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.

Get Set Up

NetBeans IDE 6.8 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 GUI 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.

Plan Your Lessons

NetBeans in Education: News

2010/01/23:	Upcoming NetBeans Platform trainings
2010/01/19:	Movie: One Thing from Poznan
2010/01/17:	Panorama View of Poznan NetBeans Platform Training
2010/01/04:	Free NetBeans Platform Certified Training on Parleys.com
2009/12/10:	Southern Illinois University on the NetBeans Platform!
2009/12/10:	Top Java Developers Offer Advice to Students
2009/12/08:	Swiss JUG and What We Forgot to Mention
2009/11/28:	Java EE 6 Platform on Parleys.com
2009/11/21:	Movie: One Thing from Devoxx 2009
2009/11/12:	JavaFX SDK on Parleys.com
2009/11/12:	JavaFX in Action on Parleys.com
2009/10/21:	Want to Help Translate/Publish the Next NetBeans Platform Book?
2009/09/21:	Free Introductory Materials for the NetBeans Platform
2009/05/19:	Graduate Student Projects on the NetBeans Platform
2009/??/??:	Interview: Frans Thamura (JENI Advisory Board, JEDI Indonesia)
2009/??/??:	Interview: Rom Feria, Project Leader of JEDI Program
2008/??/??:	Getting Started with the NetBeans BlueJ Plugin

Send news to: news@platform.netbeans.org

NetBeans Platform Training

Your students or JUG members want to learn how to develop Java desktop applications on the world's only modular Swing application framework? Contact us now to sign up for the NetBeans Platform Training and get certified! You can attend one of the scheduled training courses or ask us to deliver an in-house training.

Free Training Materials

Feel free to use our community's training resources for teaching Java and other technologies, be it in the classroom or in your local JUG meetings!

Resources for teaching others to use the NetBeans Platform!
Java Passion: Online Programming Classes offer a wide selection of NetBeans-ready courses covering the Java Platform, Web 2.0 and scripting. The course materials are free to use for non-profit organizations (schools, colleges, JUGs, etc)
Free Introduction to Programming (Part 1) and Introduction to Programming (Part 2) (by the JEDI team)
The Tasks for Learning EJB Technology course provides several tasks to master the EJB technology. In each task a complete Java enterprise application is built.
Joey Shen & Liang Ye, Java instructors in China, have made Java presentations available in Chinese. Thanks Joey & Liang!
Andrei Dmitriev, a Java instructor in St. Petersburg, Russia, has made many Java presentations available in Russian. Thanks Andrei!
The Ant Output Filter Plugin allows beginners to focus on the Java application's output without the compiler messages.
Java Overview and Java SE 6 What's New [PDF Format]