you are a competent developer who wants to fast-track your application development with Net Beans IDE, then this book is for you. Reasonable knowledge and an understanding of Java programming and Net Beans IDE is assumed. What You Will Learn Install Net Beans either from a distribution package or from source code Test, debug, and run production code using the Net Beans IDE Use external services such as Paa S environments and web services Create desktop applications using Swing tools Manage and configure relational databases Build a Java business model and web tiers using Java EE and Spring technologies Explore web services both with XML and RESTful approaches Handle external services such as databases , Maven repositories, and cloud providers Extend Net Beans for those situations where you require more from your IDEIn Detail With the increasing complexity of software development and the abundance of tools available, learning your IDE in-depth will instantly increase your developer productivity. Net Beans is the only IDE that can be downloaded with Java itself and provides you with many cutting edge features not readily available with many IDEs. The IDE also provides a great set of tools for PHP and C/C++ developers. It is free and open source and has a large community of users and developers around the world. This book will teach you to ace Net Beans IDE and make use of it in creating Java business and web services. It will help you to become a proficient developer and use Net Beans for software development. You will learn effective third-party interaction and enable yourself for productive database development. Moving on, you will see how to create EJB projects and write effective and efficient web applications. Then you will learn how to use Swing and manage and configure a relational database. By the end of the book, you will be able to handle external services such as databases, Maven repositories, and cloud providers, and extend your Net Beans when you require more from your IDE. Style and approach An easy-to-follow yet comprehensive guide to help you master the exhaustive range of Net Beans features in order to become more efficient at Java programming. More advanced topics are covered in each chapter, with subjects grouped according to their complexity as well as their utility.