Hmm... it was? I'll have to go back and re-read the article, then. I could have sworn all of the attack vectors he was describing was through the browser. That's why I thought the article was a bit extreme recommending it never be used ever.
What has your experience been in the University with IDE's built on Java. For example, I use PHPStorm, but the thread is about Netbeans, so it's all a similar boat. Any idea the potential things we should be protecting against here?