NetBeans IDE 6.1 Beta Information

The NetBeans IDE is a modular, standards-based, integrated development environment (IDE) written in the Java programming language. The NetBeans project consists of an open source IDE and an application platform, which can be used as a generic framework to build any kind of application.

Release Overview

The NetBeans IDE 6.1 release provides several features and enhancements, such as rich JavaScript editing features, support for using the Spring web framework, tighter MySQL integration, and better mechanisms for projects to share use of libraries. The acclaimed support for Ruby/JRuby has been enhanced with new editor quick fixes, a Ruby platform manager, fast debug support for JRuby, and many other new features and fixes. By popular demand, the bean pattern and JSF CRUD generation features that were missing in the 6.0 release have returned. In addition, early versions of new modules, such as ClearCase support, are available as plugins. This release also provides improved performance, especially faster startup (up to 40%), lower memory consumption and improved responsiveness while working with large projects. See below for a list of features in this release.

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Documentation

Use the following documents to get started with the NetBeans IDE 6.1 Beta.

• Release Notes
• Installation Instructions

Feature Highlights

JavaScript Support   Semantic Highlighting   Code Completion and Type Analysis   Quick Fixes and Semantic Checks   Refactoring

Performance Enhancements   Up to 40% faster startup   Smarter parsing so that code completion is faster   Less memory consumption

Spring Framework Support   Bundled Spring Framework 2.5 library Wizards for XML configuration files and Spring Web MVC controllers Code completion of bean names and Java classes and properties Spring Web MVC framework support in web project

New MySQL Support in Database Explorer   Register MySQL servers   View, create, and delete databases   Easy launch of the administration tool for MySQL

Java Beans Support   Bean Patterns in Navigator   Generate Bean Property   BeanInfo Editor

JSF CRUD Generator   Quickly create a database application   Supports one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many entity relationships

Ruby/JRuby Support   Editor enhancements, including new hints and fixes   Support for JRuby fast debugging   Platform Manager   Server and database integration improvements in Rails projects

Javadoc Code Completion   Supports standard tags: @param, etc.   Code completion for parameters, exceptions, etc.

Sharing Projects (AKA Sharable Libraries)   More easily share projects with other members of your team through version control systems   Specify libraries using relative library path for default Java, Web, and all Java EE project types   Declare project dependencies with relative library paths   Enable unattended builds for your projects

New Update Center Modules   ClearCase Support   AXIS Support   SOAP UI Support

For more features, visit the NetBeans IDE 6.1 Beta New & Noteworthy page.