Pro Netbeans IDE 6 Rich Client Platform Edition Rich Client Platform Edition - Leverage the open source NetBeans IDE platform to build powerful rich client/internet applications.

Pro NetBeans IDE 6 Rich Client Platform Edition is the second Apress book to cover the agile, open source NetBeans IDE platform. The book focuses on the new features of NetBeans 6 as well as what has changed since NetBeans 5.5, empowering you to be a more effective and productive developer.

• Enables you to click and use any of the Java Swing and other desktop Java graphical user interface (GUI) APIs available in Java SE 6 or prior
• Covers working with rich client platform features available in NetBeans for building web–based application front ends
• Shows you the web–tier development plug-ins available including JSF, Struts Action Framework 2.0, and JRuby for bringing the Ruby on Rails feature set to Java via NetBeans

For building back–end, server–side Java applications, pick up Pro NetBeans IDE 5.5 Enterprise Edition, which is based on APIs found in the Java EE 5.

Intro to Netbeans Tools and Features.- Integrated Development Environments.- Downloading, Installing, Customizing.- Working with Java Projects.- The Source Editor (Heavily updated for known changes in NB 6.0).- Code Completion (Heavily updated for known changes in NB 6.0).- Refactoring (Heavily updated for known changes in NB 6.0).- Netbeans Debugger.- Netbeans Software Development Tools (Javadoc, CVS, Ant, JUnit, Checkstyle, etc.- Netbeans Profiler (Heavily updated for known changes in NB 6.0).- Netbeans Collaboration Tools.- Netbeans Database Tools (Heavily updated for expected changes in NB 6.0).- Part 2 - Java GUI / Swing Development.- Netbeans GUI Project Features.- Developing a Swing Application From Start to Finish.- Deploying GUI Applications / Java Web Start.- Part 3 – Plug-in and Rich Client Application Development (mostly w/JSF).- Plug-in Module Tools and Features.- Developing a Plug-in From Start to Finish.- Developing Rich Client Applications.- Struts Action Framework 2 plug-ins.- JRuby/Ruby on Rails plug-ins.-Appendix : Netbeans IDE Blue-J Edition.

Adam Myatt currently works as a project leader and systems analyst for GE Global Research, the worldwide research and development headquarters of General Electric located in Niskayuna, New York. Adam is an experienced Java developer holding the Sun Microsystems Certified Java Programmer certification. His work entails leading globally developed Java software and web applications through a rigorous software development lifecycle process. He is an active participant in a local Java users group and is an avid enthusiast of open source software. He has also worked for several area software firms prior to joining General Electric. Adam is a graduate of the computer science department at the State University of New York College at Potsdam.