Pro Netbeans IDE 6 Rich Client Platform Edition Book Description:
This book will enable you to rapidly develop Java front ends of applications using API buttons, functions, and features mostly based in the Java SE 6 platform. It covers working with rich client platform features available in NetBeans for building web-based application front ends.
The book also shows you the web-tier development plug-ins available including JSF, Struts Action Framework 2.0, and JRuby for bringing the Ruby on Rails feature set to Java via NetBeans.