NetBeans IDE 7.0 Beta Release Information

The NetBeans IDE is an award-winning integrated development environment available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Solaris. The NetBeans project consists of an open-source IDE and an application platform that enable developers to rapidly create web, enterprise, desktop, and mobile applications using the Java platform, as well as JavaFX, PHP, JavaScript and Ajax, Ruby and Ruby on Rails, Groovy and Grails, and C/C++.

The NetBeans project is supported by a vibrant developer community and offers extensive documentation and training resources as well as a diverse selection of third-party plugins.

Release Overview

NetBeans IDE 7.0 Beta introduces language support for development to the Java SE 7 specification with the JDK 7 platform. The release also provides enhanced integration with the Oracle WebLogic server, as well as support for Oracle Database and GlassFish 3.1. Additional highlights include Maven 3 and HTML5 editing support; a new GridBagLayout designer for improved Swing GUI development; enhanced support for executing and debugging standalone Java EE applications; enhancements to the Java editor, and more.

NetBeans IDE 7.0 Beta is available in English, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese.

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Documentation

Use the following documents to get started with NetBeans IDE 7.0 Beta:

• Release Notes
• Installation Instructions
• Recent Tutorials & Videos
  

Feature Highlights

JDK 7 Project Coin support Editor enhancements: Code completion, hints WebLogic Server Streamlined and faster deployment to WebLogic New server runtime node displaying deployed applications and resources JSF integration with server libraries Oracle Database Simplified connection wizard Guided installation to JDBC driver Editing and deployment of stored procedures
GlassFish GlassFish 3.1 support Domain restart and log viewer for remote GlassFish Enable and disable deployed applications Java Maven 3 support JUnit 4.8.2 integration and various JUnit improvements Remote HTTP URLs supported for Javadoc in libraries and Java platforms New improved visual customizer for GridBagLayout Java EE Improved support for CDI, REST services and Java Persistence New support for Bean Validation Support for JSF component libraries, including bundled PrimeFaces library Improved editing for Expression Language in JSF, including code completion, refactoring and hints
Web Languages HTML5 editing support JSON formatter PHP Generate PhpDoc Rename refactoring, Safe Delete Refactoring PHP 5.3 - Support for aliases C/C++ Easy import of project from user's existing binary New Project type where user's source files are located on remote system NetBeans Platform Annotations for generating Action registrations in the layer Performance enhancements & tight integration with Profiler Additional NetBeans API changes General Word wrap in Editor Enhanced Profiler integration Less intrusive checking for external changes when switching between the IDE and other programs.

Learn more about the features of this release on the NetBeans IDE 7.0 New and Noteworthy page!