This guide is designed to give you
a more detailed introduction to the IDE than is available in the Quick Start guide by
exploring the main aspects of the IDE. This guide is geared mostly to newcomers to
NetBeans IDE 5.5, whether you are new to using IDEs or an experienced IDE user
that is switching over from a different development environment. However, readers
of this guide are assumed to have at least a basic understanding of the Java
programming language and related technologies.
