ANNOUNCE: The NetBeans IDE 3.6 is Now Available
Robert Demmer <[email protected]> Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:33:25 +0200
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NETBEANS IDE 3.6 PLATFORM NOW AVAILABLE --
SUPPORTING APPLICATIONS FROM MOBILE DEVICES TO
MULTI-TIER ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS
New NetBeans Release Provides Better Integration to Build Web, Rich
Desktop and Mobile Java Technology Applications
April 13, 2004
The NetBeans[tm] Integrated Development Environment (IDE) 3.6 is now
available. The award-winning NetBeans IDE provides a pure Java
technology development environment for Windows, Linux, the Solaris[tm]
Operating System or Mac OS X. The demand for NetBeans 3.6, the most
current version of the NetBeans software, underscores the popularity of
the IDE, with approximately 40,000 downloads of its Early Access version
since its release in February 2004. More than 22,000 developers have
already signed up for the General Availability release, which is now
available for download at: www.netbeans.org.
Over the last year the community has been driving tremendous innovation
on the NetBeans Platform and building considerable partner and community
momentum. The NetBeans IDE version 3.6 provides a broad variety of
functionality that accelerates the development of advanced Web-based
applications, desktop graphical interfaces and mobile clients. This new
release enhances developer productivity and provides continued support
for the latest Java standards.
"NetBeans provides the developer community with a highly productive tool
for creating applications targeted to many different areas of the Java
platform," said Steve Wilson, Director of NetBeans Technology. "It's
exciting to see that the Sun Java Studio Creator product, which just
entered Early Access, is already leveraging key pieces of technology
that are part of the NetBeans 3.6 Platform in order to provide a new
class of powerful Java developer tools."
The NetBeans Platform is the foundation for Sun's developer tools
strategy and the entire Sun Java Studio product line, including the Sun
Java Studio Creator offering. With the recent news of its Early Access
release, the Java Studio Creator tool takes advantage of the new
features in the NetBeans version 3.6 code base, including stronger
syntax for the JavaServer Pages[tm] (JSPTM) technology support in the
code editor, improved code completion and an enhanced debugger. With
Java and NetBeans as foundation technologies, the Sun Java Studio
product line enables developers to prototype quickly and easily using
the Java Studio Creator tool, then move up to Java Studio Enterprise to
extend application functionality. These products are tightly integrated
with the Sun Java[tm] Enterprise System, which provides an integrated,
open, standards-based software system that delivers a core set of
industry-leading shared enterprise network services that every business
needs.
With the NetBeans IDE 3.6, NetBeans.org and Sun Microsystems have made
significant enhancements to this popular IDE for the Java platform.
Whether building Java technology-based components, Web-based
applications, rich desktop clients or mobile applications, NetBeans IDE
3.6 includes the following new features and functionality:
* A new windowing system, providing native look and feel
* Enhanced navigation and workflow
* Two-tier Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)TM 1.4 support
(servlet 2.4 and JSP 2.0 specification)
* Improved JSP specification debugging with JSR 45 support
* Available bundled with Sun Java System ApplicationServer, Platform
Edition 8
* Available bundled with Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)TM
1.4.2
* Support for J2SE 1.5 beta version
* Code editor enhancements such as Smart Brackets and Code Folding
* Improved online help with JavaHelpTM 2.0 integration tool
Commercial Vendor Support Enriches Community
With more than 100 partners and 27,000 registered developers
contributing to this thriving open source community, the NetBeans
Platform continues to be enhanced and extended to support end-to-end
development, from servers to traditional clients to mobile devices. The
community is made up of individual developers as well as Java
technology-based tools industry leaders including AccuRev, Embarcadero,
Openwave, and Quest Software.
"AccuRev is extremely pleased with the rich feature set provided by the
NetBeans 3.6 platform," said Damon Poole, chief technology officer of
AccuRev. "This is an exceptional opportunity to easily integrate our
award-winning configuration management system with NetBeans' cutting
edge environment. We fully embrace Sun's ongoing commitment to the Java
development community and look forward to working together on further
extending our configuration management capabilities to developers."
