The NetBeans IDE/BlueJ Edition combines NetBeans open source applicaton development technology with BlueJ technology. BlueJ features educational tools such as visualization and interaction ...

Sun Microsystems teams with a group of academics to release a version of the Sun NetBeans IDE that aims to help to train developers on Java and transition them to professional tools.

For the desktop, NetBeans IDE 7.1, released Thursday, updated the software’s Matisse editor, which now uses the latest version of the Java Swing GUI (graphical user interface) library.

There has been a long-standing battle in the Java community over which Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is best. From the TSS Readership Survey, the two most popular choices are Eclipse and ...