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| <h1>NetBeans IDE 6.9.1 Release Information</h1> |
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| The NetBeans IDE is an award-winning integrated development |
| environment available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Solaris. The NetBeans |
| project consists of an <a href="../../../../features/index.html">open-source IDE</a> |
| and an <a href="../../../../features/platform/index.html">application platform</a> |
| that enable developers to rapidly create |
| web, enterprise, desktop, and mobile applications using the Java |
| platform, as well as JavaFX, PHP, JavaScript and Ajax, Ruby and Ruby on Rails, |
| Groovy and Grails, and C/C++. |
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| offers extensive <a href="../../../../kb/index.html">documentation and training</a> |
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| <h2>Release Overview</h2> |
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| NetBeans IDE 6.9 introduces the JavaFX Composer, a visual layout tool for |
| visually building JavaFX GUI applications, similar to the Swing GUI builder |
| for Java SE applications. |
| Additional highlights include OSGi interoperability for NetBeans Platform applications |
| and support for developing OSGi bundles with Maven; |
| support for JavaFX SDK, PHP Zend framework, and Ruby on Rails 3.0; |
| as well as improvements to the Java Editor, Java Debugger, issue tracking, and more. |
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| <h2>Get the NetBeans IDE 6.9.1</h2> |
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| <span style="font-weight: bold;">The latest available download is NetBeans IDE 6.9.1, which is an update to NetBeans IDE 6.9.</span><br> |
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| NetBeans IDE 6.9.1 <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">includes the following notable changes:<br> |
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| <li>Support for JavaFX 1.3.1</li> |
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| <li>Improvements to the <a href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/JavaFXDebuggerReadme">JavaFX Debugger</a></li> |
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| <li>Integration of the <a href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/NetBeans6.9PatchesInfo">June 2010 and July 2010 patches</a></li> |
| <li>Performance improvements</li> |
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| <h2>Documentation</h2> |
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| <p>Use the following documents to get started with NetBeans IDE 6.9.1:</p> |
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| <li><a href="relnotes.html">Release Notes</a></li> |
| <li><a href="install.html">Installation Instructions</a></li> |
| <li><a href="../../../kb/kb.html">Recent Tutorials</a></li> |
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| <h2>Feature Highlights</h2> |
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| <p><b>OSGi</b></p> |
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| <li>Develop OSGi bundles with Maven |
| </li><li>Bundled Felix container |
| </li><li>Use OSGi bundles in a NetBeans RCP application |
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| <p><b>NetBeans Platform</b></p> |
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| <li>OSGi interoperability (developing and consuming OSGi bundles in |
| Platform-based applications) |
| </li><li>Felix 2.0.3 OSGi support, experimental Equinox support |
| </li><li>Convert NetBeans modules into OSGi bundles and run them in an |
| unmodified OSGi container |
| </li><li>Branding Editor for both Ant and Maven Platform-based projects |
| </li><li>NetBeans Platform-based applications generate installers for |
| most common operating systems |
| </li><li>Enhanced support for consuming web services and connecting to databases |
| </li></ul> |
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| <p><img style="border: 1px solid ; width: 200px; height: 104px;" src="../../../images_www/screenshots/6.9/osgi-equinox-netbeans.png" alt=""></p> |
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| <p><img style="border: 1px solid ; width: 200px; height: 124px;" src="../../../images_www/screenshots/6.9/maven-osgi.png" alt=""></p> |
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| <p><b>JavaFX</b></p> |
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| <li>JavaFX Composer for form-like UI components with states and access to various data sources |
| </li><li>Added and improved editor hints, debugging, and refactoring |
| </li><li>Enhanced Palettes for JavaFX Shapes, Colors, Effects, and Charts |
| </li><li>Improved code formatting |
| </li></ul> |
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| <a href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/wiki/images/6/6c/Javafx-composer-screenshot-wizard.png"><img style="border: 1px solid ; width: 200px; height: 77px;" src="../../../images_www/screenshots/6.9/javafx-composer.png" alt=""></a> |
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| <p><b>Java EE</b></p> |
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| <li>Support for Contexts and Dependency Injection (CDI) (JSR-299) |
| </li><li>Spring Framework 3.0 support |
| </li><li>Bundled GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 3.0.1 |
| </li><li>Easy regeneration of JPA entities after database change |
| </li><li>REST web services support for RCP applications |
| </li></ul> |
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| <p><b>Java</b></p> |
| <ul><li>Java Debugger breakpoint grouping, debugger attach parameter history |
| </li><li>Support for annotation processors in the editor, configurable in the Project Properties |
| </li><li>New Applet and Web Start (JNLP) support |
| </li><li>Improved navigation in Stack Trace Analyzer and URLs, Go To Overridden/Implemented Method action |
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| <p><b>Web Languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript</b></p> |
| <ul><li>Refactoring and find usages for CSS and HTML-like languages |
| </li><li>Code completion and hyperlinking for id and class selector attributes |
| </li><li>Refactoring inline CSS styles |
| </li></ul> |
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| <p><img style="border: 1px solid ; width: 200px; height: 68px;" src="../../../images_www/screenshots/6.9/annotation-processor.png" alt=""></p> |
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| <p><img style="border: 1px solid ; width: 200px; height: 105px;" src="../../../images_www/screenshots/6.9/css-refactoring.png" alt=""></p> |
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| <p><b>Java Card</b></p> |
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| <li>Support for creating Java Card Connected 3 servlets, classic and extended applets |
| </li><li>Backward compatibility with Java Card 2.2.x and Java Card Classic |
| </li><li>Debugging, and multiple Java Card Platform/Device creation |
| </li><li>Alignment with Java Card Reference Implementation |
| </li></ul> |
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| <img style="border: 1px solid ; width: 200px; height: 126px;" src="../../../images_www/v6/9/features/java-card.png" alt=""> |
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| <p><b>PHP</b></p> |
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| <li>PHP Zend Framework support |
| </li><li>"Overrides/Implements" and "Is Overridden/Implemented" annotations |
| </li><li>New formatter with many formatting rules</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <p><b>Ruby</b></p> |
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| <li>Ruby on Rails 3.0 support |
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| <p><b>C/C++</b></p> |
| <ul><li>Unit test integration with C/C++ projects |
| </li><li>Enhanced remote development including remote file download and browsing |
| </li><li>Improved support of makefile targets and Fortran |
| </li><li>Improved hyperlink navigation between overridden methods and classes |
| </li></ul> |
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| <p><b>General</b></p> |
| <ul><li>Many more editor hints for Java and Ruby |
| </li><li>Spell checker support in the Editor |
| </li><li>Help menu item for reporting bugs and slowness against NetBeans IDE |
| </li><li>Support for multiple Kenai-based team servers (e.g. kenai.com and netbeans.org). |
| </li></ul> |
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| <p>Learn more about the features of this release at the |
| <a href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/NewAndNoteworthy69">NetBeans |
| IDE New and Noteworthy page</a>!</p> |
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