"With the NetBeans IDE we developed Embarcadero Extreme Test, a pure
Java technology-based product offering an integrated environment that
facilitates an end-to-end performance testing solution," said Wayne
Williams, chief technology officer of Embarcadero Technologies, Inc.
"Unlike proprietary IDE frameworks, NetBeans provided us the flexibility
to facilitate the development of large and complex Java technology-based
software projects demanded by testing professionals."
"With more than half a billion mobile phones utilizing our client
software, we applaud efforts to distribute enhanced tools to the growing
mobile developer community," said Gina Centoni, vice president, Openwave
Developer Network. "Combined with the latest version of Openwave Mobile
SDK, these open source Java technology-based tools will greatly
contribute to application development."
"Quest Software is committed to helping developers improve productivity
and code quality," said Steve Stover, chief technology officer,
development solutions, Quest Software. "Quest JClass Java technology
components easily integrate with the NetBeans IDE, adding pre-built
components such as charts and reports to the developer's palette. By
combining JClass' advanced WYSIWYG design tools with the NetBeans IDE's
leading framework, developers can construct higher-quality enterprise
applications faster than ever."
About NetBeans.org
Founded by Sun Microsystems and launched in June 2000, NetBeans.org is
the home of the NetBeans technology-based open source Java technology
tools code base and community. A vibrant global development community,
NetBeans.org is dedicated to providing trusted, standards-based software
development products that address the needs of developers, users and
organizations that rely on the NetBeans platform as a basis for their
products. Since the NetBeans platform is written entirely in the Java
language, NetBeans runs on any operating system with a Java 2
technology-compatible Java Virtual Machine. This includes the Solaris
Operating System, Windows, Linux and Macintosh platforms. Accordingly,
NetBeans can be used to create applications that run on any Java platform.
Information on the NetBeans Platform, specifications and development
builds is available on the www.netbeans.org website.
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<div align="center"><b>NETBEANS IDE 3.6 PLATFORM NOW AVAILABLE --</b><br>
<div align="center"><b> SUPPORTING APPLICATIONS FROM MOBILE DEVICES TO <br>
MULTI-TIER ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS</b><br>
<br>
<b>New NetBeans Release Provides Better Integration to Build Web, Rich Desktop
and Mobile Java Technology Applications<br>
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<div align="left">The NetBeans[tm] Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
3.6 is now available. The award-winning NetBeans IDE provides a pure Java
technology development environment for Windows, Linux, the Solaris[tm] Operating
System or Mac OS X. The demand for NetBeans 3.6, the most current version
of the NetBeans software, underscores the popularity of the IDE, with approximately
40,000 downloads of its Early Access version since its release in February
2004. More than 22,000 developers have already signed up for the General Availability
release, which is now available for download at: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.netbeans.org">www.netbeans.org</a>.<br>
<br>
Over the last year the community has been driving tremendous innovation
on the NetBeans Platform and building considerable partner and community
momentum. The NetBeans IDE version 3.6 provides a broad variety of functionality
that accelerates the development of advanced Web-based applications, desktop
graphical interfaces and mobile clients. This new release enhances developer
productivity and provides continued support for the latest Java standards.
<br>
<br>
”NetBeans provides the developer community with a highly productive tool
for creating applications targeted to many different areas of the Java platform,”
