NetBeans IDE 6.9.1 Release Information

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Release Overview

NetBeans IDE 6.9 introduces the JavaFX Composer, a visual layout tool for visually building JavaFX GUI applications, similar to the Swing GUI builder for Java SE applications. Additional highlights include OSGi interoperability for NetBeans Platform applications and support for developing OSGi bundles with Maven; support for JavaFX SDK, PHP Zend framework, and Ruby on Rails 3.0; as well as improvements to the Java Editor, Java Debugger, issue tracking, and more.

Get the NetBeans IDE 6.9.1

The latest available download is NetBeans IDE 6.9.1, which is an update to NetBeans IDE 6.9.

Support for JavaFX 1.3.1

Improvements to the JavaFX Debugger

Integration of the June 2010 and July 2010 patches

Performance improvements

Documentation

NetBeans IDE 6.9.1includes the following notable changes:

Use the following documents to get started with NetBeans IDE 6.9.1:

Feature Highlights

OSGi Develop OSGi bundles with Maven

Bundled Felix container

Use OSGi bundles in a NetBeans RCP application

NetBeans Platform OSGi interoperability (developing and consuming OSGi bundles in Platform-based applications)

Felix 2.0.3 OSGi support, experimental Equinox support

Convert NetBeans modules into OSGi bundles and run them in an unmodified OSGi container

Branding Editor for both Ant and Maven Platform-based projects

NetBeans Platform-based applications generate installers for most common operating systems

Enhanced support for consuming web services and connecting to databases JavaFX JavaFX Composer for form-like UI components with states and access to various data sources

Added and improved editor hints, debugging, and refactoring

Enhanced Palettes for JavaFX Shapes, Colors, Effects, and Charts

Improved code formatting Java EE Support for Contexts and Dependency Injection (CDI) (JSR-299)

Spring Framework 3.0 support

Bundled GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 3.0.1

Easy regeneration of JPA entities after database change

REST web services support for RCP applications Java Java Debugger breakpoint grouping, debugger attach parameter history

Support for annotation processors in the editor, configurable in the Project Properties

New Applet and Web Start (JNLP) support

Improved navigation in Stack Trace Analyzer and URLs, Go To Overridden/Implemented Method action

Web Languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript Refactoring and find usages for CSS and HTML-like languages

Code completion and hyperlinking for id and class selector attributes

Refactoring inline CSS styles Java Card Support for creating Java Card Connected 3 servlets, classic and extended applets

Backward compatibility with Java Card 2.2.x and Java Card Classic

Debugging, and multiple Java Card Platform/Device creation

Alignment with Java Card Reference Implementation PHP PHP Zend Framework support

"Overrides/Implements" and "Is Overridden/Implemented" annotations

New formatter with many formatting rules

Ruby Ruby on Rails 3.0 support C/C++ Unit test integration with C/C++ projects

Enhanced remote development including remote file download and browsing

Improved support of makefile targets and Fortran

Improved hyperlink navigation between overridden methods and classes General Many more editor hints for Java and Ruby

Spell checker support in the Editor

Help menu item for reporting bugs and slowness against NetBeans IDE

Support for multiple Kenai-based team servers (e.g. kenai.com and netbeans.org).





Learn more about the features of this release at the NetBeans IDE New and Noteworthy page!

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