NetBeans 6.8 Is Now Available
Thursday, December 10, 2009 |While we’re making product announcements, I might as well mention that NetBeans 6.8 is available today as well. I really think NetBeans is the best Free <del>Java</del> multi-language IDE on the market. It’s by no means perfect, but I like it a lot.1 Quoting from the release:
Today Sun and the NetBeans™ community are announcing the availability of the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment (IDE) 6.8 — in conjunction with the availability of Java™ Platform Enterprise Edition 6 (Java EE 6) and Sun GlassFish™ Enterprise Server v3. The NetBeans 6.8 IDE is the first IDE to provide complete support for Java EE 6 and GlassFish v3, and offers other new and exciting features.
The NetBeans IDE 6.8 is available for download free of charge at www.netbeans.org.
KEY UPDATES TO THE NETBEANS 6.8 IDE Complete Java EE 6 Support: Java EE 6 language features simplify Java application development with less XML configuration, more annotations and more POJO-like development. GlassFish v3 Support: Developers can easily target and deploy to GlassFish v3, including the new lightweight GlassFish v3 Web Profile. JavaFX™: The latest version of the NetBeans editor provides improved code completion, hints and navigation for JavaFX. PHP Support: The NetBeans IDE expands its support of dynamic languages with support for PHP 5.3 and the Symfony framework. Tighter Integration with Project Kenai: Project Kenai, a collaborative environment for hosting open source projects, now delivers full support for JIRA and improved instant messenger and issue tracker integration. For more information visit www.kenai.com. C/C Profiling*: The new Microstate Accounting indicator and I/O usage monitor help developers profile and tune C/C applications. *NetBeans Platform: As a rock-solid application framework for Swing applications, the platform saves developers a huge amount of time and effort by providing commonly-used facilities such as menu items, toolbar items, keyboard shortcuts, and window management out of the box.
Additional information is available at: NetBeans 6.8 IDE - http://netbeans.org/community/releases/68/ Java EE 6 - http://java.sun.com/javaee/ GlassFish v3 - http://www.sun.com/glassfishv3
Head over to netbeans.org and give it a spin! The JSF 2 support is excellent! ;)
1 Some might expect that, as a Sun employee, I have to push NetBeans, but that’s not the case. I converted from Eclipse months prior to the start of my employment at Sun, so that has no bearing at all on my choice. :) In fact, I’ve never had anyone at Sun tell me what to use. We have engineers that use every major IDE (or none).
My name is Jason Lee. I am a software developer living in the middle of Oklahoma. I’ve been a professional developer since 1997,
using a variety of languages, including Java, Javascript, PHP, Python, Delphi, and even a bit of C#. I currently work for Red Hat
on the WildFly/EAP team, where, among other things, I maintain integrations for some MicroProfile specs, OpenTelemetry, Micrometer,
Jakarta Faces, and Bean Validation. (Full resume 