Review: NetBeans IDE 7 Cookbook

Written on September 6, 2011 by Allan Lykke Christensen

I recently got a copy of the newly release NetBeans cookbook from Packt Publishing. Being a huge fan of NetBeans I was excited to see a cookbook on the subject. The book is split into 12 chapters focusing on the main types of applications you can develop in NetBeans. Being a cookbook you can easily jump between the recipes based on what you you’re cooking. This is a great advantage if you want to learn something new in NetBeans without having to trawl through a lot of basic information. There are more than 70 recipes ranging for basic tasks such as debugging classes to more advanced tasks such as profiling your applications. My favourite recipes fall into the category of refactoring. The refactoring recipes saves developers an enormous amount of time. There is something for developers at all levels. Even if you are a seasoned NetBeans developer you’ll find some recipes that you’ve never heard of. For NetBeans newcomers there are many gems that will make your life easier. If you are studying or considering to study for the NetBeans Certification, this book is a great companion. My only critic of the book is that it could contain a few more advanced recipes for the routined NetBeans developers,

You can check out a sample of the book on the Packt Publishing website.

The book is excellent for beginners and because of that I give it 3.5 stars of 5.

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