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You can use global or project specific code formatting options in NetBeans.
I am going to show how you can change both of them. Continue reading Changing formatting in NetBeans

By default NetBeans stores it’s settings in a directory called .netbeans under the user’s home directory.
But what if you need to use other settings for other projects (for example home projects)?
It is simple, need to use other settings directory.
There are 2 ways. You can edit netbeans.conf file or you can specify what settings directory should use NetBeans when it starts. I am going to show both of them. Continue reading Using different settings directories for different projects in NetBeans

NetBeans is great IDE not only for Java development. But I use it only in this case.

In NetBeans forum I found several questions about how to change main project.

When you create new project system always ask:”Set as Main Project“. It is good, but what if you need to change Main Project? Continue reading Setting main project in NetBeans

What if you have a lot of icons on toolbar and you want to add new one?

Yes, you can delete several of them, or replace, but if you need to add one you want to use some other simple approach. Continue reading Making small toolbar icons in NetBeans

As I wrote in previous post it is easy to customize file templates in NetBeans.

But there I showed how you can change only author’s name.

Here I am going to show how you can change template by adding new variable.

This variable called site and its value is http://thedevelopersinfo.com. Continue reading Using file templates for adding new data in generated files in NetBeans 6.7.*

Company’s code convention dictates own way in writing code. You need to put licence at the top of the file, write detailed descriptions of the class, set who is an author, set version of class or interface, comment your methods and so on.
At this time if not all but most of the IDE allows to automate this process.
And now I am going examine how we can do it in NetBeans 6.7.*.
But in this post I am going to show only how to change @author tag.
Developers who use NetBeans in daily job saw that after creating Java class or interface @author tag sets value automatically. But this value is simple user.name variable. Continue reading Using file templates for customizing author in generated files in NetBeans 6.7.*