NetBeans IDE 6.9 Milestone 1 Available for Download

The NetBeans team is pleased to announce that NetBeans IDE 6.9 Milestone 
1 is now available for download.

      *Download NetBeans IDE 6.9 Milestone 1
      <http://bits.netbeans.org/netbeans/6.9/m1/>
      * 

Highlights of this stabilized development build include:

    * NetBeans Platform OSGi interoperability
          o New Maven project archetypes available
          o Easy import of OSGi bundles for use in Ant projects
    * Java EE
          o Support for Contexts and Dependency Injection
          o Simplified REST Web Services consumption in NetBeans RCP and
            Java client applications
    * Java Web Applications
          o Initial support for Spring 3 framework
          o Automatic import for Java classes and tag libraries in JSP
            code completion
    * PHP
          o Zend framework support
          o Enhanced code formatting options
    * Ruby
          o Gems indexing
    * C/C++
          o Support for Makefiles: Editor, navigator, run targets
          o Virtual functions: Multiple hyperlinks, annotations
    * Java Editor
          o Support for annotation processors
          o Over 60 new hints added
    * Web Languages
          o CSS refactoring and enhanced code completion

Visit the NetBeans 6.9 New and Noteworthy page 
<http://wiki.netbeans.org/NewAndNoteworthy69m1> to learn more about all 
the features available in this milestone build. The final release of 
NetBeans IDE 6.9 is planned for Summer 2010.

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