## About the NetBeans Platform

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The NetBeans Platform provides an application's common requirements—such as menus, document management, and settings—right out of the box. Building an application "on top of NetBeans" means that, instead of writing applications from scratch, you only provide the parts of your application that the NetBeans Platform doesn't already have. At the end of the development cycle, you bundle your application with the NetBeans Platform, saving you time and energy and resulting in a solid, reliable application.

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  About the NetBeans APIs
  About NetBeans Platform and Module Development
  About XML Layer Files
  Working with Modules
  Module Tasks: Quick Reference

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