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# Page 7 - Reviews of Apache NetBeans

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Martin P.  
Web App Developer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Cheaper but a bit older IDE"

February 28, 2023

3.0

A bit old-school IDE with all important functions integrated. It is a cheaper but the overall experience is not so good like in another products in this category.

Pros

Netbeans is perfect for someone who tries to learn coding or the tool is required by his job requirements. It provides a IDE with debugging, deploy and code editing functions. Code completion and some inspections are also integrated in the app.

Cons

The UI is a bit difficult and the inspections and code completion performance is not so good. There are some plugins to make the UI make a bit more simple and modern but the overall experience is a step behind opposite of another products.

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GS

Gianni S.  
Web Developer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "A non-basic IDE"

May 19, 2020

4.0

Pros

This IDE is very direct at first, you create the project, set up the FTP connection and can upload your files directly to the server. It also has the debug functionality to test on local which is also good, but I've never tried that.

Cons

Too much of everything. Too much configurations, too much options. Ten minutes to disable an annoying option, is definetely too much.

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Elbek K.  
Research Assistant  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Apache NetBeans Review"

December 27, 2019

4.0

I would say NetBeans is good IDE for students, beginners, may be some professional who like old school. But many functionalities and newer design elements lack. And there was no many major upgrade that completely changed core of product

Pros

1\. Ease of use - Great for creating new projects 2. Intuitive UI - UI is good for beginners and power users 3. Software Maintenance - This software had some upgrades when I used it, some of the issues from old versions were fixed with updates 4. Stability - There were not many crashes with NetBeans

Cons

1\. Old style UI - Although UI is intuitive, but it looks like outdated, in a meantime other products with better design languages appear more attractive to new users 2. Limited Language Support - Support many core languages are not there 3. Decline of JAVA - NetBeans was my primary Java IDE for long times, for java, it was good, intuitive. But I stopped using Java as many other developers.

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KCB

Kent Charles B.  
Student  
E-Learning  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "University student review Netbeans"

November 14, 2022

4.0

It is fun to use and makes coding easier for a beginner

Pros

It allows new beginners to coding enjoy and understand coding

Cons

The visual features of the app can improve more

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DG

Daniel G.  
Senior Management  
Retail  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Coding with NetBeans"

April 17, 2023

5.0

It's helping with my studies and my experience in coding

Pros

The real feeling of been using an easy code program

Cons

It's difficult to non English speakers users sometimes

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VR

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

### "Programming"

January 18, 2019

5.0

NA

Pros

1) Easy To Use 2) Programs on Java doesn't required to be run on command line unlike any other software. 3) Fast 4) Backup of the data can be easily taken.

Cons

1) The Size Of The Software. 2) Once stuck while compilation need the software to restart. 3) Updates for this software doesn't come quite often.

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SA

Sami A.  
Software Developer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "IDE for Java Developers"

January 1, 2024

4.0

My university told me to develop a desktop application to make it easier for students to view their files. Indeed I started developing a program using the Java language but I was facing several problems when I was changing the connection from one database to another and it took time from me to solve it. For example I wanted to change the connection from the Oracle database to the SQL Sever database so I had several problems.

Pros

build graphical user interface applications on Java. It has a JDK and can be linked to SQL DB. It contains controls that can be dragged and placed on the designer page and a developer can build an application based on them.

Cons

It must improve the shapes of the controls and the way they drag drop in a better way.

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DG

David G.  
Desarrollador  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Un IDE Clásico todoterreno"

February 13, 2023

5.0

Pros

Es una herramienta flexible y cómoda que se adapta casi a cualquier desarrollo. Cuenta con herramientas que otros IDEs no tienen y encima, es gratuito.

Cons

Necesita bastantes recursos para funcionar, es bastante pesado.

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Huzaifa S.  
Freelancer  
Education Management  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Dynamy coding with Neatbeans"

December 4, 2019

4.0

Pros

Independent of OS ( as it supports windows, linux, Macintosh etc ) Supports wide range of computer programming languages. Open source software. Application development at more precise level User friendly

Cons

Gain more memory, which makes it a bit slow.

Alternatives considered

[Sublime Text](https://www.capterra.com/p/179535/Sublime-Text/)[IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.capterra.com/p/136010/IntelliJ-IDEA/)[Alpha Technologies Eclipse](https://www.capterra.com/p/127850/Eclipse/)[Visual Studio Code](https://www.capterra.com/p/186634/Visual-Studio-Code/)

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avneet K.  
Senior Software Developer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "All in one"

January 9, 2019

5.0

Pros

One can code in many platforms using NetBeans. Either web development or application development, onr can go for netbeans. Multiple features and its support for many platforms make it handy for developers.

Cons

Sometimes the debugging feature is slow which makes it difficult to use.

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Román Josué D.  
Data Science Team Lead  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great IDE for Java"

March 14, 2019

5.0

Want to develop in Java and using open source software? Then Apache Netbeans is your choice!

Pros

Apache Netbeans is a great IDE for Java. It's not just a text editor, it's the whole development environment, and one of the best choices for Java developers. And not only that, you can also develop in other languages like C/C++, Javascript, Ruby, ... Debuggin with this IDE is not only easy, but great, as you can check the state of all program and find that bug which is causing the problem. The intelli-sense and code completion is great. It's easy to add plugins to Apache Netbeans.

Cons

The loading time is somewhat long, and the IDE consumes many RAM.

