The book, Pro NetBeans IDE 5.5 Enterprise Edition, was recently reviewed by Meera Subbarao on JavaLobby. Meera has provided a chapter-by-chapter breakdown,
positives/negatives, and overall rating for the book.

Excerpt from the review… ‘If you are planning on using NetBeans than I suggest this is
the book which will help you smoothly transit to this IDE. Sun has several demos, tutorials, articles on each and every topic. But, if you need a book to read, than this is it. As I mentioned earlier with numerous screen shots, short cuts and tips, this book should and will make you a NetBeans expert.’

http://www.javalobby.org/articles/pro-netbeans-ide5.5/