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What is NetBeans?

NetBeans is a free and open source platform and integrated development environment (IDE).

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Good IDE to use for development

Rating: 8 out of 10
September 27, 2022
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I generally use netbeans to develop software and web applications . It is a best IDE for development work . For user interface development it also support drag and drop featur...
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Engineer
NetBeans2 years of experience

Netbeans - A suitable IDE for getting started to java development

Rating: 6 out of 10
July 3, 2022
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I am using NetBeans since my university. I use this IDE for java related project development for smaller pet projects. For smaller projects using NetBeans is really easy so wh...
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Tharsanan Kurukulasingam
Engineer - Information Technology
Senior Software Engineer
University of Moratuwa
NetBeans4 years of experience

Best open source IDE for Java

Rating: 9 out of 10
June 28, 2022
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We use NetBeans as the primary development tool for most of the Java projects. Being open source, it is highly cost effective and extremely simple to configure on a new worksp...
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Sirish Vadala
Engineer - Information Technology
Information Technology Specialist III
Office of Legislative Counsel State of California
NetBeans14 years of experience

A Good Open Source Software Development IDE.

Rating: 8 out of 10
April 5, 2021
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NetBeans is being used in our department to build Web applications based on JSP, JEE and Spring/Struts. It provides all the essential deployment tools to work with and produce...
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Kunal Verma
Engineer - Research & Development
Software Engineer Intern
UBC
NetBeans7 years of experience

A Great IDE for Java Devepolers

Rating: 9 out of 10
April 23, 2020
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I use the NetBeans tool to make coding in PHP programming language. NetBeans makes it very easy for us to create an e-commerce site. The wide library and simple user interface...
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zahit bogus
Consultant - Information Technology
Business Intelligence Consultant
EMO A.Ş
NetBeans6 years of experience
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NetBeans is a free and open source platform and integrated development environment (IDE).

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 8.5.

The most common users of NetBeans are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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NetBeans Review

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
January 23, 2019
PJ
Piyush Jain
Network Engineer
BT (Telecommunications, 10,001+ employees)
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Verified User
NetBeans
1 year of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
NetBeans is used for development purposes in our organization by the IT department. At first, we used a different IDE for software development like Sublime Editor and Eclipse but I made a decision to use Netbeans as it is fast and has many features which a developer needs no matter which technology he/she is working on.
Pros
  • Formatting and defining rules for each language is a very useful feature in this IDE.
  • The code can be deployed very easy from Netbeans itself.
Cons
  • It should provide more themes and background colors for the code window. Some dark themes are good but they slow down the system.
  • There have been a few bugs in the latest version of NetBeans. NetBean's developer should resolve those bugs.
Likelihood to Recommend
NetBeans are well suited if it is used by the same type of developers like Java developers or the same language developers. If a team has an IOS developer or Android developer they have to use Xcode or Android Studio Editor.

A Good Open Source Software Development IDE.

Rating: 8 out of 10
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April 05, 2021
KV
Kunal Verma
Software Engineer Intern
UBC (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
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Verified User
NetBeans
7 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
NetBeans is being used in our department to build Web applications based on JSP, JEE and Spring/Struts. It provides all the essential deployment tools to work with and produce applications very fast on the tomcat server. We have been working on various minor projects related to management services such as record management. Besides that, we are also trying maven projects to be deployed on online servers such as heliohost servers. NetBeans is being used by our department because it is free to use and is a very productive IDE.
Pros
  • Auto-completion of the code makes it easier to code well.
  • Running server based applications on NetBeans is very easy.
Cons
  • It takes a lot of time to start, maybe it is not that memory efficient.
Likelihood to Recommend
NetBeans is a very good Integrated Development Environment, not only for Java based applications, but you can also develop C/C++ based applications in NetBeans. It is very easy to use and can be used by both expert professional programmers as well as someone who is a novice in the programming world. It is free to use and is openly available over the Internet.

