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Follow UsSAN FRANCISCO: Sun Microsystems, Inc. together with the NetBeans community, announced the availability of the NetBeans 6.0 Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Preview release.
The new release will also support beyond Java and C/C++ by providing a rich set of features for the Ruby and JavaScript dynamic scripting languages, and continues to enable developer productivity and support for the latest Java Standards.
The community also announced further enhancements to the NetBeans GUI Builder which include full support for new desktop technologies, such as Beans Binding (JSR 295) and the Swing Application Framework (JSR 296).
Building on NetBeans' history of providing innovative solutions to developers, the NetBeans GUI builder (formerly code named Matisse) continues to revolutionize the way Swing developers build graphical user interfaces. JRuby is included with the NetBeans Ruby support, allowing developers to use Ruby on Rails with existing Java code.
Other features of the release include improved code editing, inspection and navigation capabilities, local history, integrated support for Subversion, and extensive profiling features integrated into the standard distribution.
The new features such as the Visual Web Pack will install program allowing developers to easily customize their development environment, choosing only the tools that they need. The single NetBeans 6.0 IDE installer expedites configuration of the developer's environment and no longer requires the installation of multiple packs to add features to the IDE.
These new features in NetBeans 6.0 are in addition to the features provided in previous NetBeans releases that give developers comprehensive support for building Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE), Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE), and Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME) applications.
"During the last 30 months, we have seen a surge of interest, with adoption of NetBeans doubling each year. We expect the momentum to further skyrocket with the launch of NetBeans 6. This is just another example of the tremendous momentum Sun is experiencing with its open source initiatives," said Jeet Kaul , vice president of Developer Programs for Sun. "With all of the features that are being added and the new install experience, NetBeans 6.0 is the only IDE you need."
CIOL Bureau