Installing and preparing the NetBeans Java editor

At this point we have installed and prepared the Raspbian Linux OS and downloaded and installed Java JDK 1.8 on the Raspberry Pi. Our final step is to install and prepare NetBeans with Java as our editor, which is also used to upload and run the applications on our Raspberry Pi. We will be using NetBeans 8.1 as a reference for installing and preparing.

If you are not used to using NetBeans; no problem, we will go step-by-step with downloading and installing and preparing the application. To install NetBeans on your computer we first need to download the correct version onto our PC or Mac. As NetBeans runs on Java, it is also available for Linux-based OSes. To get NetBeans, go to http://www.netbeans.org ...

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