NetBeans IDE 6.8 Milestone 2 Available for Download

The NetBeans team is pleased to announce the availability of NetBeans 
IDE 6.8 Milestone 2.

    * *Download NetBeans IDE 6.8 Milestone 2*
      <http://bits.netbeans.org/netbeans/6.8/m2/>

Release Highlights include:

    * Java Enterprise Edition 6
          o
            JavaServer Faces 2.0 for web interfaces and the ability to
            use EJBs in web applications
          o
            Java Persistence JPA 2.0 and RESTful Web Services support
          o
            Deployment, debugging and profiling with GlassFish v3

    * JavaServer Faces 2.0 (Facelets)
          o Code completion, error hints, namespace completion,
            documentation popups, and tag auto-import for Facelets
          o Editor support for Facelets libraries, composite components,
            expression language

    * Kenai.com: Connected Developer
          o Full JIRA support
          o Improved issue tracker integration

    * PHP
          o Full PHP 5.3 support
          o Symfony Framework support

    * Maven
          o Improved support for Java EE 6, Groovy, Scala projects
          o Customizable dependency exclusion in dependency graph

    * Ruby
          o Support for JRuby 1.3.1, Ruby 1.9 debugging, and RSpec 1.2.7
          o Improved rename refactoring, type inference, and navigation

    * C/C++
          o Profiling: New tools for I/O Monitoring, Thread Analysis and
            Race Detection
          o Faster synchronization during remote development

Visit the NetBeans 6.8 New and Noteworthy page 
<http://wiki.netbeans.org/NewAndNoteworthyNB68> to learn more about all 
the new features and enhancements available in this milestone release 
<http://bits.netbeans.org/netbeans/6.8/m2/>. The final release of 
NetBeans IDE 6.8 is planned for late Fall 2009.

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