Getting Started

• NetBeans Module Quick Start
• NetBeans Platform Quick Start
• NetBeans Platform Porting Tutorial

Tutorials for Swing Applications Built on top the NetBeans Platform

• Paint Application Tutorial
• Feed Reader Tutorial

NetBeans APIs for Developing or Extending an Editor

• File Type Integration Tutorial
• Java Language Infrastructure Tutorial
• Code Snippet Module Tutorial
• Editor Component Palette Module Tutorial
• Visual Library Tutorial
• XML Editor Extension Module Tutorial
• Hyperlink Tutorial

NetBeans APIs for Selection Management

• Part 1: Selection Management Tutorial
• Part 2: Selection Management Tutorial II—Using Nodes
• Part 3: Nodes API Tutorial
• Part 4: Property Editor API Tutorial

Miscellaneous NetBeans APIs

• System Properties Module Tutorial
• Options Window Module Tutorial
• Project Type Extension Module Tutorial
• Project Sample Module Tutorial
• File Template Module Tutorial

Community Contributions

• A Visual Datbase Explorer for NetBeans, by Toni Epple
• DDL Visualizer: Visualize SQL Script with NetBeans, by Damir Tesanovic
• Customize the Splash Screen and About Dialog, by Tonny Kohar
• Create the 'Most Recently Used Files' List, by Tonny Kohar
• Translate Your NetBeans Module, by Michel Graciano

NetBeans API Reference Material

• NetBeans Platform 6.0 Javadoc
• NetBeans API Changes Since NetBeans Platform 5.5

Books

• Rich Client Programming: Plugging into the NetBeans Platform
• NetBeans Platform 6 - Rich-Client-Entwicklung mit Java (Gebundene Ausgabe)

NetBeans Magazine Articles

• NetBeans Platform Development with Maven and Mevenide
• Creative Uses of the Visual Library

Screencasts

• Building Applications with the NetBeans Visual Library

Interviews with NetBeans Platform Developers