NetBeans: Best free and open-source software for development

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
September 11, 2018
AS
Ashish Sharma
Programmer Analyst
Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
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Verified User
NetBeans
3 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
It is being used by my department involving a group of skilled programmers. This programming environment has several tools that help my organisation to develop software quickly, especially if we need to build a graphical interface quickly and without major complications. I basically work on NetBeans to develop enterprise web applications using Java Server Pages, Java Server Faces and Hibernate. NetBeans makes the work [become] handy and the code is easily understandable and readable.
Pros
  • NetBeans supports a large number of Java applications such as J2SE and EJB.
  • Easy to install
  • Free and open source
  • When you are developing your applications, you can detect errors very quickly.
  • Indicating edited code and files based on GIT commits
Cons
  • Outdated framework support.
  • Violating PSR-2 coding standards.
  • The issue with NetBeans is that it takes a lot of time to load and consumes a lot of memory.
  • Consumes more memory space as compared to other IDEs.
Likelihood to Recommend
If you are a beginner, then NetBeans IDE is the best choice for you for development in Java, Javascript, PHP etc. It is a software that allows quick adaptation for new projects or people who do not know much about development. I fully recommend NetBeans IDE; with additional plugins installed it can be used for development with other programming languages.

Excellent integrated development environment

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
August 08, 2018
CB
Carla Borges
Consultor Tecnico - Java Developer
Consultec-TI (Computer Software, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
NetBeans
3 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
NetBeans is being used by the entire organization that works in a software consultancy and we are all software developers. It helps us programmers since it is a very useful IDE and its compilation is in real time. Allows us to do many activities in a single application, such as unit tests with JUnit version control with CVS and integration with Ant, which is very useful and decreases the delivery time of the work. You can also add the add-in to provide more features. It is a lightweight platform for software components.
Pros
  • Excellent tool for programming and very useful to use has helped me reduce the delivery times of small projects.
  • It is a good IDE to program in Java and shows compilation errors during the programs.
  • Has utility for many add-ons to generate web services.
Cons
  • Its biggest con is the consumption of system resources because it does not work for old computers.
  • It is developed for people who are already professionals and not beginners because the learning curve is wide.
  • It lacks support for webapps.
  • But actually, I have nothing bad to say about NetBeans.
Likelihood to Recommend
It runs smoothly. Those of us who work with the development of programs should have it on the PC. Excellent tool for programming and very useful to use has helped me reduce the delivery times of small projects. It is a good IDE to program in Java and shows compilation errors during the programs. In terms of what is not so appropriate is that as it progresses, new versions need more computer requirements - this makes the application fly slow when compiling large codes.

Recommended Best IDE - NetBeans

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
February 11, 2019
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Internet Company, 51-200 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
NetBeans
4 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Net beans is an open source IDE that provides comprehensive facilities for programmers for software development. It consists of a source code editor, built-in automation tools. It allows developers to create multiple projects for mobile, web applications with support of multiple languages support like JAVA, PHP, HTML, CSS etc. It offers us a smart and fast way to develop a project and code. It provides robust code analyzers, converter, and editor. It is compatible with every operating system and can be installed very easily. It stores the history of codes so that you can check the last piece of code what you’ve written. Formatting and defining rules for each language. The best part is it is free of cost. The software is compatible with all operating platforms.
Pros
  • Supports multiple languages which help in coding for developers.
  • Support cross-platform like Mac, Ubuntu, Windows etc.
  • Rich set of community provided plugins.
  • Easy & efficient project management.
  • Bug free formatted code and much more.
Cons
  • Heavy software needs more RAM. It does tend to use a lot of your computer's resources if you're loading up a huge project and slow things down.
  • Problems with configuring plugins.
  • With every release of a new version, there are some bugs which create problems while coding.
Likelihood to Recommend
NetBeans is well suited for developers as it consists of features which are used a lot of time while coding. Best features where it is suited are:
  • 1. Cross-platform support.
  • 2. Multiple Language support.
  • 3, Debugger.
  • 4. Product management.
  • 5. Code editor.
  • 6. Free of cost - open source IDE These features may or may not be found in any other software. NetBeans offers assistance to optimize memory usage and application speed.
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