In the post Seven Indispensable NetBeans Java Hints , I talked about using NetBeans hints in general and then focused on seven hints in particular. The seven hints emphasized in that post are ...

NetBeans version 7.0 offers Java 7 and improved Swing integration ...

Hans pointed out what Application Framework is not - It's not modules for Java, data binding, XML schema for Swing, a new set of Swing components, or the NetBeans Platform.