NetBeans is a cross-platform IDE written in Java. It supports development in Java, and support for other languages can be added. The whole IDE is built around a core framework with APIs, and features are implemented in the form of plugin modules. This clean, modular architecture makes NetBeans a good platform for building development tools and custom IDEs.
| Tags | Text Editors Integrated Development Environments (IDE) |
|---|---|
| Licenses | SUN Public |
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Changes: This release offers a new GUI builder (Matisse), support for JBoss and WebLogic, improved code completion, new refactorings, and better integration of debugging and CVS.


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Changes: This release supports drag and drop of windows and the replacement of workspaces with task-related windows. Native look and feels are now used for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. The property sheet was redesigned and code folding, marking of overriding methods, a To Do window, and automatic insertion of closing bracket, quotes, and parentheses were implemented. Servlet 2.4, JSP 2.0, and Tomcat 5 are now supported. The recommended version of JDK is now 1.4.2. JUnit test creation is supported (Junit 3.8.1).


Changes: Many new features were added and lots of bugs were fixed.


Changes: A total of 107 issues have been resolved in this version. Some of them were requests for enhancement, but most were bugs, either minor like documentation inconsistencies, or more annoying bugs like inability to browse through compilation errors from Ant script, deadlocks in project switching, or numerous uncancellable Nullpointer exceptions.
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Recent commentsNetbeans goes open source
Sun has open sourced Netbeans. It is now a community-based project operating out of the netbeans.org domain. The license is SPL which is MPL rebranded with Sun's name instead of Mozilla. Now we get to peek inside at the IDE and improve it. hehehehe.