Is NetBeans good for beginners?

I'm taking a Java class right now and I'm finding the assignments difficult. I'm completely new to Java and my teacher is no help.
I downloaded NetBeans beforehand out of curiosity, I don't know it very well but I figured it would be helpful for these assignments, would it be a good idea to use for a beginner or do I have the wrong idea?

I have the exact opposite opinion, in that, I believe NetBean is wonderful for beginners, it is an IDE where you can go and code your designs and get the benefit of autocomplete context sensitive helps, integrated debugger and many other features. In that way IDE's are perfect for beginners.
Now the down side--Do NOT become one of the mass victims of laziness that find the autocode generator and get tons of grabage "ready to run". If you don't know how to hand code it, then don't do it until you can hand code it. Also at some point, you really need to find out what a ClassPath is and how it affects your programming, also you need to learn to do the command line work--how to compile a ".java" file into a ".class" file. How to make Jars and executable Jars, and yes, even run the debugger from the command line.
I know no faster way to get people up and productive in Java than to give them an IDE and the tutorial and tell them to get going, I've successfully had to train dozens of new programmers on Java and the IDE, tutorial, and Mentoring is the best approach I've fond to date.
On the other hand, I've seen many a person become overwhelmed with the minutia of things that have to be setup and done right or manually in the Editor/command line world that they just back off for a while and do something else--".Net" is full of those that just didn't want to go through the pain of the all at once path that the Editor/command line imposes.
The best advise anyone can give you is this: what do you want to do--implement now and learn the details as you go, or hit it all at once. Both are there for your choice.
My preference--is take the IDE, but learn the details as you go and don't use the autocode generator for anything.
BTW: I still don't use the autocode generators--I'm too much of a control freak and hate the style of code they generate.

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