NetBeans 6.0 Integrated Development Environment Ready for Action;
General Availability Marks Latest Milestone From NetBeans Community
Ikivo, JasperSoft and Wipro Technologies Join NetBeans Partner Program
ANTWERP, Belgium (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) December 11, 2007 --
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) and the NetBeans community today
announced the availability of the award-winning NetBeans(TM) 6.0
Integrated Development Environment (IDE). NetBeans 6.0 IDE extends
support beyond Java(TM) by providing a rich set of features for C/C++,
JavaScript(TM) and the Ruby language, including Ruby on Rails - further
enhancing developer productivity with multiple languages and ease of use.
“The release of 6.0 is the culmination of
NetBeans momentum in the IDE marketplace," said Jeet Kaul, vice
president of Developer Products and Programs at Sun. “While
innovation drives interest and excitement in the developer community,
collaboration with and use by key industry players drives adoption. And
we are happy to have Ikivo AB, JasperSoft Corporation, Nokia Corporation
and Wipro Technologies working with the NetBeans community."
The NetBeans 6.0 release marks a monumental milestone, with the
following highlights:
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Enhanced code editor with smarter code completion, occurrence
highlighting, in place renaming and improved navigation and inspection
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Next generation Swing GUI Builder (formerly known as Project Matisse)
with Swing Application Framework and Beans Binding technology
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Improved visual tools for developing web applications, web services,
mobile applications and UML models
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Extensive edit/refactor/debug test/deploy functionality for Ruby and
Ruby on Rails development
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New file navigation functionality for C/C++ developers with improved
debugger integration
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Comprehensive support for Java Platform Enterprise Edition 5
development
NetBeans 6.0 features previously available from add-on packs such as the
Visual Web and Enterprise Packs, have been integrated into NetBeans and
are delivered via a single install program. This new install program
allows for easy customization and installation. In conjunction with the
NetBeans release, Sun Java(TM) Studio Enterprise and Sun Java(TM) Studio
Creator have launched migration programs to enable their users to
migrate to NetBeans and use the functionality that has been incorporated
there.
"As the largest and longest running mobile developer community with more
than 3.4 million members, Forum Nokia is continually focused on
highlighting best-of-breed productivity tools for our developer
community. We are glad to endorse NetBeans 6.0 as a MIDP2 productivity
tool that enables developers to bring out the best features of JSR-248
on Nokia devices and thereby addressing several hundred million Nokia
device owners," said Lee Epting, vice president, Forum Nokia, Nokia
Corporation.
Sun also offers a tiered set of developer support services for its
software offerings, ranging from single incident to comprehensive
developer plans. In addition, with a broad portfolio of training and
certification offerings, developers can enhance their skill sets to take
advantage of cutting-edge technologies. To learn more, visit: http://www.netbeans.org/kb/support.html.
The NetBeans Partner Program recognizes the strength that partners bring
to the overall NetBeans value proposition as well as the value in
reaching one of the largest and pre-eminent communities of software
developers in the world.
“We are very excited to engage on a strategic
level with Sun and the NetBeans community to help bring advanced rich
media content to NetBeans mobility developers specifically and the Java
community in general,” said Magnus Zetterberg,
vice president of Business Development, Ikivo. “The
NetBeans development community can now fully employ the power of
Scalable Vector Graphics to facilitate the creation of standards based
rich media content on the Java ME platform.”
"As the market leader in open source business intelligence, we recognize
the value of the open source NetBeans community," said Jose Morales,
vice president of Business Development, JasperSoft. "Our participation
with the collaborative NetBeans community is complementary to both
NetBeans and JasperSoft technology. By providing iReport as a native
NetBeans plugin, developers from the NetBeans community can now enjoy
the benefits of developing Java applications with built-in business
intelligence."
Wipro Technologies, the leading global provider of integrated business,
technology and process solutions on a global delivery platform, has
recently joined the NetBeans Strategic Partner Program. "As a global
service delivery provider, one of our primary endeavours is to empower
our developers to be productive. We see the new NetBeans 6.0 release as
a key enabler of increasing our developer productivity. Now as a
NetBeans Strategic Partner, we are well positioned to not just leverage
the vastly improved and new and innovative features of NetBeans 6.0, but
also work with the NetBeans community to contribute and channel our
expertise in the developer community as a whole," said Rajesh Ram
Mishra, vice president and chief technology officer, Telecom and Product
Engineering Solutions, Wipro Technologies.
Developers making the switch to NetBeans
The NetBeans community has experienced tremendous growth, to date there
have been more than 16 million downloads and a 300 percent increase in
email list subscribers during the past three years. Many developers are
migrating to NetBeans from other IDEs. To read about their stories,
visit: http://www.netbeans.org/switch/realstories.html
Kaul continues, “Developers are the heart and
soul of the IT industry. At Sun we are committed to Free and Open Source
software, and it gives me great pleasure to say that NetBeans.org is
part of Sun's multi-year sponsorship of a developer program called the
Open Source Community Innovation Awards. We believe the program will
promote creativity from individuals and teams, and recognize the
contributions from some of the brightest minds in the industry.”
Open Source Community Innovation Awards Program
NetBeans community has also been selected as part of Sun’s
Open Source Community Innovation Awards Program. Announced last week,
the multi-year program is designed to foster innovation and recognize
some of the more active open source communities within Sun. Six
communities have been selected for the program’s
first year: GlassFish(TM), NetBeans, OpenJDK(TM), OpenOffice.org,
OpenSolaris(TM) and OpenSPARC(TM). Prizes are expected to total at least
$1 million (USD) a year.
Beginning January 2008, the six open source communities will announce
the details around the individual programs. Each community will have its
own rules and judging criteria. Prize winners will be announced in
August 2008. To follow contest updates and major developments, visit: http://www.sun.com/opensource/awards
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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the development of technologies that power the world's most important
markets. Sun's philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities
is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation
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at sun.com.
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