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This chapter provides an overview of NetBeans IDE.
This chapter contains the following sections:
1.1 About NetBeans IDE
NetBeans IDE is a free, open source, integrated development environment (IDE) that enables you to develop desktop, mobile and web applications. The IDE supports application development in various languages, including Java, HTML5, PHP and C++. The IDE provides integrated support for the complete development cycle, from project creation through debugging, profiling and deployment. The IDE runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and other UNIX-based systems.
The IDE provides comprehensive support for JDK 8 technologies and the most recent Java enhancements. It is the first IDE that provides support for JDK 8, Java EE 7, and JavaFX 2. The IDE fully supports Java EE using the latest standards for Java, XML, Web services, and SQL and fully supports the GlassFish Server, the reference implementation of Java EE.
1.2 NetBeans IDE Developer Resources
This section provides resources designed to get you up and running quickly on NetBeans IDE. There are various channels for learning more about the IDE and for providing feedback to the development team.
Table 1-1 NetBeans IDE Developer Resources
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
netbeans.org | The web site for NetBeans IDE contains information and news for the community of NetBeans users: |
NetBeans IDE Release Documentation | The IDE release documentation provides details on system requirements, supported technologies, installation instructions and known issues for the release: |
NetBeans IDE Documentation and Tutorials | The Documentation section of the netbeans.org website contains screencasts and tutorials that provide step-by-step instructions for developing applications with NetBeans IDE. The list of current tutorials are located at: |
NetBeans IDE wiki | The NetBeans wiki provides additional documentation for the NetBeans community that is not included in the NetBeans User's Guide: You can find information on installation, configuration, licenses and trouble-shooting at the NetBeans User FAQs: You can find information on plugin development and NetBeans Platform API documentation at the NetBeans Developer FAQs: |
Introduction
NetBeans is a software development platform written in Java. It is an official IDE for Java 8 development. It was developed and released by Sun Microsystems which was later acquired by Oracle. NetBeans 8.2 was released on October 3, 2016.
In this tutorial, we will learn the steps involved in the installation process of NetBeans on MacOS.
Prerequisites
- MacOS
- Login as an administrator on terminal.
Installation
The following steps are used to install NetBeans on MacOS.
1) Download the Latest version
In order to install NetBeans on MacOS, we have to download the latest version of NetBeans by visiting its official website I.e. https://netbeans.org/downloads/
2) Mount the disk image file
The dmg file which is downloaded from the official website of NetBeans is to be mounted to an installer. This can be done with the following command:
3) Install the file
The file is mounted to the volumes directory which contains a package file (.pkg) which is installable by using the installer command. The command needs super user privileges for which, sudo is used.
The file will be installed to the target root which is mentioned while installing the file.
4) Unmount the file
After the completion of installation process, we need to unmount the installer. This can be done by using the option Unmount with hdiutil command.
Well, we have done with the installation process of NetBeans 8.2 on MacOS.