[TF-dev] NB 6.8 Beta released - Thank you! :-)

Thanks to all of you!  :-)

"NetBeans IDE 6.8 Beta is available in English, Brazilian Portuguese, 
Japanese and Simplified Chinese, as well as in several 
community-translated languages."

Petra


Beta announcement:

[2009-10-23] Posted on : http://www.netbeans.org/ by tinu

Headline : NetBeans IDE 6.8 Beta Available for Download!
The NetBeans team is pleased to announce the availability of NetBeans 
IDE 6.8 Beta.


Download NetBeans IDE 6.8 Beta

Learn more about NetBeans IDE 6.8 Beta

NetBeans IDE 6.8 Beta is the first IDE to offer support for the entire 
Java EE 6 spec. Highlights include support for JSF 2.0/Facelets, Java 
Persistence 2.0, EJB 3.1 including using EJBs in web applications, 
RESTful web services, and GlassFish v3. The IDE's integration with 
Project Kenai, a collaborative environment for hosting open-source 
projects, now offers full support for JIRA and improved instant 
messenger and issue tracker integration. PHP support has been extended 
to include the Symfony framework and PHP 5.3. The release also supports 
the JavaFX SDK 1.2.1, and comes with added features to the IDE's Maven 
and database integration, and improvements to the editor and tools for 
Ruby, Groovy, and C/C++ projects. NetBeans IDE 6.8 Beta is available in 
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese and Simplified Chinese, as well 
as in several community-translated languages.


Release Highlights:

Java Enterprise Edition 6

JavaServer Faces 2.0 for web interfaces and the ability to use EJBs in 
web applications
Java Persistence JPA 2.0 and RESTful web services support
Broader use of annotations instead of deployment descriptors
Deployment, debugging and profiling with GlassFish v3

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

JavaFX
Support for JavaFX SDK 1.2.1
Improved navigation, code completion, and hints

PHP
Full PHP 5.3 support
Symfony Framework support

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

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

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

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

Learn more about NetBeans IDE 6.8 Beta.

The final release of NetBeans IDE 6.8 is planned for December 2009. 
Download Beta today and give us your feedback about your experience 
using the release. You can also join discussions about the NetBeans IDE 
on our mailing lists and forums. If you blog about using NetBeans add 
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about NetBeans news and development.
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