Congratulations on the book. I wish you much success. It's true, NetBeans is a very lightweight IDE to use, not just for beginners, but also for entire projects. Other IDEs have become heavy and clunky. I'm writing documentation and a tutorial for Jakarta EE in Spanish, but using NetBeans. It's much easier and lighter.
*Ing. Diego E. Silva Límaco* Consultor en Tecnología Java | Especialista Liferay | OCAJP 7 | OCJP 7 http://apuntesdejava.com | @apuntesdejava <http://twitter.com/apuntesdejava> | [image: 16x16] diegosilval <https://www.linkedin.com/in/diegosilval/> El mié, 6 ago. 2025, 09:21, Kenneth Fogel <[email protected]> escribió: > I have just started writing a textbook for an undergraduate course in > Java. There is not much I can say about it for now, but I thought you all > might be interested in that the publisher has approved my request to use > NetBeans throughout the book. I have always felt that in an education > environment NetBeans was the best IDE. What I hope will continue in its > further development is that careful thought is given to what is added to > it. Some IDEs have become bloated to the point where they are intimidating > to those just learning Java. My mantra has always been Simple, Simpler, > Simplest. > > Ken > >
