Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Now that you have downloaded the Java JDK 8 installer, the next thing that you
need to do is download is NetBeans IDE 8.0. Do a Google search for the term
NetBeans 8.0
, as is shown at the top of
Figure 1-5
, and click the
Download
search res-
ult option, which will take you to the NetBeans IDE 8.0.1 Download page (currently
https://netbeans.org/downloads
)
. If you want to keep both tabs open in
the browser, as I did, then right-click the
Download
link, and select the
Open link in
new tab
option.
Figure 1-5
.
Google the term “NetBeans 8.0,” open the NetBeans IDE 8.0.1 Download page, and download all ver-
sions
Once you are on the NetBeans IDE 8.0 Download page, select the
language
and
platform
(OS) that you are using from the drop-down menus at the top right of the
page. I chose
English
and
Windows
. Now, you can click one of the three
Download
buttons at the bottom of the page to download a NetBeans IDE 8.0 that supports
JavaFX 8 new media (and that will therefore support game development) programming