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Protect Your JBuilder Investments with NetBeans
Protect your investment in existing JBuilder projects with NetBeans, a free, open-source integrated development environment (IDE) that provides solutions for multiple development needs – from mobile devices to enterprise applications. NetBeans offers a robust set of features that ease development, including:
  • NetBeans GUI Builder ? offering a new and innovative visual interface for creating Java GUIs
  • UML modeling ? enabling designers to do forward and reverse engineering with a standard modeling language
  • Developer collaboration ? providing code-aware instant messaging and project-sharing tools for distributed development teams
  • Full support for Java EE development–including servlets, JSPs, EJBs, JSF
  • Integrated profiler ? making it easy to spot performance problems
  • And much more! Get more information on the NetBeans site
Get Started with NetBeans
Getting Started with NetBeans
Download the IDE
NetBeans IDE requires a J2SE JDK, version 1.4.2 or higher.
 
Learn How Easy It Is to Migrate Your JBuilder Projects
A step-by-step guide, How to Import a JBuilder Project into NetBeans IDE , describes how to download the JBuilder Project Importer Module to simplify migration.
 
To help development teams get up to speed fast, Sun has put together a special workshop, NetBeans Migration Workshop for JBuilder Users that can be delivered at your site. If you sign up before November 30, 2006, Sun will provide t-shirts for all students and a 10% discount off the standard workshop pricing.
 
Get Expert Assistance from Sun
Limited Offer: Up to 60 Days Free Programming Adviceg
To ensure your success in adopting NetBeans, take advantage of the Sun Developer Expert Assistance program, an email based service for getting programming advice, best practice guidance, sanity checks, and workarounds.
 
Email a question about NetBeans and an expert Sun engineer will respond to you. http://developers.sun.com/services/expertassistance/?
 
Buy Additional Developer Services: Product Support and Training
Limited Offer: Up to 60 Days Free Programming Advice
Sun Software Service Plans — A telephone-based service for getting software product support, the latest patches, diagnostic tools, and software updates, and for requesting defect escalations for specific Sun products.
 
Developer Training and Professional Certification: Limited Time Offer ? Get a NetBeans t-shirt and 10% off on our NetBeans Migration Workshop for JBuilder Users. This offer also applies to instructor?led and self-paced courses covering a wide range of developer topics, including courses leading to professional certification as well as the new "NetBeans Migration Workshop for JBuilder Users". Check out our Java and Web Services courses.
 
Developer Service Plans – A package for enterprises that combines Developer Expert Assistance, Sun Software Service Plans, and Training. Developer Service Plans is offered at various levels. For example, Developer Service Plans Standard offers:
 
For pricing of all Developer Service Plans, see the Developer Service Plans Rate Card and Buying Guide.
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Sun Net Talk / UML Take 10
Hear Ashwin Rao, Java Developer Tools Evangelist, desribe the capabilities provided by NetBeans for UML modeling.
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Sun Net Talk
Hear Tim Boudreau, co-inventor of the NetBeans IDE, describe the benefits of using NetBeans and how to switch from another IDE.