(dismissive) Puh!  The only kindness I will generally
offer to posters is to reply.  Thereafter I usually aim for
'techically specific' - which although it is not 'unkind' it
often ends up being 'direct and blunt'.

I don't understand that comment.  Surely the C++ compilers
are just as finicky as the Java compilers, but if you're refering
to the C++ usenet groups - I can only assume that it takes
longer to get to a positive result that way.

You think?  This is the sort of comment that inspires
me to say 'understand it from the command line first'.

The fact is that NetBeans (last time I checked) had
relatively ways to see the 'inheritance tree' of any Java
object, so it should be relatively easy to tell others what
this 'frameView' actually is.  Further, the lower case initial
'f' suggests this is a reference variable name, rather than
a class.  E.G. ..
 // FrameView is a class, frameView is a reference to an instance of
FrameView.
 FrameView frameView = new FrameView("Frame Title");

Please try to wuote class names, rather than the name of
the variable (and if the class name is truly 'frameView' - it
seems whoever wrote it was a nonser and the code should
probably be avoided completely).

That is something I strongly disagree with.
Ant and a simple editor is all that is needed to 'learn Java',
and gives a good foundation for understanding any IDE.

I warrant you will waste a lot more time trying to 'figure
the IDE' that way, and ultimately (over a long period)
that will lead to lower productivity.

So to put it back to you..
" Life is too short for 'learning' IDEs."

There are some 'roundabout'* factors in creating an icon
image for an app.

Hmm.. well I realise you were not asking specifically for further
help, but I will include a simplistic* example anyway.

<sscce>
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.net.URL;

class FrameWithIcon {
 public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
   final URL url = new URL(
     "http://forum.java.sun.com/images/answer-correct-24x24.gif");
   Runnable r = new Runnable() {
     public void run() {
       Image icon = Toolkit.
         getDefaultToolkit().
         createImage(url);
       JFrame frame = new JFrame("Icon");
       frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(
         JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
       frame.setIconImage(icon);
       frame.setSize(400,400);
       frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
       frame.setVisible(true);
     }
   };
   EventQueue.invokeLater(r);
 }
}
</sscce>

* The example avoids some 'where is my sh*t?' hassles
by grabbing the image direct from the net, rather than
from the jar archive that contains the application.  The
second situation might encounter some problems finding
the URL to the image, especially if called from the main()
method.