NetBeans IDE 8.0.2 Information

NetBeans IDE 8.0.2 provides out-of-the-box code analyzers and editors for working with the latest Java 8 technologies--Java SE 8, Java SE Embedded 8, and Java ME Embedded 8. The IDE also has a range of new enhancements that further improve its support for Maven and Java EE with PrimeFaces; new tools for HTML5, in particular for AngularJS; and improvements to PHP and C/C++ support.



NetBeans IDE 8.0.2 is available in English, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Russian, and Simplified Chinese.



The latest available download is NetBeans IDE 8.0.2, which is an update to NetBeans IDE 8.0 and contains:

Bug fixes in the installer for OS X 10.9.5 and 10.10

Bug fixes included in Patches 1, 1.1, 2 for NetBeans IDE 8.0 and Patches 1.1, 2 for NetBeans IDE 8.0.1

GlassFish 4.1 and Tomcat 8.0.15 bundled with the IDE

Support for WildFly Server and WebLogic Server 12.1.3

Added support for RequireJS

Grunt tasks available in the popup menu for web projects

Support for debugging JavaScript files with Karma

Node.JS and Bower modules can be installed directly within the IDE

Improved Git support

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Documentation

Use the following to get started with NetBeans IDE 8.0:

New Feature Highlights

Java

JDK 8 support: tools and editor enhancements for working with Profiles, Lambdas, and Streams.

Java SE Embedded support to deploy, run, debug or profile Java SE applications on an embedded device, such as Raspberry PI, directly from the NetBeans IDE.



Java ME Embedded 8 support.

Several Java Editor enhancements, such as many new Java hints, Javadoc shown as tooltip, instant rename enhancements, and code completion exclusions.

Improved integration with JavaFX Scene Builder.

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Java EE

New PrimeFaces code generators, to generate complete PrimeFaces skeleton CRUD applications with connection to databases.

Support for WildFly Server and WebLogic 12.1.3

Bundled GlassFish updated to 4.1

Tomcat 8.0.15 and TomEE support, including out-of-box JPA, JSF and JAXRS configuration and data sources.

Facelets Template Client wizard asks for sections to generate.

Code completion for template sections, and within JSF composite components.

Enhanced CDI integration in beans.xml file, with code completion for alternative classes and stereotypes.

file, with code completion for alternative classes and stereotypes. More flexibility for JPA hints, which can be disabled, enabled, and warning level changed.



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Maven

New Maven graph layout switcher.

Navigator shows POM goals.

Additional web resources shown in Projects window.

Improved Maven performance when re-running Web applications.

Improved Maven performance of "Apply Code Changes" while debugging.

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JavaScript

RequireJS Support

AngularJS navigation via hyperlinking from view to controllers.

Many enhancements for AngularJS in code completion between artifacts, such as code completion in the view to properties defined in controllers.

Code completion support in Knockout templates.

New editor support for creating JQuery widgets and plugins.

Debugging of JavaScript code executed in Nashorn (JDK 8+) script engine is supported.

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HTML5

Android 4.4 WebKit debugging supported for Cordova 3.3+.

New Karma test runner support.

New Grunt build support.

Avatar.js is available in the Plugin Manager, via Tools | Plugins. After installation, you're able to create Avatar.js projects.

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PHP

Support for PHP 5.6.

New support for Nette tester.

New support for PHP CS Fixer.

Enhancements for Twig, Latte, and Neon.

Composer supported by New Project Wizard.

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C/C++

New Breadcrumbs feature for navigation in editor.

New GDB Console to enable usage of command line GDB mode.

New hints and code completions.

Improved remote performance.

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Platform

Enhanced flexibility in the Window System, such as split of editor via drag and drop, and a new API to customize editor tabs.



New design of user interface for managing Project Groups.



Files in folders can be sorted by extension.

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Miscellaneous

Profiler enhancements: Profile on embedded platforms, show thread owning monitor for lock contention, and improved Threads view.

Versioning enhancements: Support for Subversion 1.8 working copies, various enhancements to Git and Mercurial support.

Task Schedule and other new features in Tasks window for bug tracking.

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See also the NetBeans IDE 8.0 New and Noteworthy and NetBeans IDE 8.0.1 New and Noteworthy pages.

Visit the NetBeans Release Roadmap.