The NetBeans IDE is pretty good on its own, but even handier once you start extending it with plugins specific to your needs. In this installment of Open source Java projects, Jeff Friesen ...

While meant for database programs, you may include these files in Java projects constructed with NetBeans when using Java and NetBeans in tandem with database software.

With the source code written, the JUnit-based unit tests written, and the NetBeans Java Application project set up as shown above, it is almost trivial to run the unit tests.