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MM

Maciej M.  
Head of Web  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Still chasing other IDEs"

March 30, 2022

4.0

Pros

it is configurable in terms with which programming language to use and how it should be done

Cons

it is slow tools when it comes to working with code, analysing code, repositories and apps should be much more quicker

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Systems Engineer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "This is good for Swing development but has room for improvement for general java development"

December 11, 2018

4.0

Good

Pros

Powerful GUI for Swing development which handles refactoring automatically.

Cons

Netbeans as room for improvement for general java development. Not the friendliest IDE for quick java development

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Kunal V.  
Alumni Coordinator  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Good IDE for a novice Developer"

December 28, 2018

4.0

I made University management System and a Tic tac toe game using this IDE.

Pros

1.) Intellisense in the IDE makes it easy to code. 2.) The extensive amount of libraries are available. 3.) GUI components like swing and AWT makes it easy to construct the graphics based application. 4.) Support to C++ libraries makes it a multilingual IDE. 5.) Very less amount of resources are required to run Netbeans.

Cons

1.) Initial startup of the IDE is extremely slow as compared to other available IDE's. 2.) Additional plugins are required to develop advanced java applications. 3.)It is very resource hungry.

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SA

Suleman A.  
Principal Software Engineer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Using Netbeans for development purpose"

February 1, 2021

5.0

My overall experience with NetBeans is good.

Pros

As a human being some times I forgot the syntax of function so the feature that I like most is auto-suggestion while typing the built-in function names in PHP.

Cons

It should be light weight, Sometimes it slows down my system,

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FV

Franco V.  
Estudiante  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Reseña de futuro programador"

November 2, 2022

4.0

Pros

Creo que la capacidad de las importaciones de metodos, la interfaz,no es demasiado novedosa y eso me atrae

Cons

La funcion depurar podria ser ampliamente mejorable

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Héctor A.  
CEO / Lead Architect  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Great IDE for Java"

April 30, 2020

4.0

I was able to work comfortably with Java coding , Free and open source, feature complete, the only IDE topping it are the Jetbrainz tools.

Pros

East to understand the UI, has a lot of options and debugging code on it is awesome, autocomplete and loving having the console on the same window.

Cons

Kind of resource heavy if you don’t have 4 Gb of Ram and up , you’ll have a bad time, but this is more Java fault than from the app itself.

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Eric P.  
IT Manager  
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great programming environment for Java "

January 20, 2019

5.0

Pros

I like the GUI of NetBeans. It's neat and makes using the application very easy. The fact that the application is free and open source is really good. Syntax checking is great because it helps to save time when inspecting codes for errors. I also like the fact it's multiplatform and so can be installed on different operating systems.

Cons

Even though NetBeans makes programming easy, I believe it has some learning curve. Luckily, there are lots of documents to get started. I also wish there are more frequent updates than is the case right now.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
web-mobile developer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Facile da usare, ottimo per il debug"

February 20, 2023

5.0

Pros

Molte opzioni/feature/integrazioni per il debug e per lo sviluppo. Ottima anche l'integrazione con Git

Cons

Non è molto maturo per lo sviluppo dei framework javascript based come angular e react. Pare che in compilazioni usi un po' troppa RAM.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
soft ware developer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "APACHE NETBEANS"

April 3, 2019

4.0

great tool for app development for DESKTOP, WEB APPLICATION and MOBILE APPS.

Pros

we can develop DESKTOP and web Applications. Net beans is easy to use and will fills the code using short cuts. shows suggestions of functions and description. development made is easy by pregenerated code.

Cons

not a great User interface. cant support varied products such as Oracle DB.MYSQL etc.,

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Chief Technology Officer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great Development Environment for Specific Needs"

April 20, 2019

4.0

Pros

NetBeans is easy for beginners to pick up, and use to be productive.

Cons

NetBeans is known for being a little buggy, and the support cycle can be very slow.

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AB

Anupama B.  
Information Technology Student Assistant  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Review for Apache NetBeans"

February 21, 2019

4.0

I feel a personal attachment with Netbeans because this was technically the first software that I used to code with. But I think the developers should put a little more work into making it faster and more efficient.

Pros

I like the fact that it's great for anyone who has just started programming. It features a lot of Java functionalities and has a very detailed library.

Cons

It is slow. I was coding in front of someone who uses another software and he compared NetBeans with an old person. It could definitely be made sleeker and just more updated.

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LH

Lorna H.  
Owner  
Online Media  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "NetBeans IDE"

February 4, 2019

4.0

Pros

For a beginner programmer, NetBeans IDE does provide guidance in the C Programming realm. With innovative syntax suggestions, color-coded code snippets, debugging hints, and errors made evident for programmers to immediately resolve, this platform does aide the novice programmer immensely, particularly by saving individuals time because they do not have to commence on a scavenger hunt to find errors or bugs.

Cons

There seems to be compatibility issues with Windows 10 and NetBeans. NetBeans will download, but functionality will suffer greatly and many tools will be unusable. Often, multiple installs must be performed. However, this platform does work fine with Windows 8.

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AC

Ashley C.  
Junior Software Engineer  
Financial Services  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "A good ,affordable solution"

November 14, 2021

4.0

Pros

NetBeans is free to install and use . Can operate on different OS' interchangeably .Is excellent at handling both PHP and Java .

Cons

The WordPress incorporation plugins are lacking and I spend more time than I should on that . The loading time is slow and the program is heavy to run in overall . The history log isn't as meticulous as I would like it to be .

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Desenvolvedor Backend  
Internet  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Feature packed"

November 27, 2018

5.0

Pros

The IDE is very complete, it has native support for a lot of languages and tools like editing remote files.

Cons

It can be very resource intensive sometimes.

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