NetBeans IDE 6.7 Release Candidate 3 Release Information

The NetBeans IDE is an award-winning integrated development environment available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Solaris. The NetBeans project consists of an open-source IDE and an application platform that enable developers to rapidly create web, enterprise, desktop, and mobile applications using the Java platform, as well as PHP, JavaScript and Ajax, Ruby and Ruby on Rails, Groovy, JavaFX and C/C++. It is supported by a vibrant developer community and offers extensive documentation and training resources as well as a diverse selection of third-party plugins.

Release Overview

NetBeans IDE 6.7 Release Candidate introduces integration with Project Kenai, a collaborative environment for developers to host open-source projects. With Kenai and the NetBeans IDE, a team of developers is able to create projects, check out, edit, debug, build, and commit code, all through one easy-to-use interface!

The release also builds on the success of NetBeans 6.5 with native support for Maven; GlassFish and Hudson integrations; and enhancements to Java, PHP, Ruby, Groovy and C/C++. Additional highlights of the 6.7 release include support for JavaScript 1.7, and integration of the Java ME SDK 3.0.

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Documentation

Use the following documents to get started with NetBeans IDE 6.7 RC3.

• Release Notes
• Installation Instructions

Feature Highlights

Connected Developer Create Kenai-hosted projects from within the NetBeans IDE Locate and open sources for Kenai-hosted projects in the IDE Full integration with Bugzilla
Maven Improved code completion for Maven plugin parameters Support for Web Services creation and consumption POM Editor and Navigator enhancements J2EE support
PHP Code coverage and Selenium support SQL code completion in the PHP editor PHPUnit output improvements
GlassFish Derby support registers Derby associated with v3 Prelude instance Code completion support for v3 Prelude as sole registered Java EE server Added Hierarchy to the Tree View in the Services Explorer
Groovy and Grails Out-of-the-box support for Grails 1.1 Code completion Disable browser opening on run and configure platforms to use with Grails projects Invoke Grails command or custom script from context menu item
Ruby and Rails Remote debugging support Improvements to Ruby constants support Run and debug actions for test cases and suites included in context menu Support for Shoulda tests
C/C++ Profiling support for C++ projects (with minimal overhead!) Integrated support of popular Qt library and tools More refactorings and code generation in the C/C++ editor Macro expansion view to analyze preprocessor output
Profiler Enhanced Self Diagnosis with “Profile Me Now!“ Export profiling data into CSV, HTML and XML file formats HeapWalker supports OQL queries to analyze the contents of the heapdump
Debugger Debugger options to customize debugging process Easy viewing and setup of sources before start of debugging session
Java Generated source roots now displayed in the Projects tab Struts library migrated to version 1.3.8
Java ME / Mobility Bundled with the Java Platform Micro Edition Software Development Kit 3.0 Support for the Java Card Platform Full support for SVG Rich Components in the Visual Mobile Designer Improvements to the SVG Composer
Platform Enhancements to Output Window, Update Center catalog and Search performance Improved toolbar behavior and declarative MIME type resolvers Ability to change extension of files