Pro Netbeans IDE 6 Rich Client Platform Edition [Paperback]

This book will enable you to rapidly develop Java front ends of applications using API buttons, functions, and features mostly based in the Java SE 6 platform. It covers working with rich client platform features available in NetBeans for building web-based application front ends. The book also 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.

This book will enable readers to rapidly develop Java front ends of applications using API buttons, functions, and features mostly based in the Java SE 6 platform.

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.