Open source Java development environment NetBeans has achieved top-level project status at the Apache Software Foundation. NetBeans is the integrated development environment (IDE) associated first ...

The NetBeans IDE is pretty good on its own, but even handier once you start extending it with plugins specific to your needs. In this installment of Open source Java projects, Jeff Friesen introduces ...

Last week Oracle released the latest update of the NetBeans integrated development environment (IDE). Topping the list of enhancements in NetBeans 7.3 is support for HTML5 and CSS, and a new ...

NetBeans uses its projects’ settings for javac.source (and javac.target in more ways than simply enforcing javac‘s use of the -source and -target. In this post, I look at some of the numerous benefits ...

Software developers are creatures of habit, so when it comes to getting them to change their ways, like moving away from Eclipse or IntelliJ and taking the time to download the latest NetBeans' IDE, ...