Setup Netbeans 12 for Java Development.
Created: 2 March 2022 Modified:Opinionated directions on how to setup Netbeans IDE for Java Development on Windows 10. The first step is to download and install the Java JDK. I chose to install OpenJDK 17 from Redhat. I downloaded Netbeans from Apache. Now we need to install and setup our software.
- Install Open JDK
- Run the Open JDK install program.
- Click Next
- Accept the License
- Custom Screen. Select all options under OpenJDK
- Click Next
- Click Install
- Click Yes for elevated permissions
- Click Finish
- Install Netbeans
- Run the Netbeans install program
- Click Next
- Accept the license
- Click next accepting the defaults. Netbeans should automatically detect the JDK you already installed.
- Click Install
- Click Finish
- Go to the Windows Start Menu and run Netbeans.
- Click menu item Tools -> Options
- Click Fonts and Colors.
- Set Fontsize to 18
- Select Profile Flatlaf Dark
- Click Appearance -> Look and Feel
- Choose Preferred Look and Feel Flatlaf Dark.
- Click Appearance -> Flatlaf
- Check all options
- Click Editor -> Formatting
- Check Tabs to spaces
- Set tabs to 4
- Click Java -> Maven
- Under Categories select Dependencies
- Select Every Project Open for Download binaries and Check Javadocs.
- Edit netbeans.conf
- Open C:\Program Files\NetBeans-12.6\netbeans\etc\netbeans.conf in a text editor
- Append –fontsize 18 to netbeans_default_options