NetBeans can be downloaded from https://netbeans.org/downloads/. The distribution requires a valid JDK to be already installed on your platform. At the time of this writing, I used JDK 7 Update 45, but any JDK 7 (or higher) version would be fine. There are several distribution bundles; you will need to select the Java EE bundle.
The latest version at the time of this writing was NetBeans 7.4, which introduced significant new features, including extended HTML5 and JavaScript support. For the first time, NetBeans also included editing and code completion support for the Ext JS framework.
To install the software, simply download and follow the detailed instructions available from the NetBeans website. This will take you through a sequence of setup screens as follows:
The process may take several minutes depending on your platform and hardware.
When the installation is complete, you can run NetBeans for the first time. If you had a previous version of NetBeans installed, you may be prompted to Import Settings. The default opening screen will then be displayed as follows:
The most useful panels can now be opened from the menu:
At this stage, the first two panels will be empty but the Services panel will have several entries. Opening the Servers panel will display the installed GlassFish 4 Server as seen in the following screenshot:
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