Adding ChartPanel to JTabbedPane using JPanel

As shown in How to Use Tabbed Panes, you can add components to a tabbed pane. ChartPanel, a subclass of JPanel, is such a component. In addition to these examples, you can use the example below to experiment with other features.

As you are new, limit using the NetBeans GUI editor, implied in your question, but continue to use the NetBeans IDE.

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.Random;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTabbedPane;
import javax.swing.Timer;
import org.jfree.chart.ChartFactory;
import org.jfree.chart.ChartPanel;
import org.jfree.chart.JFreeChart;
import org.jfree.chart.plot.PlotOrientation;
import org.jfree.data.xy.XYSeries;
import org.jfree.data.xy.XYSeriesCollection;

/**
 * @see https://stackoverflow.com/a/15715096/230513
 * @see https://stackoverflow.com/a/11949899/230513
 */
public class TabChart {

    private static final int N = 128;
    private static final Random random = new Random();
    private int n = 1;

    private void display() {
        JFrame f = new JFrame("TabChart");
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        final JTabbedPane jtp = new JTabbedPane();
        jtp.add(String.valueOf(n), createPane());
        f.add(jtp, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        JPanel p = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.RIGHT));
        p.add(new JButton(new AbstractAction("Add") {
            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                jtp.add(String.valueOf(++n), createPane());
                jtp.setSelectedIndex(n - 1);
            }
        }));
        f.add(p, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        f.pack();
        f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        f.setVisible(true);
    }

    private ChartPanel createPane() {
        final XYSeries series = new XYSeries("Data");
        for (int i = 0; i < random.nextInt(N) + N / 2; i++) {
            series.add(i, random.nextGaussian());
        }
        XYSeriesCollection dataset = new XYSeriesCollection(series);
        new Timer(1000, new ActionListener() {

            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                series.add(series.getItemCount(), random.nextGaussian());
            }
        }).start();
        JFreeChart chart = ChartFactory.createXYLineChart("Test", "Domain",
            "Range", dataset, PlotOrientation.VERTICAL, false, false, false);
        return new ChartPanel(chart) {
            @Override
            public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
                return new Dimension(480, 240);
            }
        };
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                new TabChart().display();
            }
        });
    }
}