Sun Microsystems and the NetBeans developer community announce the availability of the NetBeans 6.7, a new version of the open-source IDE for Java developers.Sun Microsystems and the NetBeans developer community June 29 announced the
availability of the NetBeans 6.7, a new version of the open-source Integrated
Development Environment for Java developers.
NetBeans 6.7 delivers "tight integration with Project Kenai, Sun's
collaborative hosting site for free and open-source projects. Developers can
download the free, full-featured NetBeans IDE
6.7 at www.netbeans.org," Sun said in a news release.
The integration of NetBeans with Kenai.com will "allow developers to
stay in the IDE to create projects in the
cloud, get sources from Kenai projects, and query, open and edit issues for
them using Bugzilla. NetBeans IDE users can
also quickly navigate between Kenai.com hosted projects and local sources,
while developers can easily stay connected with other team members with an
integrated chat, Kenai's user profiles, wikis and mailing lists," the
company said.
"The advances in the latest version of NetBeans will have a huge impact
in the productivity of developers," Jim Parkinson, vice president of
Developer Products and Programs at Sun, said in the release. "The
integration between NetBeans and Kenai allows developers to stay in their IDE
and quickly navigate between Kenai.com, local code, bug reports, IM chats and
project wikis. Instead of interruptions, interactions with code, project
information and other team members becomes a natural part of the developers'
workflow." According to the release:
Other key features of NetBeans IDE 6.7 include:
. Support for Maven, a community
software project management and comprehension tool;
. New "Team" menu provides
access to projects on Kenai.com;
. Automated continuous integration
system with Hudson, an extensible Java-based solution ...
which makes it easier for developers to integrate changes to their project, and
makes it easier for users to obtain a fresh build;
. Improved PHP support allowing developers
to connect with each other and the latest technologies;
. Support for Zembly, a single
registry and repository of popular Web APIs. The Zembly Client Library NetBeans
plug-in enables developers to discover popular APIs and with a simple Drag and
Drop functionality, create the necessary code to consume the APIs from Java and
JavaFX applications.
According to Sun, "Other highlights of the NetBeans IDE
6.7 release [include] improved PHP and GlassFish software support. The NetBeans
IDE provides a rich set of features for
Ruby, Groovy, and JavaScript and other technologies. Support for JavaFX 1.2
technology is currently available for NetBeans IDE
6.5.1 and will soon be available for NetBeans IDE
6.7."