Setup Netbeans 12 for Java Development.
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