I have found NetBeans Java Hints to be extremely useful in Java development . ... I can click on the light bulb icon and select “Configure ‘Suspicious method call’ Hint” option to change it.

Open source Java development environment NetBeans has achieved top-level project status at the Apache Software Foundation. NetBeans is the integrated development environment associated first with Sun ...

On Tuesday Oracle announced the release of a new version of its NetBeans IDE that takes advantage of the latest enhancements in the newest release of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE 8).

Until recently, it has been quite difficult to create Java based tray icons applications. ... You can either use NetBeans--or any other editor or IDE--to open and build it .

For Java EE developers, NetBeans 8.1 adds support for deployments in Oracle's WebLogic Server, and the WildFly Web (JBoss) app server, versions 9 and 10. NetBeans continues to be a popular Java IDE, ...

The NetBeans IDE has always been open source, so you might be wondering why this would appear as a reason to return to NetBeans. When Oracle bought Sun Microsystems, there was a great deal of ...