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NetBeans pros and cons

Vendor: Apache
4.1 out of 5
 

NetBeans Pros review quotes

it_user710499 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 27, 2017
Server Support
it_user715131 - PeerSpot reviewer
Full Stack Web Developer at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
Aug 7, 2017
It comes out of package fully-loaded with a lot of great features for web development.
SeniorSoac4b - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at a tech company with 201-500 employees
Aug 27, 2017
C++ 11 support (for a long time)
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it_user728640 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Architect and NetBeans Dream Team Member at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Aug 31, 2017
One of the most important features is that Apache Maven supports it.
it_user725928 - PeerSpot reviewer
Programmer and Analyst with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 18, 2017
Large scale of projects, templates, and coding support.
it_user566139 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Developer at Sollers Consulting
Dec 8, 2017
It is easy to deploy, manage servers, and ORMS resources.
RM
Consultor Senior Front-End Javascript at SOAINT
Jun 18, 2018
When you have to develop in Java, this IDE is ideal because it has many plugins that make your life easier... For example, when working with Hibernate or with JPA, creating entities is very easy through a graphical interface.
 

NetBeans Cons review quotes

it_user710499 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 27, 2017
There are always rooms for improvement for any product. The good thing with NetBeans is that since it is Open Source, you can just go ahead and contribute whatever you want to change yourself.
it_user715131 - PeerSpot reviewer
Full Stack Web Developer at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
Aug 7, 2017
t is a very heavy load on the computer, especially when you compare with Sublime Text Limited plugins and themes.
SeniorSoac4b - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at a tech company with 201-500 employees
Aug 27, 2017
Debugging: Watches, Evaluate Expression, and data inspection are limited.
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it_user728640 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Architect and NetBeans Dream Team Member at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Aug 31, 2017
One of main areas that the tool can improve is performance.
it_user725928 - PeerSpot reviewer
Programmer and Analyst with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 18, 2017
Background scanning of sources on demand, disallowed by Options (processor usage, build cannot be deleted by the old version build).
it_user566139 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Developer at Sollers Consulting
Dec 8, 2017
The debugging mechanize could be improved compared to IntelliJ, for example.
RM
Consultor Senior Front-End Javascript at SOAINT
Jun 18, 2018
I would like there to be better integration with Git, as there are IDEs such as Eclipse that offer this integration in a much more elegant way than NetBeans.