NetBeans IDE Java Editor
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Overview
Updated for NetBeans 6.5, including what's new for Java.
The NetBeans IDE has seen adoption snowballing over the past years. The cherry on the cake has been the introduction of a completely new, rewritten, slick Java editor. You'll find this reference card helpful if you want to get as much out of the Java editor as its authors intended when creating it. It lists all the keyboard shortcuts in carefully thought out categories and it provides the most thorough exposition to date of optimal handling of Java code in the editor, covering viewing, navigation, source handling, and refactoring.
About the Author
Geertjan Wielenga is the NetBeans technical writer responsible for documentation related to the NetBeans Java editor. He is a co-author of the book Rich Client Programming: Plugging into the NetBeans Platform. He is an occasional speaker at conferences and is known for his popular blog at http://blogs.sun.com/geertjan, as well as for his role as a part time editor at Javalobby.
Publications
Rich Client Programming: Plugging into the NetBeans Platform
Blogs
http://blogs.sun.com/geertjan
Patrick Keegan has been writing about the NetBeans IDE for over 9 years. In addition to writing help and tutorials, he is co-author of the NetBeans IDE Field Guide and has contributed to other books on NetBeans and Java.


Comments
Erik2055 replied on Mon, 2008/07/28 - 6:43am
this ref card misses some of the point:
A ref card needs to contain a lot of info in a limited space.
So why waste space on pics of the writers, on adds for other ref cards, on picutures of the writers, a blue left margin ?
They could have done a great job on only 4 pages...Suggestions:
no "about",
no pictures and life stories of writers. I don't wanna see them every time i look up a keyboard short cut
forget about how to get netbeans. Using the ref card presupposes having netbeans..
No quick start: you can find it on the net.
forget about the MAC.
no recommended books.
javier replied on Thu, 2008/09/11 - 10:03am
dicklarsson replied on Fri, 2009/05/15 - 12:41pm