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NetBeans IDE 6.7 Tip:
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Use the Team > Kenai > Open Kenai Project menu and search for "samples catalog" to access all these projects right in your IDE!
(No Kenai.com registration required.)

NetBeans IDE not only provides great productivity tools, but also includes sample applications that show you complex technologies at work. These samples are provided as ready-to-use NetBeans IDE projects and each comes with an informative readme file so you can get started quickly—check them out!

How to Get the Samples

If you are using NetBeans IDE 6.7 or newer, open these samples directly from Project Kenai in the IDE! Follow the quick tip on the right, or read this tutorial on retrieving sources from the Kenai project's repository where our samples are hosted.

If you are using NetBeans IDE 6.5 or older, click one of the download links below to get the NetBeans-ready project as a zip file. Decompress the zip file and use File > Open Project to access the sample.

The NetBeans Sample Project Catalog

The samples for the current version of the IDE are listed in the main "Samples" section. Older samples, and samples for development builds, are archived under their version number.

Where to Find More Samples

In addition to the samples listed in the tree on this page, there are plenty of samples bundled with the IDE. To open the IDE bundled samples, choose File > New Project and select the Samples category.