Using NetBeans
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5.5 IDE 1
Using NetBeans
TM
IDE 5.5
Your Guide to Getting Work Done in NetBeans IDE
Welcome to the Using NetBeans™ IDE 5.5 guide. This guide is designed to give you
a more detailed introduction to the IDE than is available in the Quick Start guide by
exploring the main aspects of the IDE. This guide is geared mostly to newcomers to
NetBeans IDE 5.5, whether you are new to using IDEs or an experienced IDE user
that is switching over from a different development environment. However, readers
of this guide are assumed to have at least a basic understanding of the Java
programming language and related technologies.
Note – This guide does not cover the IDE's Java EE features or module development
features. For more information about using NetBeans IDE for these purposes, see the
Java EE Applications Learning Trail
and the NetBeans Modules and
Rich-Client Applications Learning Trail at
http://www.netbeans.org.
Setting Up Projects .......................................................................5
Basic IDE Concepts .................................................................6
Projects ................................................................................6
Ant ......................................................................................9
Creating a Project ..................................................................10
Setting the Main Project ...................................................11
Importing Projects .............................................................12
Setting the Target JDK in a Project .......................................12
Managing a Project's Classpath .............................................13
Managing Dependencies Between Projects ......................15
Setting up Free-form Projects ................................................16
Editing and Running Ant Scripts ......................................16