I specifically discussed this approach using NetBeans 7 to “modernize” Java code bases to newer releases of Java in the blog post Seven NetBeans Hints for Modernizing Java Code.

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 ...

Developers will be able to test-drive the next generation Java programming language by using the new version of Oracle’s NetBeans IDE (integrated developer environment), released Wednesday ...

The Netbeans 7 integrated development environment is now available to download, bringing with it support for the forthcoming Java SE Java Development Kit 7 and HTML 5 editing tools, Oracle said on ...

NetBeans 8 contains a number of Java 8 and Java EE enhancements, as well as HTML5 support. NetBeans users rejoice!

Tired of your Java integrated development environment? The top Java IDE is really in the eyes of the developer. Compare these six options, including Eclipse, NetBeans and IntelliJ to find the right ...

NetBeans is well-known as a popular and feature-rich Java IDE that was open-sourced by Sun Microsystems in 2000. And with a continuously growing user community, it is considered today to be one of ...

The Netbeans Java environment lets you create a connection to a database and retrieve records from the database to display in your Java forms. You can also add records to the tables using the ...

Sun has released version 6 of the Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE), along with version 3 of the GlassFish application server and the open source NetBeans 6.8 development environment ...