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<h1>NetBeans IDE 7.3.1 Release Information</h1>
<p> NetBeans IDE 7.3 empowers developers to create and debug rich
web and mobile applications using the latest HTML5, JavaScript,
and CSS3 standards. Developers can expect state of the art rich
web development experience with a page inspector and CSS style
editor, completely revamped JavaScript editor, new JavaScript
debugger, and more. Additional highlights available in 7.3 include
continued enhancements to the IDE's support for Groovy, PHP,
JavaFX and C/C++.<br>
</p>
<p>NetBeans IDE 7.3 is available in English, Brazilian Portuguese,
Japanese, Russian, and Simplified Chinese.<br>
</p>
<h2>Get NetBeans IDE 7.3.1<br>
</h2>
<p><b>The latest available download is NetBeans IDE 7.3.1, which is
an update to NetBeans IDE 7.3.<br>
<br>
</b><a href="https://netbeans.org/downloads/"><span
class="download-button">Download</span></a><br>
</p>
<p>NetBeans IDE 7.3.1 is an update to NetBeans IDE 7.3 and contains
the following highlights:<br>
</p>
<ul>
<li>Support for <a
href="http://prg10084.cz.oracle.com/features/java-on-server/java-ee.html">Java
EE
7</a><br>
</li>
<li>Integration of <a
href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/NetBeans7.3PatchesInfo">recent
patches</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Documentation</h2>
<p>Use the following to get started with NetBeans IDE 7.3:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="../73/relnotes.html">Release Notes</a></li>
<li><a href="../73/install.html">Installation Instructions <br>
</a></li>
<li>NetBeans IDE 7.3 <a
href="../../../kb/docs/intro-screencasts.html">Screencasts</a>
and <a href="https://netbeans.org/kb/kb.html">Tutorials</a> </li>
</ul>
<h2>New Feature Highlights</h2>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Java EE<br>
</span></p>
<ul>
<li> Support for Java EE 7 with both Maven and Ant
projects <br>
</li>
<li>Deployment to GlassFish 4<br>
</li>
<li>Deep support for major Java EE 7 specifications: JSF
2.2, JPA 2.1, JAX-RS 2.0, WebSocket 1.0 and more <br>
</li>
<li>Support for WebLogic 12.1.2 and JBoss 7.x <br>
</li>
<li>Java Persistence JPQL testing tool</li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Project Easel: HTML5
Application Development</span><br>
</p>
<ul>
<li>HTML5 Application project with JavaScript testing
support</li>
<li>JavaScript Editor significantly improved<br>
</li>
<li>Page inspector and visual CSS style editor<br>
</li>
<li>JavaScript Debugger<br>
</li>
<li>Embedded WebKit browser; deep integration with Chrome</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td valign="top"><a
href="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.3/easel-big.png"
target="newwindow"><img alt="HTML5 Support in NetBeans
IDE"
src="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.3/easel-small.png"
style="border: 1px solid ; width: 330px; height: 131px;"
border="0"><br>
</a>
<div align="center"><a
href="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.3/easel-big.png"
target="newwindow"> <small><span style="font-style:
italic;">Full Screenshot</span></small></a></div>
</td>
</tr>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Java</span><br>
</p>
<ul>
<li>Breadcrumbs:&nbsp;A new navigation bar shows the
current embedding in the editor</li>
<li>Updated Show member and Show hierarchy views</li>
<li>Set of new hints and refactorings<br>
</li>
<li>Filters for Find Usages results<br>
</li>
<li>Effective POM editor tab in pom.xml editor </li>
</ul>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"> <img
style="border: 1px solid ; width: 330px; height: 123px;"
alt="Filters for Find Usage results in NetBeans IDE"
src="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.3/java-filters.png"><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">JavaFX<br>
</span></p>
<ul>
<li>FXML/Scene Builder Support </li>
<li>JDK 7u6+ support on Windows, Mac and Linux</li>
<li>FXML editing greatly improved by providing accurate
code completion, error marking and more </li>
<li>FXML Generate Controller action added on FXML files</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"><img
style="border: 1px solid ; width: 330px; height: 123px;"
alt="FXML Editor in NetBeans IDE"
src="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.3/fxml-editor.png"><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">PHP</span></p>
<ul>
<li>Parsers for Namespaced Annotations (Symfony 2,
Doctrine 2, etc.)</li>
<li>Basic Composer Integration (Dependency Manager for
PHP)</li>
<li>Twig Code Completion (with documentation)</li>
<li>Smarty Braces Matching for Related Tags</li>
<li>Smarty Parser Errors of Unmatched Tags</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"> <img
style="border: 1px solid ; width: 330px; height: 132px;"
alt="Smarty Support in NetBeans IDE"
src="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.3/php-smarty.png"><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">
<p><b>Groovy</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Groovy 2.0 integration</li>
<li>Support in Java EE projects</li>
<li>Groovy JUnit test support</li>
<li>Basic refactoring implemented (Find Usages, Rename for
class type)<br>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"> <img
style="border: 1px solid ; width: 330px; height: 136px;"
alt="Groovy JUnit Support in NetBeans IDE"
src="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.3/groovy-junit.png"><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">
<p><b>Profiler<br>
</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Sampled memory profiling<br>
</li>
<li>CPU snapshots comparison<br>
</li>
<li>Support for Linux ARM machine<br>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td style="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"> <img
style="border: 1px solid ; width: 330px; height: 112px;"
alt="NetBeans Profiler Sampled Memory Comparison"
src="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.3/profiler-sampledmemory.png"><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">
<p><b>C/C++<br>
</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Memory usage reduced by at least half for big projects<br>
</li>
<li>Parser speed improvements<br>
</li>
<li>Parser's index can be kept and relocated with project</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">
<p><b>NetBeans Platform<br>
</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Options dialog contents filtering</li>
<li>New File / Open Recent File menu, and a new shortcut
CTRL+ALT+T</li>
<li>Main toolbar shows new drop down list for overflow
situations</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"> <br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Learn more about the features of this release on the <a
href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/NewAndNoteworthyNB73">NetBeans
IDE 7.3 New and Noteworthy page</a>.</p>
<p>Visit the <a href="../roadmap.html">NetBeans Release Roadmap</a>.</p>
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