One of the most important features is that Apache Maven supports it. Basically, you can open any Maven project in IDE without any additional configuration.

• Java development support. (The Java editor is one of the best Java IMHO editors. Java projects support Ant and Maven.)

• RCP support

• GUI editor for Java windows

• RCP support: An easy way to create your own app using NetBeans base. There is a lot of documentation for RCP creation.

• Plugins can be easy created.

Also there is support for other languages as C/C++, HTLM5, Javascript, Groovy, PHP... There is a lot of plugins that can be easily installed.

The download of the plugins is what I like the most since they can be easily integrated. For example, when working with Hibernate or with JPA, creating entities is very easy through a graphical interface. The plugins help to save time in development triple productivity.

NetBeans has several good integration tools. For me, it is the most effective IDE for working with Java.

• Linux native makefile support
• Simple setup
• Free
• Multi-project support
• C++ 11 support (for a long time)
• Simple project configuration

It comes out of package fully-loaded with a lot of great features for web development.

• Maven support
• Developer Productivity
• Server Support
• Complete Tool Suite
• Extensibility

• Free, quality, easy usage
• Large scale of projects, templates, and coding support.
• NetBeans Platform can be freely used as a desktop application base. All the functionality is prepared for me. I make only the business modules.

Supporting of many applications servers, e.g., GlassFish and JBoss. It is just easy to integrate the application servers with NetBeans as well. It is easy to deploy, manage servers, and ORMS resources.