Popularity of NetBeans is reflected in the demand for jobs with relevant skills
One way to gage success of product or technology is to look at the job trends that call for relevant skills. Honza recently pointed me to this site, that helps professionals search for jobs. I was pleasantly surprised to see the recent surge of jobs that call for NetBeans. I suspect that the industry has realized by now that NetBeans the best IDE for Ruby, Web Services and Swing application development.
