The latest build of the NetBeans IDE, NetBeans 7.2 Release Candidate 1, is now available for download featuring performance upgrades and other enhancements.

Oracle claims NetBeans 7 is the first open source IDE to support the next-generation Java platform.

NetBeans is well-known as a popular and feature-rich Java IDE that was open-sourced by Sun Microsystems in 2000.

There are many reasons to download the NetBeans IDE and give Oracle's open source IDE another try, including Node.js support and increased efficiency.

Which Java IDE is best? Compare IntelliJ IDEA , Eclipse, and NetBeans for features, usability, and compatibility with your favorite tools and frameworks.

Mills claimed that NetBeans 7 is the first open source IDE to support the new Java (though JetBrains offers a beta of its IntelliJ IDE that also supports the draft specification).

The NetBeans community has announced the release of NetBeans IDE 7.1, the latest version of the popular open-source Java integrated development environment.

Along with the Java platform NetBeans IDE 7.0 supports PHP, JavaScript, Ajax and C/C++. But Hilwa noted that the new release drops support for the Ruby programming language.

NetBeans 8.1 is now generally available, the open source IDE's community announced. This upgrade of the popular open source Java IDE supports developers working with Java SE 8, Java SE Embedded 8, and ...

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 ...