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# Page 5 - Reviews of Apache NetBeans

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hasini W.  
software engineer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "My first IDE as an undergraduate"

February 25, 2023

4.0

This is the first IDE that I used for java development when I was an undergraduate. I have done several projects using java and java-fx using netbeans.

Pros

A free software which supports multiple programming languages. Different types of plugins are available. It is a good IDE for a beginner.

Cons

It took considerable time to load the project content when the project size is big. And also interfaces are old fashioned.

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Raul D.  
Software Development Engineer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great IDE for starters Developers"

April 12, 2019

4.0

If you are starting (even for more masterized developers) it got everything you need for being on top of your projects.

Pros

Several sections for code navigation but also for methods navigation. Integration for Java, PHP, Javasccript, Ruby and more other programming languages. Integration with Apache.

Cons

It is hard to run test plugins and it cost a lot of RAM Memory.

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Kevin G.  
Technical support  
Package/Freight Delivery  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Easy to use."

June 30, 2021

5.0

Excellent for learning and developing skills in young people.

Pros

What I most support about this software is that during the years that I have used it I have felt extremely comfortable, despite having programming knowledge, there are other software in which I have not been able to feel as good as this, it is very easy to use and friendly for newbies. It can also be used on many operating systems.

Cons

Compared to the competition, compiling the code becomes a bit tedious, it is slow. The code import option is very limited and the debugger is less efficient. These were the two points that affected me when using it.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Undergraduate  
Computer & Network Security  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "NetBeans For Java Learning and Developing"

November 30, 2019

4.0

Overall NetBeans is a one of the best solution for java developing . NetBeans interface is easy to understand therefor it is a good choice for a beginner too.

Pros

First thing is that Apache NetBeans is a free software and it is available on Windows, Linux and Mac. So it is very convenient for students to use it. Netbeans also support multiple languages other than Java like PHP, C, C++, HTML and etc. Also we can add extension to customize the IDE as we wanted and add more supportive tools. When we need to create a GUI using Java it support GUI creating tool that helps a lot when creating them rather than creating GUI using codes. NetBeans have features like auto code completion, find and replace parts of the code and etc.

Cons

If it consume less resources and if it has ability to launch quickly NetBeans will be more popular. Default IDE is not very interesting.

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Kalana E.  
Graphic Designer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Best IDE for Coding"

September 30, 2018

5.0

Overall It 's one of the best software IDE to develop the different kinds of software products very easy ,so highly recommend it with confidence!!!

Pros

Very easy to develop code with that IDE because when coding it will auto-generate the lot of coding parts so that developer time will be saved, I use it to create web applications mostly it 's the best environment to do such kind of things.

Cons

There are few things to mention, the user interface should be more user-friendly some time it processing time getting slow.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Dirigente azienda  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "PHP con Netbeans diventa un gioco da ragazzi."

February 13, 2023

5.0

Pros

Semplicità d'uso, rapida e la comodità del file trasfer in foto.

Cons

No il software è molto semplice nel suo utilizzo.

Alternatives considered

[PyCharm](https://www.capterra.com/p/186625/PyCharm/)

Reason for choosing Apache NetBeans

Economicità

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
PHD student  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Apache NetBeans "

November 10, 2022

5.0

Pros

A practical environment for developing in Java. I used specifically for Java web development.

Cons

The user interface is not very attractive, it can be improved, especially when using the Java GUI.

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Rajshekhar S.  
Student  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "NetBeans - an IDE for fast developments"

November 7, 2020

3.0

My overall experience with NetBeans is really good. It helped me develop my projects comparatively fast. My half number of project are developed in it.

Pros

I like a lot about this IDE some of them involves drag and drop functionality for java desktop application developments. It has inbuilt glassfish server which helps to deploy a web application for java. It has auto complete functionality for JavaScript as well which is comforting.

Cons

Things which i do not like about this IDE is that we can not deploy it until we have JDK of similar version as NetBeans otherwise it would not work. sometimes it sows us notifications of errors which have been resolved already which is a bit annoying.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Computer Information Systems Major  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Go to app for programming"

April 4, 2019

5.0

Overall, Apache NetBeans is my favorite IDE to use when programming as it makes coding fun and easy by giving suggestions to compete or even edit/fix code. It's smart enough to suggest a fix by pressing the suggestion once and having all of its suggestions fixed at once. It is free/easy to use and definitely worth the try if you have enough storage space to use it fully.

