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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
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
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
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
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
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
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).

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Product Demos

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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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The best for web development

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
August 12, 2019
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Jatin Gupta
Assistant Professor
Chitkara University (Education Management, 501-1000 employees)
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Verified User
NetBeans
3 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We have been using NetBeans for around 5 years in our organization. The major purpose of its use is for students, as we make students learn Java using NetBeans. It is used by the computer science and engineering department of the university. It is very helpful in the development field and makes programming easy and user-friendly. It can be integrated with multiple tools like IoT selenium for testing and development. NetBeans addresses the major problem of coding in Java with test cases design.
Pros
  • NetBeans is very efficient in code development and Java web development.
  • NetBeans is a great tool to install as it is quite easy to use. Its integration is great with other tools.
  • NetBeans is very good for the creation of testing scripts for automation testing.
Cons
  • Options for code conversion in other source languages.
  • There are problems in code execution time and start time if they are high complexity and too heavy.
  • Import code option is very limited and debugger is less efficient.
Likelihood to Recommend
It is very well suited for big databases and with algorithms the complexity involved is low. It is also very suitable for working with IoT devices and to control code and automation testing.

A Powerful Tool for building enterprise Java applications

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
January 09, 2022
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Management Consulting Company, 11-50 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
NetBeans
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Most of the coding is done through Netbeans. Netbeans provides you with the set of tools which makes it easier to code. The intellisense feature of it allows coders to type in code and netbeans automatically shows you a list of functions from which you can select. Netbeans is a free and an open source software, which helps in collaborating with others.
Pros
  • Good for Collaboration
  • Open Source
  • Good for Debugging and Testing Code
Cons
  • Should have more add-ons on the latest technologies like Angular and ReactJS
  • The software occupies lots of space and works very slow on computers having i3 processor
  • Netbeans provide only one view unlike Eclipse
Likelihood to Recommend
It's best suited for collaboration. It is suitable for developing and testing enterprise Java applications. It has good debugging and testing strategies. The only drawback is debugging is very slow in Netbeans in comparison to Eclipse. It doesn't contain only Java as the coding language. It contains support for various others but is limited to the latest web development technologies.

If you are developer, install NetBeans now...!

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
January 19, 2019
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Internet Company, 51-200 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
NetBeans
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I and my colleagues, as software developers, use NetBeans IDE for our development purposes. It is only used by our technical department as it's an IDE and used for small development to major projects. Our team relies on NetBeans for coding, indentation of code, Git commits, debugging issues, minifying code and everything.
Pros
  • We can indent code very easily, we can define rules for the indentation of code in every computer language and it will follow accordingly.
  • The checkpoints in the code really work well in case if we want to debug issues in our code.
  • History of our saved code is really one of the best feature of NetBeans. Sometimes due to power failure or any other glitches we have lost our saved code but history of code really helped our team.
  • Comparison of code across different files is also a good feature to know the exact difference between code of different developers.
Cons
  • NetBeans [should] work smoothly with systems having less RAM. Systems with less RAM face trouble with NetBeans.
  • File open history also requires improvement. Once NetBeans is restarted, all files are closed automatically and there is no shortcut to open last opened files.
Likelihood to Recommend
It is best suited for if we are working with Git. We can push code to Git services directly from IDE. It can indent code differently based on language whether its Java, PHP, HTML, CSS or any other. It is less appropriate for front-end web developers as they just want normal text editors and all features of NetBeans are of no use to web developers.

NetBeans IDE for Java Developers

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
August 08, 2018
Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 1001-5000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
NetBeans
11 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use NetBeans for developing the majority of Java and J2EE applications for our organizations, and also to assist in programming different applications for organizations/clients we work for.

It mostly addresses rich User Interface applications that have abundant/involves language support and server side programming, like rest service, data storage, communicating with third party interfaces, and more..
Pros
  • Very good IDE for programming Java and J2EE applications
  • Good IDE for Java debugging and run test cases.
  • Good IDE for Hibernate, iBATIS framework, and web services.
Cons
  • I would say Netbeans needs to be improved in providing plugins for developing Android and iOS mobile applications
  • It would be better if Netbeans could be built in a lighter version.
Likelihood to Recommend
As said earlier, NetBeans is very well suited for all kind of Java and J2EE application programming. Also this product has good integration and built-in plugins that support various framework like Spring, Hibernate, Struts, and more.

Less appropriate to be used for developing mobile applications that do not support plugins for both Android and iOS.

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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