NetBeans is widely seen as the most popular Java IDE after Eclipse, according to Al Hilwa, an IDC analyst who covers application development software.

This blog post has covered seven NetBeans hints that aid developers in taking advantage of newer features of Java (JDK 7 in particular). The hints covered in this post are: ...

Java revolutionized software development 30 years ago. Even with the rise of web apps, there's a bright future for Java desktop application development.