Oracle claims NetBeans 7 is the first open source IDE to support the next-generation Java platform.

NetBeans, a popular Java IDE formerly supported by Sun Microsystems and later Oracle, has graduated from the Apache Software Foundation's incubator to become a top-level project, where it will benefit ...

NetBeans is widely seen as the most popular Java IDE after Eclipse, according to Al Hilwa, an IDC analyst who covers application development software.

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NetBeans IDE 7.2 provides a significantly improved performance and coding experience, with new static code analysis capabilities in the Java Editor and smarter project scanning.

For non-Java developers Oracle has also bolstered NetBeans 7 IDE to include better integration with Oracle WebLogic Server, allowing for faster deployment, Oracle said.

The NetBeans IDE has always been open source, so you might be wondering why this would appear as a reason to return to NetBeans. When Oracle bought Sun Microsystems, there was a great deal of ...

NetBeans IDE Support for Java ME 8 Geertjan Wielenga recently wrote about NetBeans 8's AngularJS support in a blog post, titled Integrated AngularJS Development.

The NetBeans community has announced the release of NetBeans IDE 7.1, the latest version of the popular open-source Java integrated development environment.

Mills claimed that NetBeans 7 is the first open source IDE to support the new Java (though JetBrains offers a beta of its IntelliJ IDE that also supports the draft specification).