Netbeans - Plugins

What is a plugin in Netbeans?

Netbeans comes with default features such as Find and replace, code formatting, etc. If you want extra features that are not provided by default, plugins are useful.

For example, Autosave options do not exist in Netbeans. You can extend the functionality by installing custom code, also called plugins.

How to install plugins in Netbeans

There are two ways to install plugins.

One way, using Available plugins in Netbeans.

Following are the steps required to install the Available plugin in Netbeans IDE.

• Go to the Tools Menu
• Select Plugins Menu Item
• It opens the Plugins popup window
• Select the Available plugins tab
• It lists out all plugins
• Check the plugin that you want to install
• Clicks on the Installs button

Another way, download the plugin file and integrate the plugin into NetBeans using the below steps Following are steps to install the custom gitignore plugin

• First, Download the plugin from here
• It downloads netbeans-gitignore-io-1.1.0.nbm to the file system.
• Next, Click on the Tools Menu
• Select Plugins Menu Item
• It opens the Plugins popup window
• Select the Downloaded tab
• Click on Add Plugin
• It prompts the user to select the downloaded plugin from the file system, Click Open
• Next, Click on the Install button
• It opens the Netbeans IDE Plugin installer window
• Click on the Next button, and follow the steps to finish the installation
• Installation is successful

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