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Integrated development environment software for software development

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::summary Integrated development environment software for software development ::

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FieldValue
nameNetBeans IDE
logoApache NetBeans Logo.svg
screenshotApache NetBeans 12.2 screenshot.png
captionApache NetBeans 12.2 in Arch Linux
collapsibleyes
authorRoman Staněk
developer
discontinuedNo
latest release version
latest release date
latest preview version
latest preview date
platformJava SE, Java EE, JavaFX
operating systemWindows, macOS, Linux, Solaris; feature-limited OS independent version available
language count28
languagesee § Localization
repo
programming languageJava
genreIDE
licenseApache License 2.0 (previously CDDL or GPLv2 with classpath exception){{cite web
urlhttps://netbeans.org/cddl-gplv2.html
titleNetBeans IDE Dual License Header and License Notice
websiteNetbeans.org
date1989-04-01
dfmdy
access-date2013-07-18
archive-dateNovember 2, 2019
archive-urlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20191102063542/https://netbeans.org/cddl-gplv2.html
url-statusdead
website
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| name = NetBeans IDE | logo = Apache NetBeans Logo.svg | screenshot = Apache NetBeans 12.2 screenshot.png | caption = Apache NetBeans 12.2 in Arch Linux | collapsible = yes | author = Roman Staněk | developer = | discontinued = No | latest release version = | latest release date = | latest preview version = | latest preview date = | platform = Java SE, Java EE, JavaFX | operating system = Windows, macOS, Linux, Solaris; feature-limited OS independent version available | language count = 28 | language = see § Localization | repo = | programming language = Java | genre = IDE | license = Apache License 2.0 (previously CDDL or GPLv2 with classpath exception){{cite web |url = https://netbeans.org/cddl-gplv2.html |title = NetBeans IDE Dual License Header and License Notice |website = Netbeans.org |date = 1989-04-01 |df = mdy |access-date = 2013-07-18 |archive-date = November 2, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191102063542/https://netbeans.org/cddl-gplv2.html |url-status = dead | website = NetBeans is an integrated development environment (IDE) for Java. NetBeans allows applications to be developed from a set of modular software components called modules. NetBeans runs on Windows, macOS, Linux and Solaris. In addition to Java development, it has extensions for other languages like PHP, C, C++, HTML5, and JavaScript. Applications based on NetBeans, including the NetBeans IDE, can be extended by third party developers.

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NetBeans began in 1996 as Xelfi (word play on Delphi),{{cite web | url = http://www.xelfi.cz/ | title = original Xelfi homepage | access-date = 2008-05-17 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120424032110/http://www.xelfi.cz/ | archive-date = 2012-04-24}}{{cite web | url = https://netbeans.org/community/articles/interviews/yarda-tulach.html | title = Happy Birthday NetBeans - interview with Jaroslav "Yarda" Tulach | publisher = Netbeans.org | access-date = 2008-05-17 | archive-date = May 17, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080517021908/http://www.netbeans.org/community/articles/interviews/yarda-tulach.html | url-status = dead | url = https://netbeans.org/about/history.html | title = A Brief History of NetBeans IDE | publisher = Netbeans.org | access-date = 2008-05-17 | archive-date = August 31, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130831063145/https://netbeans.org/about/history.html | url-status = dead

NetBeans IDE

NetBeans IDE is an open-source integrated development environment. NetBeans IDE supports development of all Java application types (Java SE (including JavaFX), Java ME, web, EJB and mobile applications) out of the box. Among other features are an Ant-based project system, Maven support, refactorings, version control (supporting CVS, Subversion, Git, Mercurial and Clearcase).

Modularity

All the functions of the IDE are provided by modules. Each module provides a well-defined function, such as support for the Java language, editing, or support for the CVS versioning system, and SVN. NetBeans contains all the modules needed for Java development in a single download, allowing the user to start working immediately. Modules also allow NetBeans to be extended. New features, such as support for other programming languages, can be added by installing additional modules. For instance, Sun Studio, Sun Java Studio Enterprise, and Sun Java Studio Creator from Sun Microsystems are all based on the NetBeans IDE.

License

NetBeans IDE is licensed under the Apache License 2.0. Previously, from July 2006 through 2007, it was licensed under Sun's Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL), a license based on the Mozilla Public License (MPL). In October 2007, Sun announced that NetBeans would henceforth be offered under a dual license of the CDDL and the GPL version 2 licenses, with the GPL linking exception for GNU Classpath. Oracle has donated NetBeans Platform and IDE to the Apache Foundation where it underwent incubation and graduated as a top level project in April 2019.

Other products

In an October 2016 interview with Gabriela Motroc, Oracle Vice President Bill Pataky stated that Oracle has a number of products that depend on NetBeans.

  • Oracle Developer Studio, a commercial C, C++, Fortran and Java development environment is 100% based on NetBeans
  • Oracle JDeveloper, an end-to-end development for Oracle's technology stack takes major subsystems from NetBeans
  • Oracle JavaScript Extension Toolkit, a modular, open source toolkit based on modern JavaScript, CSS3 and HTML5 design and development principles uses NetBeans as its preferred IDE

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Integrated modules

These modules are part of the NetBeans IDE:

NetBeans Profiler

The NetBeans Profiler{{cite web | url = http://profiler.netbeans.org/ | title = Profiler | publisher = Netbeans.org | access-date = 2008-05-17 | archive-date = August 5, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080805191253/http://profiler.netbeans.org/ | url-status = dead The Profiler is based on a Sun Laboratories research project that was named JFluid. That research uncovered specific techniques that can be used to lower the overhead of profiling a Java application. One of those techniques is dynamic bytecode instrumentation, which is particularly useful for profiling large Java applications. Using dynamic bytecode instrumentation and additional algorithms, the NetBeans Profiler is able to obtain runtime information on applications that are too large or complex for other profilers. NetBeans also support Profiling Points that let developers profile precise points of execution and measure execution time.

