Foreword

JAVA HAS COME A LONG WAY since its birth in the mid-1990s and, as you will discover in this book, so have Java development tools.

With the growth of the Java language comes an ever-increasing complexity of the platform. You need the power of an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) when you are dealing with vast amounts of technologies, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), code, and metadata.

Modern Java IDEs cover the entire development life cycle from design to deployment, including coding, debugging, tuning, testing, and controlling source. There is no longer a need to buy several different tools from several different vendors to get the job done. This will save you time and money because you don't have to set up and maintain ...

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