NetBeans in Education
This is the home of NetBeans in Education Community. The main goal of
the community is to bring together people dealing with teaching Java,
Computer Science or just interested in new ways of using the internet in
the classroom.
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NetBeans IDE 6.7 is out! The Java SE installer is perfect for
introductory Java classes. It comes in at a slim 37 megabytes and
only contains the basics needed to get started learning Java SE
and Swing programming. For classes on web applications and Java EE programming, get the
Java installer, with bundled Tomcat and Glassfish servers.

Looking for an even simpler interface to teach total beginners?
Try the NetBeans IDE BlueJ plugin.
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Check out the latest resources available for teaching Java using NetBeans in the
classroom.
- New: Tasks for Learning EJB Technology
This course provides several tasks to master the EJB technology. In each task a complete Java enterprise application will be built.
- Top Java Developers Offer Advice to Students
- Interview: Frans Thamura, JENI Advisory Board, the Implementor of JEDI in Indonesia
- The NetBeans/BlueJ team
has uploaded a new multilingual version of the first full release
of a BlueJ plugin for NetBeans IDE onto
the stable NetBeans Update Center. Therefore, there is now
no longer a NetBeans BlueJ edition, but instead
a plugin on the update center that installs into
NetBeans IDE. For all the details, see Getting Started with the NetBeans BlueJ Plugin.
- Are you teaching
others to use the NetBeans Platform? If so, there is a
new page on edu.netbeans.org listing all the available
teaching resources in this area. Click here for
details!
- Joey Shen & Liang Ye, Java
instructors in China, have made Java
presentations available in Chinese. Thanks Joey & Liang!
- Introduction to Programming (Part 2), created
and used by the JEDI team (Java Education & Development Initiative), is available and can be freely used by anyone teaching
introductory Java topics via NetBeans IDE.
- Andrei Dmitriev, a Java
instructor in St. Petersburg, Russia, has made many Java
presentations available in Russian. Thanks Andrei!
- The page listing all the
NetBeans Educational Resources
was updated today! Have a look at the many resources that are available, ready to be
used in the teaching of Java in the classroom.
- Introduction to Programming (Part 1), created
and used by the JEDI team (Java Education & Development Initiative), is available and can be freely used by anyone teaching
introductory Java topics via NetBeans IDE.
- Interview: Rom Feria, Project Leader of JEDI Program
- Ant Output Filter Plugin
- Java Overview and Java SE 6 What's New [PDF Format]
Check out the full list of community-contributed educational resources
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