Sunday Jan 11, 2009
NetBeans 6.5 has been out for a couple of months now and much of the focus has been on the support for dynamic languages such as PhP. However, in this article, Geertjan Wielenga does a great job of outlining all the improvements in NetBeans 6.5 for the Java developer.
Geertjan starts by posing the following questions, "Which, of the many cool new things, would be particularly appealing to
a Java programmer? And why should a Java programmer now consider
NetBeans IDE 6.5 above its competitors?" His answer to these questions are straightforward and a must read for java developers who are considering NetBeans or used previous versions.
Read Geertjan's article by clicking here.
Thursday Nov 20, 2008
One of the great things about open source technologies and communities is the transparency associated with development and release cycles. So the release of NetBeans 6.5 does not come as a surprise. Yet, it's still fun to proclaim that NetBeans 6.5 has been officially released and is available for download.
NetBeans IDE 6.5 offers simplified and rapid development of web, enterprise, desktop, and mobile applications with PHP, JavaScript, Java, C/C++, Ruby, and Groovy. Here's a summary of the new features in NB 6.5:
- Robust support for PHP and JavaScript
- Debugging for Firefox and IE
- Support for Groovy and Grails
- New enhancements for Java™, Ruby and Rails, and C/C++ development
- Built-in support for Hibernate, Eclipse project import, and compile on save
If you're new to NetBeans, you'll also appreciate the IDE editing capabilities and the famous Swing GUI Builder (Matisse).
Here are some good resources for you to learn about NetBeans IDE 6.5:
Students will love all the time-saving features that will make coding your class projects so much easier. Have fun with NetBeans 6.5.
Download NetBeans IDE 6.5
Tuesday Oct 21, 2008
NetBeans is 10 years young and is celebrating with a Decathlon that is of special interest to student developers. The Decathlon consists of ten interactive tasks for the NetBeans community to show and share what the NetBeans Project means to them. These are simple and fun tasks such as writing a Birthday Blog, posting a video or doing a NetBeans Demo. The first 300 participants to complete events that add up to 50 points will receive a limited edition NetBeans 10th Anniversary Shirt. So get started today!
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