In this blog entry, I will briefly cover how to use code folding in NetBeans 6.1 while attempting to make a case for code folding in the correct situations.

NetBeans provides many useful hints that improve the quality, correctness, reliability, and maintainability of Java code. In this post, I’ve focused on some of them that I find particularly ...

Netbeans gives programmers and Web designers the ability to create Java and JSP servlets, which run customized code in a user's browser. Servlets are mainly used as widgets on websites that run ...

The NetBeans IDE allows you to manage Java programs more easily than is possible using a basic text editor. One of its strengths is its code-formatting tools. These tools allow you to format and ...

The redesigned NetBeans Profiler in version 8.1 will be of particular interest to Java developers, as will performance enhancements in Java search tools; new features in code completion (IntelliSense) ...

It took two and a half years, but the NetBeans Java-based IDE has finally graduated to Top-Level Project (TLP) status at the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). The popular open source development ...

NetBeans IDE 7.2 provides a significantly improved performance and coding experience, with new static code analysis capabilities in the Java Editor and smarter project scanning.

Jelastic announced that its platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering now supports the NetBeans Java IDE.

There has been a long-standing battle in the Java community over which Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is best. From the TSS Readership Survey, the two most popular choices are Eclipse and ...