[TYPO3-dev] Help, how to use IDE with Typo3

[mario m]

Hi,

I am trying NetBeans. I have the entire Typo3 as a project. 
I am not sure how you set a project as to work with a specific
extension, say a FE plugin.

If I debug the entire Typo3 project (indeed, the backend.php file), I
may navigate to a page with the FE plugin, and check whether whatever I
have modified in the plugin code works or not.  But I am not able to use
any NetBeans tool - e.g. to local variable, output. 

Hope you understand better than me what I am missing.
Thanks a lot
Greetings
mario