Developers will be able to test-drive the next-generation Java programming language by using the new version of Oracle’s NetBeans IDE (integrated developer environment), released Wednesday. “The main ...

NetBeans.org, which oversees the NetBeans open source Java tools environment, has released a beta version of the NetBeans 4.0 IDE, featuring support for the latest Java specifications and Apache ...

NetBeans IDE 3.6, a major revision to the open-source platform, is now available, adding improved windowing and debugging and backing for J2EE 1.4. The platform is intended to enable development of ...

NetBeans, the open-source IDE championed by Sun Microsystems, is being fitted with additional capabilities this week for development teams and scripting languages. As with other Sun projects, though, ...

Sun Microsystems to support users of NetBeans IDE 5, the open-source tool which sports a new GUI-building program. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies.