NetBeans IDE 7.4 Information

NetBeans IDE 7.4 extends the advanced HTML5 development support introduced in NetBeans IDE 7.3 to Java EE and PHP applications, while offering new support for mobile web development on the Android and iOS platforms, including support for the Cordova framework. Additional highlights include support for preview versions of JDK 8, and continued enhancements to JavaFX, PHP, C/C++, Maven and other features.



NetBeans IDE 7.4 is available in English, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Russian, and Simplified Chinese.



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New Feature Highlights

HTML5

Cordova application development



Support for Android and iOS Browsers

Editing support for stylesheet languages: SASS and LESS

Browser switcher in main toolbar

Saving changes from Chrome Developer Tools

Network monitor



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JavaScript

Editing support for AngularJS, Knockout and ExtJS frameworks



Navigator and code folding in JSON files

Enhanced code completion with improved accuracy



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Java EE

HTML5 features available in Java EE projects



Wizards for JSF 2.2 Resource Library Contracts and FacesComponents



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PHP

HTML5 features available in PHP applications



Nette Framework 2 (with Latte templates) and Zend Framework 2 support



Atoum testing framework support



Editor and Rename type refactoring improvements



Static code analysis support

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Java

Preview support for JDK 8 features: Profiles, Lambdas



Code completion, Hints and Refactoring improvements

Native packaging

Updated bundled Ant 1.9.1 and Maven 3.0.5



JavaFX New FXML File dialog in Maven projects

Tighter alignment for JavaSE and JavaFX project types

Improvements to Project Deployment options

C/C++

Run/Debug launchers support

Find Usages improvements

C/C++ formatting style per project

Miscellaneous

New Tasks Dashboard and Notifications windows

Lock Contention for profiling tasks

Bugzilla Offline Mode

Enhancements to Versioning tools: Subversion, Git, Mercurial



TestNG and Junit improvements



Improvements to Databases



Learn more about the features of this release on the NetBeans IDE 7.4 New and Noteworthy page.

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