Installing an IDEΒΆ
Writing programs in notepad and compiling them works and is ok for small programs. But for creating and managing large projects a piece of software called and Integrated Development Environment IDE
is required. The IDE used for this curriculum is NetBeans.
Download NetBeans 11.3 here.
Launch the installer and go through the prompts.
Once installed open NetBeans and this prompt will come up.
Hit next
and go through the plugin installer. It is recommended to install all the default plugins listed. When complete the IDE window should look like this.