最近sun推出netbeans認證，此認證考試還處於BETA（測試）階段，官方介紹如下：
Sun認證專家NetBeans IDE的認證是具有豐富經驗的程序員在開發Java桌面和Java Web應用程序使用NetBeans IDE的。實現這一認證提供明確的證據表明，程序員可以設置和配置複雜的項目在IDE中，並使用集成開發環境的工具，設計，編碼，測試，調試和配置文件的應用。考試包括多項選擇題，基於場景的問題，需要NetBeans IDE的6.1廣泛的知識
Exam Objectives
Section 1: IDE Configuration
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Demonstrate the ability to configure the functionality available in the IDE, including using enabling and disabling functionality and using the Plugin Manager.
Explain the purpose of the user directory and the netbeans.conf file and how these can be used to configure the IDE.
Demonstrate the ability to work with servers in the IDE, such as registering new server instances and stopping and starting servers.
Describe how to integrate external libraries in the IDE and use them in coding and debugging your project.
Demonstrate knowledge of working with databases in the IDE, including registering new database connections and tables running SQL scripts.
Describe how to integrate and use different versions of the JDK in the IDE for coding, debugging, and viewing Javadoc documentation.
Section 2: Project Setup
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Describe the characteristics and uses of a free-form project.
Demonstrate the ability to work with version control systems and the IDE. (Which VCSs are available, which ones you need an external client for, how to pull sources out of a repository, view changes, and check them back in).
Describe the ways in which you can change the build process for a standard project, such as configuring project properties and modifying the projects Ant build script.
Configure your project to compile against and run on a specific version of the JDK.
Section 3: Java SE Development
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Demonstrate the ability to create NetBeans projects from the source code of an existing Java SE program.
Describe how to manage the classpath of a Java SE project, including maintaining a separate classpath for compiling and debugging.
Demonstrate the knowledge of the NetBeans GUI Builder and the ability to lay out and hook up basic forms using it.
Demonstrate the ability to package and distribute a built Java Desktop project for use by another user.
Section 4: Java EE Web Development
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Describe how to create a NetBeans project from the source code of an existing Web application.
Distinguish between a visual web application and web application.
Demonstrate knowledge of which web frameworks are available in NetBeans IDE and how they are added to and used in a web application.
Describe how to monitor HTTP requests when running a web application.
Demonstrate a knowledge of basic tasks related to building and deploying web applications to a server, such as changing the target server and undeploying an application.
Section 5: Editing
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Describe the purpose and uses of refactoring and demonstrate the ability to perform basic refactoring on Java source code.
Describe how to use the Options window to change the default appearance and behavior of the Source Editor.
Describe the ways that the IDE highlights errors in source code and the tools the IDE offers for correcting those errors.
Demonstrate the ability to use editor hints, such as implementing all the methods for an implemented interface.
Demonstrate the ability to use live code templates such as automatic generation of constructors, try/catch loops, and getters and setters.
Section 6: Testing, Profiling, and Debugging
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Demonstrate the ability to work with JUnit tests in the IDE, such as creating JUnit tests and interpreting JUnit test output.
Describe how to debug a local (desktop) application, including setting breakpoints and stepping through code.
Describe the difference between local and remote debugging and describe how to debug a remote (web) application.
Describe the purpose of profiling applications and how to profile a local desktop application in the IDE.
