Make NetBeans 6.5 Rock - Join NetCAT 6.5!
2008-07-01 05:15:54
NetBeans 6.5 Community Acceptance Testing - Do you like quality of NetBeans IDE and want to sustain it in the future? Or do you think the opposite that NetBeans IDE lacks quality? No matter what your answer is you can give your favorite IDE something back. If you find few hours per week in July and August you can join other community volunteers in NetCAT 6.5 program.

Czech Developers Salute Sun Microsystems & NetBeans for Open-Source Innovation
2008-06-26 06:16:32
Sun Microsystems Czech was an audience favorite in the Czech Open Source 2008 Awards, winning the category of Best Open Source Company for its "continuous development of NetBeans". NetBeans also received a third-place win from award judges in the Best Open Source Products category.

Check Out the Redesigned NetBeans Community Index Page!
2008-06-26 06:16:32
The NetBeans Community Portal has a brand new look! All the information you need to contribute to the NetBeans codebase, to develop your projects with the NetBeans IDE & Platform, and to engage with the NetBeans community can now be found on one easy-to-navigate page!

The NetBeans Community Portal is your gateway for participating in the NetBeans Project and growing the community.

TagsMe GUI a NetBeans RCP Application in Action
2008-06-06 05:15:59
TagsME GUI is a NetBeans Rich Client Platform application that we have developed for provide a graphical editor to our JavaME framework, TagsMe.

With TagsMe, you define your screens in XML files that are parsed at runtime. You can also download those files, while application is running, from a web server, allowing creation of online applications. We provide a big component library (Buttons, bitmap fonts, animations, sprites, maps...), a plugin architecture and a script language (very similar to Java). More information: http://www.tagsme.com

NetBeans IDE 6.1 Multilingual Now Available
2008-06-06 01:16:11
NetBeans IDE 6.1 is now available in Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Brazilian Portuguese! The entire range of NetBeans Packs and Bundles can be downloaded in these languages, as well as in English.

(To get NetBeans IDE 6.1 in the language of your choice, use the Language pulldown menu located above the NetBeans IDE Download Bundles table.)

We are pleased to announce that yet again community participation was instrumental to this multilingual release, with localization teams from Japan, China and Brazil contributing product testing, or providing translations for User Interface and documentation.

Thank you to all the teams!

We want more NetBeans localizations! Interested in translating parts or all of the NetBeans IDE and the NetBeans Platform, or pages on NetBeans.org into your language? Visit the Translation Project page for details.

For Newbies: Introduction to SunSpot development using NetBeans
2008-06-06 01:16:11
Instructions to build a simple demo Sun SPOT application in NetBeans.

NetBeans Governance Board Elections - Voting Begins
2008-05-29 03:45:49
At this time we are asking for you to cast your vote(s) for the community members you wish to elect to the NetBeans Governance Board.

Listed below are the final candidates that you may vote for:

In order to vote you must first login to your account on NetBeans.org and then continue to the board elections page. The candidates' profiles will be available later this week.

The voting period runs through June 9, 2008 midnight in the last time zone. Please remember that you need to be logged into NetBeans.org in order to vote.

Patch for NetBeans IDE 6.1 Now Available
2008-05-27 04:17:04
NetBeans.org has released a new patch, which is an update to the NetBeans IDE 6.1. The patch includes bug fixes in modules for BPEL, C/C++, Database, Editing Files, GUI Builder, IDE Platform, Java, Java Debugger, Java EE, Java Persistence, JBoss Application Server, Mercurial, Mobility, NetBeans Plugin Development, RESTful Web Services, Ruby and Rails, SOA, Spring Web MVC, UML, Visual JSF, Visual Mobility Designer, Web Applications, Web Services, and XML and Schema.

To obtain the fixes, the NetBeans IDE must be installed and running. You can download the fixes through the IDE's Plugins Manager.

Demo of New JavaScript Editor in NetBeans IDE 6.1
2008-05-21 08:45:57
NetBeans IDE 6.1 contains a completely new JavaScript editor which provides many advanced editing capabilities such as intelligent code completion, mark occurences, instant rename, on-fly analysis of JavaScript libraries, support for many Ajax frameworks and more. Watch this screencast to discover the new and exciting JavaScript-related features.

Students: Review NetBeans IDE and win!
2008-05-21 05:46:05
Both OpenSolaris OS and NetBeans IDE 6.1 are now available. Download either, try it out, write a review, submit the URL and you can win $250 in Visa Debit Cards. You must be enrolled in an educational institution as a student to participate.