Netbeans IDE is een in Java geschreven ontwikkelomgeving om programma's te schrijven, te compileren, te debuggen en te implementeren. Het biedt ondersteuning voor verschillende programmeertalen, zoals Java, Ruby, C++ en PHP. Het gebruik van Netbeans IDE vereist een installatie van Suns Java SE Development Kit 5.0 update 19 of recenter. De ontwikkelomgeving wordt onder een dubbele licentie uitgeven, namelijk een combinatie van cddl 1 en gpl 2. Voor meer informatie verwijzen we jullie naar deze pagina. De ontwikkelaars hebben de eerste bètaversie van NetBeans IDE 6.8 uitgebracht voorzien van de volgende aankondiging:
NetBeans 6.8 Beta Now Available for Download!
The NetBeans team is pleased to announce the availability of NetBeans IDE 6.8 Beta. NetBeans IDE 6.8 Beta is the first IDE to offer support for the entire Java EE 6 spec. Highlights include support for JSF 2.0/Facelets, Java Persistence 2.0, EJB 3.1 including using EJBs in web applications, RESTful web services, and GlassFish v3. The IDE's integration with Project Kenai, a collaborative environment for hosting open-source projects, now offers full support for JIRA and improved instant messenger and issue tracker integration. PHP support has been extended to include the Symfony framework and PHP 5.3. The release also supports the JavaFX SDK 1.2.1, and comes with added features to the IDE's Maven and database integration, and improvements to the editor and tools for Ruby, Groovy, and C/C++ projects. NetBeans IDE 6.8 Beta is available in English, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese and Simplified Chinese, as well as in several community-translated languages.
Release Highlights
Java Enterprise Edition 6JavaServer Faces 2.0 (Facelets)
- JavaServer Faces 2.0 for web interfaces and the ability to use EJBs in web applications
- Java Persistence JPA 2.0 and RESTful web services support
- Broader use of annotations instead of deployment descriptors
- Deployment, debugging and profiling with GlassFish v3
JavaFX
- Code completion, error hints, namespace completion, documentation popups, and tag auto-import for Facelets
- Editor support for Facelets libraries, composite components, expression language
PHP
- Support for JavaFX SDK 1.2.1
- Improved navigation, code completion, and hints
Kenai.com: Connected Developer
- Full PHP 5.3 support
- Symfony Framework support
Maven
- Full JIRA support
- Improved issue tracker integration
Ruby
- Improved support for Java EE 6, Groovy, Scala projects
- Customizable dependency exclusion in dependency graph
C/C++
- Support for JRuby 1.3.1, Ruby 1.9 debugging, and RSpec 1.2.7
- Improved rename refactoring, type inference, and navigation
The final release of NetBeans IDE 6.8 is planned for December 2009.
- Profiling: New tools for I/O Monitoring, Thread Analysis and Race Detection
- Faster synchronization during remote development
