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- [Lecturer] When we first launch NetBeans it will show the start page. Before dismissing it, please take the time to read it. There are links to demos, tutorials, and sample applications. You can also find your own projects and information about new features. For now let's dismiss it. The menu layout is the same on Mac and Windows. For left to right the menus are, File, Edit, View, Navigate, Source, Refactor, Run, Debug, Team, Tools, Window and Help. Without a project, most of the menu choices are disabled. So let's create one. Under File, choose New Project. Under Categories, make sure CC++ is selected. Under Projects, make sure CC++ Application is selected. Click Next. Let's give our project a name, we'll call it HelloWorld as one camelCase word. Make sure to check the Create Main File option. Leave the Default Name. Next to the file name is the selected language. Change it to C++14. This allows us to use modern C++ features if desired. And make sure Cygwin is the default toolchain…

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