Two questions really, (1) If you minimize the Project, Files, and Runtime tabs, how do you get them back up in the same tabbed pane they were in when you first opened Netbeans? (2) If I download Java Studio Enterprise can I just remove netbeans and not worry about it. While I'm asking. (3) The Java Tutorials use Netbeans 5.5. Well they work just as well in Java Studio Enterprise?
1. Once a tab like 'project' is minimized, it appears on the leftmost corner of the ide in a panel. You can select 'project' again from this panel now to see the projects window. This window will have a maximize button. Clicking this button will put the window back in the navigator window and show all tabs in the navigator window.
2. JSE is built on top of NetBeans. So, once JSE is installed, NetBeans can be removed.
Of course, jse and netbeans can also live together, so both can be installed at the same time too. (JSE8.1 is based on NetBeans 5.0).
If you wish to have the latest technologies, then you may want to use NetBeans 5.5 instead of JSE. NetBeans 5.5 can be downloaded from www.netbeans.org. From the downloads page, you can also take a look at the available add-on packs for NB5.5 (like enterprise pack, visual web pack, c/c++ pack. profiler, mobility etc) and install the addons that you would need.
3. All the NetBeans tutorials should also work in JSE; you can see all the NB tutorials at http://www.netbeans.org/kb/index.html. Since JSE8.1 is based on NB5.0, some of the later NetBeans features may not be applicable for JSE8.1.
