The NetBeans Platform is the world"s only modular Swing application framework, used by very large organizations in mission-critical scenarios, such as at Boeing and Northrop Grumman, as well as in the financial sector and in the oil/gas industry. For these large customers in enterprises, who are increasingly interested in Maven and OSGi, the book will have particular relevance. The Definitive Guide to NetBeans™ Platform is a thorough and definitive introduction to the Open Source NetBeans Platform, covering all its major APIs in detail, with relevant code examples used throughout. Provides a completely updated definitive guide to the NetBeans Platform, using the latest APIs, coding patterns, and methodologies. Focuses strongly on business features in an application, since Oracle"s customers are particularly interested in business-related aspects. For example, how to use OSGi, how to add authentication/security, how to monetize from a modular application. All NetBeans Platform developers will gain something from this book, because several topics in the book have not been documented anywhere else.