[G_Morgan]

What I mean by skip across the parameter list is that, once you have selected and entered the appropriate function, Netbeans will highlight the first parameter of that function so you can replace it with your argument. If you then hit tab Netbeans will jump to and highlight the second variable. At the last variable a tab will return you to the first variable. It allows you to avoid the messy manual jumping around brackets and commas that I find far more frustrating than remembering function names. It also works if you hit the comma key. It will skip past the comma key in front and highlight the argument for editing.

It does a lot of neat little stuff like that. Another one it does is automatically closing brackets for you. It is intelligent enough so if you then write the closing bracket it will realise that it is the same bracket it automatically created and simply skip past it.

Of course this isn't the main reason for liking Netbeans. It's primary advantage (for C/C++ at least) is integrating with a CLI based build system in a sensible manner so I can get the best of both worlds. I end up frustrated hitting the same 10 button sequence continuously in normal IDE's for what would be a single make rule written once and bound to an Emacs key stroke with a CLI based system.