NetBeans IDE

A open-source Integrated Development Environment for software developers
NetBeans IDE is a open-source Integrated Development Environment for software developers.

The IDE runs on many platforms including Windows, Linux, Solaris, and the MacOS. It is easy to install and use straight out of the box.

NetBeans IDE will provide programmers with a full-featured package of applications which they need to create professional cross-platform desktop, enterprise, web and mobile applications.

Design Swing GUIs intuitively by dragging and dropping GUI components from a palette onto a canvas, then click into JLabels, JButtons, JTextFields and edit the text directly in place. You can even use the GUI builder to prototype GUIs right in front of customers. The NetBeans IDE comes with built-in support for GUI localisation and accessibility. 

NetBeans IDE 6.5 for JavaFX 1.0 supports developing, debugging, and deploying JavaFX applications. It is a full-featured development environment that includes the JavaFX 1.0 SDK, building block samples, and the JavaFX 1.0 Plugin for NetBeans. 

NetBeans IDE 6.5 for JavaFX 1.0 is a significant update to the Preview release and includes the following changes.
- For Microsoft Windows, JDK 6 Update 7 is now the minimum supported version of the Java SE Development Kit (JDK). For Apple Macintosh, JDK 5 Update 13 (version 1.5.0_13) is now the minimum supported version of the JDK.
- Preview is now supported on the Mac.
- Javadoc is now supported in the Editor, Navigator, and View windows
- The SDK JavaFXpackager tool is now included.

Main features of NetBeans IDE:

Development Cycle Tools

NetBeans Swing GUI Builder (formerly "Project Matisse")

Ant-based Project System and Customizable Environment

Integrated Version Control

NetBeans Profiler

NetBeans Debugger

Developer Collaboration

Source Code Editor

Java and JSP Development

Advanced Code Refactoring

XML Editor

C/C++ Development

Web Application Development (Java Enterprise Edition)

Web Development with JSP, JSF and Struts

EJB Development

Visual Web Application Development for AJAX, CSS and JSF

Web Service Development (Java Enterprise Edition)

Rich Client Platform and Plug-in Module Development

Rich Client Platform Development

Plug-in Module Development

Mobile Application Development (Java Micro Edition)

Java ME CLDC Features (MIDP)

Java ME Development Cycle Tools

Java ME CDC Features

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Development

XML Schema Development Tools

Two-Way BPEL Development Tools

Identity Web Service Management

UML Modelling


Requirements of NetBeans IDE:

Minimum Hardware Configurations

Processor: 500 MHz Intel Pentium III workstation or equivalent

Memory: 512 MB

Disk space: 850 MB of free disk space

Recommended Hardware Configurations

Processor: 1.4 GHz Intel Pentium III workstation or equivalent

Memory: 1 GB

Disk space: 1 GB of free disk space

Java Development Kit


What's New in This Release:

PHP support.

Improved JavaScript support.

Improved database support: SQL history, SQL completion, and results viewing and editing improvements.

GUI Builder: Support for Nimbus and simple class names.

JUnit: single test method support.

Debugger: Redesign of Step into feature.

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