NetBeans 5.0 is a substantial upgrade to what was already a very solid IDE. This release reveals many new features, enhancements, and a slight repositioning, as Sun attempts to shine the spotlight on aspects that take NetBeans beyond the pure-play IDE. |
Andrew Binstock compares popular favorite Eclipse 3.3 and recent Jolt award winner NetBeans 6. Find out how these free, open source development environments compare out of the box, feature-for-feature, and gain insight into the hidden quirks and bonuses that could make deciding between them easier. |
SAN FRANCISCO (12/11/2007) - Sun Microsystems plans to discontinue its Sun Java Studio Enterprise and Sun Java Studio Creator developer tools and encourage users to move to the NetBeans IDE, the company said Tuesday, in an announcement timed to coincide with the release of NetBeans 6.0. |
NetBeans: Working with XML, Part 3 In this final installment on working with XML, excerpted from NetBeans: The Definitive Guide, learn how to generate Java classes. |
You may already be familiar with the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment (IDE), the product of the NetBeans open source project -- it's a world-class multi-language IDE in its own right, and forms the the basis for development tools from Sun Microsystems (SunONE Studio), Compuware (OptimalJ), and a number of other companies. |
In part two of this three-part series on working with XML, excerpted from NetBeans: The Definitive Guide, go beyond editing XML in your editors, and within the open source NetBeans framework. |
NetBeans: Working with XML, Part 2 In part two of this three-part series excerpted from NetBeans: The Definitive Guide, go beyond editing XML in your editors, within the open source NetBeans framework. |
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This mini-talk will overview Netbeans based developer tools available for OpenESB composite application development. It consists of a quick tour of the IDE-based development workflow with demos of following topics using Netbeans 6.0 tools and OpenESB run-time: |
With NetBeans 4.1, you can use the built-in refactoring tools to change the name of a field, a method, a class, or even a package. This change will then propagate throughout the source tree to all the classes that reference that particular item, instead of forcing you to hunt down references by yourself or through compilation errors. Each of these tools is listed under the Refactor menu at the top of the NetBeans IDE. Note: Don't confuse this with the RefactorIT menu, if you have it, which is a separate plug-in. |
NetBeans Portal Pack 2.0 Beta makes portlet development as easy as writing a normal Java applications; with all the features of portlets made available to you at the click of a mouse. NetBeans Portal Pack 2.0 is a plugin that extends the functionality of NetBeans IDE 6.0 Beta 1 to enable creation of portlets. |
The new NetBeans Portlet Plugin will make portlet development as easy as writing a normal Java application, with all the features of portlets made available to you at the click of a mouse. |
It's going well. We have tripled our active use base in the past nine months. This is due to several factors. First, the product is better. Second, we got better at spreading the word. |
Tim Boudreau will talk about how the Matisse UI builder addresses cross-platform UI development, the relationship between the NetBeans rich-client platform and JSR 296, Swing Application Framework, as well as about NetBeans' future language support. |
Following the NetBeans project's release of the 5.5 beta of its open-source IDE, Artima spoke with NetBeans evangelist Tim Boudreau about NetBeans 5.5, as well as future directions of the IDE. In the concluding segment of this interview, Boudreau talks about the NetBeans platform, GroupLayout, the Matisse GUI builder, and NetBeans' support for languages other than Java. |
Increasingly a fan of NetBeans in Java development, I was recently alerted to NetBeans' plan to provide support for Ruby (and Ruby on Rails). I have found NetBeans to be my IDE of choice in the Java arena because it is free and it supports many development project needs. From Web service, to Web application, to mobile phone application, NetBeans supports all types of Java application development and testing without the need to figure out which plug-ins are needed and how to install them. NetBeans' convenient Update Manager makes it quick and easy to install or upgrade any application development module. This article looks at NetBeans' Ruby Pack and how it might offer Ruby developers an important IDE option. |
In the early days of open source J2EE Integrated Development Environments (IDEs), I experimented with both NetBeans and Eclipse. Ultimately, I opted for Eclipse. At the time, Eclipse appeared to have a more intuitive UI, faster performance and a deeper library of plug-ins to enhance my development experience. Since then, I have stuck with Eclipse. |
Because the Java language is relatively young, no long legacy of coding exists in any particular development environment (at least not yet!). The popularity of each of the various Java IDEs has tended to wax and wane in the race to provide new features, improve performance, and become easier to use. The most interesting new development has been the introduction of two free, extensible open source IDEs: Netbeans and Eclipse. These are rapidly approaching the capabilities of commercial offerings. Most developers won't need more than what these two excellent development platforms provide. |
NetBeans is more than an IDE. It is also an open-source project, community, and a rich client application platform. There is certainly more to NetBeans than just a free IDE. In this new series of articles about NetBeans I hope to introduce you to not only the NetBeans IDE but also the project as a whole. |
Before you can start building the application, you will need to get NetBeans 4.1 and the Mobility Pack if you don't already have them. |
Java Studio Enterprise 7, which actually ships this week, is a development platform that includes integrated server technologies. There are three primary things added into this new release. These are "Code-Aware" collaboration, support for UML, and an application profiler. |
Given the IT industry's present love affair with the open source development paradigm, it seems only fitting that Valentine's day was chosen as the date for announcing the 2005 Developer.com open source product of the year. This year's field of five candidates, submitted by Developer.com readers, is comprised of a pool of cinches and surprises alike. In this article, each runner-up is introduced, accompanied by discussion of other 2004 developments in the relevant sector, and forecast 2005 trends and occurrences. Keeping you in white-knuckled suspense until the very end, the article closes with an introduction to the category winner and some thoughts regarding why it won out over an otherwise very respectable field of entries. |
The NetBeans IDE 4.1, which was released on May 11, 2005, includes Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) development capabilities. NetBeans IDE 4.1 is available as a standalone download or bundled with Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Update 3. |
One of the most interesting places where open source and Java technology overlap is a little integrated development environment (IDE) known as NetBeans. NetBeans' path to open-sourcedom was a circuitous one. In 1996, a group of Czech students set out to author an IDE in pure Java. The idea was to take the best features of Delphi and create an easy-to-use, cross-platform environment where code could be edited, tested, and debugged. They called their software Xelfi. |