The online help is designed to be viewed in the JavaHelpTM viewer, which is integrated into the IDE. If you prefer, you can view the online help in the IDE's web browser or in another browser.
The online help is divided into several help sets. Most help sets are packaged in a JAR file, while a few help sets are packaged in a zip file. Help sets are typically stored in the modules/docs directory in your installation directory. The file usersguide.jar includes the core online help. This help set describes how to manage project and files, how to design a user interface, how to compile, and debug and run Java programs, and so on.
To extract the online help from a JAR file:
jar xf jar-file
For jar-file, use the file name of the JAR file from which you want to extract files.
The Jar tool makes copies of the desired files and writes them to the current directory, reproducing the directory structure that the files have in the archive.
Topical information | File Within
modules/docs/org/netbeans/modules/usersguide |
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Getting Started | getstart/ide.html |
Filesystems and Objects | filesystems/filesystems-objects.html |
Projects in the IDE | project/project.html |
Editing Source Files | editing/intro.html |
Compiling and Running Java Programs | compile/compile_run.html |
Debugging Java Programs | debug/debug.html |
Designing Java GUIs | gui/intro.html |
Working With Java Source | java/intro.html |
Editing Resource Bundles | propfiles/editbundles.html |
Using Version Control in the IDE | vcs-nb/vcs_overview.html |
Building With Ant | ant/building.html |
Developing JSP and Servlet Files | jsp/jsp_jump.html |
Web Server Integration | j2eeserver/general/about_the_j2eeserver_module.html |
Configuring the Environment | configure/configure.html |
Accessibility | accessibility/accessibility_home.html |