said Steve Wilson, Director of NetBeans Technology. ”It's exciting to see
that the Sun Java Studio Creator product, which just entered Early Access,
is already leveraging key pieces of technology that are part of the NetBeans
3.6 Platform in order to provide a new class of powerful Java developer tools.”
<br>
<br>
The NetBeans Platform is the foundation for Sun's developer tools strategy
and the entire Sun Java Studio product line, including the Sun Java Studio
Creator offering. With the recent news of its Early Access release, the Java
Studio Creator tool takes advantage of the new features in the NetBeans version
3.6 code base, including stronger syntax for the JavaServer Pages[tm] (JSPTM)
technology support in the code editor, improved code completion and an enhanced
debugger. With Java and NetBeans as foundation technologies, the Sun Java
Studio product line enables developers to prototype quickly and easily using
the Java Studio Creator tool, then move up to Java Studio Enterprise to extend
application functionality. These products are tightly integrated with the
Sun Java[tm] Enterprise System, which provides an integrated, open, standards-based
software system that delivers a core set of industry-leading shared enterprise
network services that every business needs. <br>
<br>
With the NetBeans IDE 3.6, NetBeans.org and Sun Microsystems have made significant
enhancements to this popular IDE for the Java platform. Whether building Java
technology-based components, Web-based applications, rich desktop clients
or mobile applications, NetBeans IDE 3.6 includes the following new features
and functionality:<br>
<ul>
<li>A new windowing system, providing native look and feel</li>
<li>Enhanced navigation and workflow</li>
<li>Two-tier Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)TM 1.4 support (servlet
2.4 and JSP 2.0 specification)</li>
<li>Improved JSP specification debugging with JSR 45 support</li>
<li>Available bundled with Sun Java System ApplicationServer, Platform
Edition 8</li>
<li>Available bundled with Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)TM 1.4.2
</li>
<li>Support for J2SE 1.5 beta version </li>
<li>Code editor enhancements such as Smart Brackets and Code Folding</li>
<li>Improved online help with JavaHelpTM 2.0 integration tool<br>
</li>
</ul>
<b>Commercial Vendor Support Enriches Community</b><br>
With more than 100 partners and 27,000 registered developers contributing
to this thriving open source community, the NetBeans Platform continues to
be enhanced and extended to support end-to-end development, from servers to
traditional clients to mobile devices. The community is made up of individual
developers as well as Java technology-based tools industry leaders including
AccuRev, Embarcadero, Openwave, and Quest Software. <br>
<br>
”AccuRev is extremely pleased with the rich feature set provided by the
NetBeans 3.6 platform,” said Damon Poole, chief technology officer of AccuRev.
”This is an exceptional opportunity to easily integrate our award-winning
configuration management system with NetBeans' cutting edge environment.
We fully embrace Sun's ongoing commitment to the Java development community
and look forward to working together on further extending our configuration
management capabilities to developers.”<br>
<br>
“With the NetBeans IDE we developed Embarcadero Extreme Test, a pure Java
technology-based product offering an integrated environment that facilitates
an end-to-end performance testing solution,” said Wayne Williams, chief technology
officer of Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. ”Unlike proprietary IDE frameworks,
NetBeans provided us the flexibility to facilitate the development of large
and complex Java technology-based software projects demanded by testing professionals.”<br>
<br>
“With more than half a billion mobile phones utilizing our client software,
we applaud efforts to distribute enhanced tools to the growing mobile developer
community,” said Gina Centoni, vice president, Openwave Developer Network.
”Combined with the latest version of Openwave Mobile SDK, these open source
Java technology-based tools will greatly contribute to application development.”<br>
<br>
“Quest Software is committed to helping developers improve productivity
and code quality,” said Steve Stover, chief technology officer, development
solutions, Quest Software. ”Quest JClass Java technology components easily
integrate with the NetBeans IDE, adding pre-built components such as charts
and reports to the developer's palette. By combining JClass' advanced WYSIWYG
design tools with the NetBeans IDE's leading framework, developers can construct
higher-quality enterprise applications faster than ever.”<br>
<br>
<b>About NetBeans.org</b><br>
Founded by Sun Microsystems and launched in June 2000, NetBeans.org is the
home of the NetBeans technology-based open source Java technology tools code
base and community. A vibrant global development community, NetBeans.org is
dedicated to providing trusted, standards-based software development products
that address the needs of developers, users and organizations that rely on
the NetBeans platform as a basis for their products. Since the NetBeans platform
is written entirely in the Java language, NetBeans runs on any operating system
with a Java 2 technology-compatible Java Virtual Machine. This includes the
Solaris Operating System, Windows, Linux and Macintosh platforms. Accordingly,
NetBeans can be used to create applications that run on any Java platform.<br>
<br>
Information on the NetBeans Platform, specifications and development builds
is available on the <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.netbeans.org">www.netbeans.org</a> website. <br>
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