Pros

What I love about Apache's NetBeans is that it makes it easy to write simple or complex code using any programming language. The software is smart enough that off of one letter or word, it can help you auto complete what you may want to write. Say for example if you want to do a print line, if you write System it could auto complete to System.Out.Println("");. While this may sound annoying, it saves a lot of time when it comes to writing thousands of lines of code.

Cons

What I like least about NetBeans is that it can take awhile to load when your storage is low and takes up a good amount of space. Also, while the software has many advanced tools/functionality, it takes some learning and getting used to it before you can use it right away.

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Marko P.  
Helpdesk Agent level 2 Managed Services Operations Retail & Hospitality Helpdesk  
Information Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Easy for Beginners, mighty tool for experienced users."

November 23, 2018

4.0

I’ve been using Netbeans since college, I made my first Java app in Netbeans and since then I’ve created dozens of projects, both simple and complex by using this IDE. If you are just starting with Java or if you are an experienced Java programmer, this is the IDE for you. A lot of plugins to choose from + you can always download more and easily install them. You want to create a Spring or Tapestry project? Not a problem, Netbeans has support for those. I like the GUI of the application and how’s it’s easy to navigate through complex projects with a lot of folders and files. The biggest con of this IDE is that it eats a lot of RAM and it does tend to load for a long time

Pros

Easy to use for beginners. Good code completion. Support for a lot of plugins and frameworks. Swing GUI.

Cons

Slow loading Uses more RAM then some other IDEs.

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AA

Agostino A.  
Solution Developer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Uno dei migliori IDE in circolazione"

February 7, 2023

4.0

Pros

Il software è molto semplice e intuitivo da usare, rispetto ad altri IDE

Cons

La funzione di ricerca testo nel file corrente, se usata molte volte in modo ravvicinati, fa bloccare il software

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Jyothika J.  
Social Media Coordinator  
Human Resources  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "User friendly platform for development "

January 19, 2019

4.0

I sure 100% will recommend this platform to others in development sector to use this software for there easy work. As I'm in the software field it had helped me out in my programming. The main advantage is that many activities can be done in single platform.

Pros

It is very easy to install and free open source platform. It an intergrated development environment for java applications. Main advatange is runs on Windows, macOS etc. and it also suports other programming languages also. While developing errors can be detected very quickly

Cons

I don't really have much negatives to come with but at times it takes long time to load and also covers lot of memory. And I suggest that it need to improve with custom formatting so that codes can be edited. Otherwise it is one of the best platform for java development.

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Miroslav K.  
Product Developer and Tester  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Moving back to NetBeans"

September 30, 2020

4.0

I first came into contact with NetBeans at work when I started programming in Java. After a few hours, I felt like a professional user. Later in school we had to program in IDEA from IntelliJ and there I felt lost. Nothing seemed intuitive to me after the transition from NetBeans and that's why I decided to do more JAVA programming in NetBeans.

Pros

\- easy of use (suitable for beginning programmers) - intuitive - adding libraries - it's free! - multiple languages support - possibility of making graphic active windows

Cons

\- slow start up - slow loading of larger files - old fashioned look - consumes lot of memory - occasionally freezing

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JD

Jordan D.  
Lead Dev  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Complete IDE"

January 11, 2021

4.0

I was using Netbeans on a daily basis, for maintaining and coding for our internal frameworks and intranet / extranet platform. It was integrated with GIT features (pull, diff, conflict, etc).

Pros

Before switch to a more recent IDE, I used NetBeans in a daily basis. I was very found of several features like: - Integration with local PHP and documentation - All functions and classes can be found easily in a project - GIT integration (diff, conflict, etc) - Debugger included - Fully customizable

Cons

There is one main con with Netbeans : it's slowness. That is the main reason of whyy I have switched to used another IDE. It can takes several minutes to open a big project.

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GAB

Ghulam Ali B.  
Software Engineer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "The only option out there for OG Java Developers"

August 19, 2022

4.0

Pros

When it comes to coding and java web development, NetBeans is incredibly organized. It functions on a variety of platforms, including Windows and Linux. The visual web pack functionality of NetBeans is the best feature. I always use its helpful features like debugging, code completion, support for multiple programming languages, integration, and plugins.