GUI design tool

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Formerly known as project Matisse, the GUI design-tool enables developers to prototype and design Swing GUIs by dragging and positioning GUI components.{{cite web | url = https://netbeans.org/features/java/swing.html | title = Swing GUI Builder (formerly Project Matisse) | publisher = Netbeans.org | access-date = 2008-05-17 | archive-date = July 29, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130729230050/https://netbeans.org/features/java/swing.html | url-status = dead

The GUI builder has built-in support for JSR 295 (Beans Binding technology), but the support for JSR 296 (Swing Application Framework) was removed in 7.1.

NetBeans JavaScript editor

The NetBeans JavaScript editor provides extended support for JavaScript, Ajax, and CSS.{{cite web |url = http://wiki.netbeans.org/JavaScript |title = Javascript |publisher = Netbeans wiki |date = 2007-03-31 |df = mdy |access-date = 2008-04-19 |archive-date = April 10, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080410130917/http://wiki.netbeans.org/JavaScript |url-status = dead | url = https://netbeans.org/features/web/web-app.html | title = Java Web Applications | publisher = Netbeans.org | access-date = 2008-04-19 | archive-date = October 18, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121018230718/http://netbeans.org/features/web/web-app.html | url-status = dead

JavaScript editor features comprise syntax highlighting, refactoring, code completion for native objects and functions, generation of JavaScript class skeletons, generation of Ajax callbacks from a template; and automatic browser compatibility checks.

CSS editor features comprise code completion for styles names, quick navigation through the navigator panel, displaying the CSS rule declaration in a List View and file structure in a Tree View, sorting the outline view by name, type or declaration order (List & Tree), creating rule declarations (Tree only), refactoring a part of a rule name (Tree only).

The NetBeans 7.4 and later uses the new Nashorn JavaScript engine developed by Oracle.

NetBeans IDE download bundles

Users can choose to download NetBeans IDE bundles tailored to specific development needs. Users can also download and install all other features at a later date directly through the NetBeans IDE.

NetBeans IDE Bundle for Web and Java EE===

The NetBeans IDE Bundle for Web & Java EE{{cite web | url = https://netbeans.org/features/web/index.html | title = Web & Java EE | publisher = Netbeans.org | access-date = 2008-05-18 | archive-date = May 9, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080509174428/http://www.netbeans.org/features/web/index.html | url-status = dead NetBeans also supports the JSF 2.0 (Facelets), JavaServer Pages (JSP), Hibernate, Spring, and Struts frameworks, and the Java EE 5 and J2EE 1.4 platforms. It includes GlassFish and Apache Tomcat.

Some of its features with Java EE include:

  • Improved support for CDI, REST services and Java Persistence
  • New support for Bean Validation
  • Support for JSF component libraries, including bundled PrimeFaces library
  • Improved editing for Expression Language in JSF, including code completion, refactoring and hints

NetBeans IDE Bundle for PHP

NetBeans supports PHP since version 5.6. The bundle for PHP includes:

  • syntax highlighting, code completion, occurrence highlighting, error highlighting, CVS version control
  • semantic analysis with highlighting of parameters and unused local variables
  • PHP code debugging with xdebug
  • PHP Unit testing with PHPUnit and Selenium
  • Code coverage
  • Symfony framework support (since version 6.8)
  • Zend Framework support (since version 6.9)
  • Yii Framework support (since version 7.3)
  • PHP 5.3 namespace and closure support (since version 6.8)
  • Code Folding for Control Structures (since version 7.2 dev)

NetBeans IDE Complete Bundle

Oracle also releases a version of NetBeans that includes all of the features of the above bundles. This bundle includes:

Official Ruby support was removed with the release of 7.0.

Localization

NetBeans IDE is translated into the following languages:

Community translations of the IDE are also available in the following languages: ::data[format=table title="Community translations{{cite web"] | Language | Platform | Java SE (IDE) | All | |---|---|---|---| | Afrikaans | | | | | Albanian | | | | | Azerbaijani | | | | | Catalan | | | | | Czech | | | | | Dutch | | | | | Filipino | | | | | French | | | | | Galician | | | | | German | | | | | Greek | | | | | Hindi | | | | | Indonesian | | | | | Italian | | | | | Korean | | | | | Lithuanian | | | | | Romanian | | | | | Russian | | | | | Serbian | | | | | Spanish | | | | | Swedish | | | | | Traditional Chinese | | | | | Turkish | | | | | Vietnamese | | | | ::

References

References

  1. "HTML5 Web Development Support".
  2. "NetBeans MOVED".
  3. (September 13, 2016). "Java founder James Gosling endorses Apache takeover of NetBeans Java IDE".
  4. "NetBeans Incubation Status".
  5. "Why GPL v2 Frequently Asked Questions".
  6. (April 24, 2019). "The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache NetBeans as a Top-Level Project".
  7. (2016-10-05). "Oracle developers will be involved in at least two Apache NetBeans releases". Jaxenter.
  8. "Netbeans Bugzilla - Bug 186731".
  9. "Catalan localization group at OpenSolaris".
  10. "NetBeans.org Community News: Go Multilingual with NetBeans IDE 5.5.1!".
  11. "NetBeans Community News".

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