NetBeans: Introductions to the Open-Source Project, More Than an IDE | Linux Today

NetBeans: Introductions to the Open-Source Project, More Than an IDE

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 30, 2007

“NetBeans is more than an IDE. It is also an open-source
project, community, and a rich client application platform. There
is certainly more to NetBeans than just a free IDE. In this new
series of articles about NetBeans I hope to introduce you to not
only the NetBeans IDE but also the project as a whole.

“The NetBeans IDE is an open-source IDE supporting Java Mobile,
Standard, and Enterprise editions. It also supports development of
NetBeans Rich Client Platform, HTML, XML, JavaScript, and other
scripting languages and technologies. The IDE itself is a NetBeans
RCP application…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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