Cons

Netbeans slows down for no reason (sometimes) and if used for prolonged period, it stops and crashes suddenly

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Paweł W.  
Software Engineer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Apache Netbeans as an IDE"

September 18, 2022

3.0

Average to be honest - there are better tools in the market

Pros

Netbeans is easy to setup and there were quite a lot of tutorials about how to use it

Cons

In my opinion Apache Netbeans has quite poor features and is quite heavy. For Open source tools I prefer Visual Studio code much more

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Miguel C.  
software developer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "The best IDE for Java"

November 29, 2018

5.0

I use it for some projects that require components that interacts with legacy databases or unix based systems , i build web services to be deployed in cross platforms environments and NetBeans makes it simple

Pros

Is a complete IDE that allows you to configure most part of it , very easy to use and it manage the full JEE in a easy visual way . Is multiplatform so the team can use any OS they want and still make use of the IDE and collaborate . I use it since the early versions and i saw it survive because of his ability to integrate new features without loosing performance or simplicity

Cons

Sometimes all the features are overwelming for the new programmers

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Senior Software Engineer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great Development Tool but still something to do compared to other Development Tools"

August 24, 2020

4.0

\* Great tool but compared to Intellije I think there are still some thing to do

Pros

\* It's easy to download. You can download and use it immediately. \* Easy to learn. You can develop Java, PHP, Javascript and many applications by using that software. \* There are also paid plugins but even free plugins are enough to make development.

Cons

\* Some plugins are really necessary such like some Maven / Git plugins but somehow we need to pay to enabled them. \* IDE freezes if it's a big project.I think Netbeans is not suitable for big projects.I always receive heap space exception and try to increase the heap space to fix that problem.

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Paul T.  
Team Manager  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "A great IDE"

June 6, 2020

4.0

Pros

Easy to use, can be used with a lot of languages , has a lot of plugins

Cons

Some plugins are missing, the autoformat functionnality does not always work and there is no support for php 7.1+ version or ES6 javascript syntax

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AS

Antonio S.  
backend developer  
Research  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Bueno para empezar a programar, no tanto para uso profesional"

December 20, 2022

4.0

Pros

Empecé con este IDE a programar en java y su entorno lo veo muy amigable para familiarizarse y desarrollar aplicaciones con entorno gráfico, hice la carrera con este IDE. Si quieres hacer uso de java.awt, su interfaz te lo permite sin problemas y es bastante limpia al respecto.

Cons

Eclipse lo veo más potente que netbeans a la hora de dedicarse de forma profesional, puedes usar la versión enterprise y desarrollar servidores en java usando spring y springBoot de una manera bastante cómoda.

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swapnil G.  
Php Developer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "awesome IDE"

November 5, 2018

4.0

Featured pack IDE, lifesaver for developers :)

Pros

1) Git integration 2) functional and class tracking 3) Good Error reporting

Cons

1) Sometime slow 2) Get hangs when large files are open 3) Scaning for external changes takes too long

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AS

Abdullah S.  
student  
Computer Hardware  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Netbeans: One of the best IDEs for coding"

August 26, 2022

5.0

Pros

First of all, it is a free plateform. You can use this IDE for coding in multiple languages. There are a lots of features such as GUI is so easy to build you just have to drag and drop. You can make UML diagrams using one click too.

Cons

It uses a lot's of memory. Also, plugins system is quite bad because sometimes you simply don't find a plugin or it doesn't update.

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chandrika N.  
Software Engineer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Good IDE"

November 2, 2018

4.0

Overall experience was good.

Pros

I believe It's the easiest IDE available for beginners, I have used this in the earlier phase of my career..the best things is it's simplicity.

Cons

Takes time in debugging or hangs in between.

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Asantha U.  
System Analyst  
Banking  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Famous open source IDE for the Software Development."

January 4, 2019

5.0

I'm a active user of NetBeans during the last 7-8 Years. My overall experience about Netbeans is really good. If you are working with Java or PHP this is one of the best IDEs in current market. It is supported for Standalone application as well as web applications too.

Pros

I'm using NetBeans IDE for JavaSE and EJB development from my university time.It is really easy to install and open source IDE. NetBeans supports multiple programing languages.It shows compilation errors during the programing time. We can easily integrate it with Github. NetBeans allows to do front-end programming as well as back-end programming too.

Cons

Netbeans is heavier IDE when we comparing the other IDEs. It consumes lot of memory. You will feel bit slow if you are using a older machine.

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Sahan H.  
Software Engineering Trainee  
Airlines/Aviation  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Best IDE for create software applications"

September 18, 2019

4.0

It is the best IDE for beginners. It was really helpful for improving my programming knowledge.

Pros

Apache Netbeans is the most suitable application for java developers. It is easy to use for beginners. It was really helpful for my java projects in university life. It has various features for the users and very easy to write codes. It supports more than one language. More inbuild functions help us to write perfect and clean code.

Cons

It takes a little bit of time to open the large files. Also, it is good for small projects. It supports limited functions.

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