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Guided Video Tours of the NetBeans IDE

Tour the screencasts below to discover the new and noteworthy features of the NetBeans IDE.

NetBeans IDE 7.1 Overview

NetBeans IDE introduces support for JavaFX 2.0 by enabling the full compile/debug/profile development cycle for JavaFX 2.0 applications. The release also provides significant Swing GUI Builder enhancements, CSS3 support, and tools for visual debugging of Swing and JavaFX user interfaces. Additional highlights include Git support integrated into the IDE, new PHP debugging features, various JavaEE and Maven improvements, and more.

Watch the NetBeans IDE 7.1 Overview to see what's new in this latest release.

NetBeans IDE 7.1 Screencasts

Time: 09:12
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Inspect and Transform Refactoring in NetBeans IDE

Alyona Stashkova

This screencast demonstrates the support for the new Inspect and Transform refactoring feature in NetBeans IDE 7.1. Demonstrated procedures run from performing a code review using inspections with refactoring and a predefined set of inspections, to managing configurations and creating custom inspections. The video also shows how the NetBeans IDE 7.1 Java Editor helps to refactor code on the selected scope of files.

Time: 06:44
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Smarty Support in NetBeans IDE for PHP

Jeff Rubinoff

This screencast shows how to work with the Smarty PHP framework in NetBeans IDE. The screencast includes setup, code completion with Smarty classes, and creating and editing Smarty template files.

Time: 05:15
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Visual Debugger in NetBeans IDE

Ken Ganfield

This screencast demonstrates how to use the Visual Debugger in NetBeans IDE to locate and debug the code for visual elements in your GUI application. You can use the visual debugger in Java and JavaFX GUI applications.