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<h1>NetBeans IDE 8.1 Information</h1>
<p> NetBeans IDE 8.1 provides out-of-the-box code analyzers and
editors for working with the latest Java 8 technologies--Java SE
8, Java SE Embedded 8, and Java ME Embedded 8. The IDE also has a
range of new tools for HTML5/JavaScript, in
particular for Node.js, KnockoutJS, and AngularJS; enhancements that further improve its support for
Maven and Java EE with PrimeFaces; and improvements to PHP and C/C++
support. <br>
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<p>NetBeans IDE 8.1 is available in English, Brazilian Portuguese,
Japanese, Russian, and Simplified Chinese.<br>
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<h2>Get NetBeans IDE 8.1<br>
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<p><a href="/downloads/"><span class="download-button">Download</span></a><br>
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<h2>Documentation</h2>
<p>Use the following to get started with NetBeans IDE 8.1:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="install.html">Installation Instructions</a></li>
<li><a href="https://netbeans.org/kb/docs/intro-screencasts.html">Screencasts</a>
and <a href="https://netbeans.org/kb/index.html">Tutorials</a></li>
<li><a href="relnotes.html">Release Notes</a></li>
<li><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/netbeans/nb81/netbeans/index.html">NetBeans IDE 8.1 Documentation Library</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>New Feature Highlights</h2>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Node.js Application Development<br>
</span></p>
<ul>
<li>New Node.js project wizard</li>
<li>New Node.js Express wizard</li>
<li>Enhanced JavaScript Editor</li>
<li>New support for running Node.js applications</li>
<li>New support for debugging Node.js applications</li>
</ul></td>
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alt=""
src="../../../images_www/screenshots/8.1/node_small.png"
border="1" height="151" width="302"><br>
<small><a
href="../../../images_www/screenshots/8.1/node.png"><i><small>Full
Screenshot</small></i></a></small><br> </td>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">HTML5/JavaScript Enhancements</span><br>
</p>
<ul>
<li>New support for Gulp</li>
<li>New support for Mocha and Selenium</li>
<li>New Jade Node Template Engine support</li>
<li>New Shadow DOM support via NetBeans Chrome plugin</li>
<li>Enhanced support for Grunt</li>
<li>Enhancements for AngularJS and KnockoutJS</li>
<li>Projects recognized via package.json, bower.json, composer.json</li>
</ul> </td>
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src="../../../images_www/screenshots/8.1/gulp_small.png"
border="1" height="192" width="303"><br>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Java Enhancements</span><br>
</p>
<ul>
<li>Enhanced Code Completion(&quot;intellisense&quot;)</li>
<li>More expressive Navigator shows overridden &amp; implemented methods</li>
<li>Enhanced ordering rules in Options window</li>
<li>Performance improvements for Java navigation tools:
<ul><li>&quot;Go To Type&quot; (Ctrl-O)</li>
<li>&quot;Go To File&quot; (Alt-Shift-O)</li>
<li>&quot;Go To Symbol&quot; (Ctrl-Alt-Shift-O)</li></ul></li>
<li>&quot;Find Usages&quot; can include dependencies (<a href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/FindUsagesDependencies">details</a>)</li> </ul> </td>
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src="../../../images_www/screenshots/8.1/navigator_small.png"
border="1" height="255" width="265"><br>
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href="../../../images_www/screenshots/8.1/navigator_small.png"><i><small>Full
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Java EE Enhancements</span><br>
</p>
<ul>
<li>Support for remote Oracle WebLogic Server</li>
<li>Community contributed support for WildFly 9 and WildFly 10 </li>
</ul> </td>
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src="../../../images_www/screenshots/8.1/remotewls_small.png"
border="1" height="164" width="303"><br>
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href="../../../images_www/screenshots/8.1/remotewls.png"><i><small>Full
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">PHP Enhancements<br>
</span></p>
<ul>
<li>New support for Phing</li>
<li>Enhanced integration with Composer</li>
<li>Code coverage added to Nette Tester</li>
<li>New Symfony installer integration</li>
</ul> </td>
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src="../../../images_www/screenshots/8.1/php_small.png"
border="1" height="238" width="300"><br>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">C/C++ Enhacements<br>
</span></p>
<ul>
<li>New mixed C++/Java development support </li>
<li>Enhancements to New Project Wizard</li>
<li>SVN, Git and Mercurial support in Remote mode</li>
<li>C++ Editor enhancements</li>
<li>New audits, hints and refactorings</li>
<li>Reverse engineering (Call Graph) enhancements</li>
</ul> </td>
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src="../../../images_www/screenshots/8.1/cnd_remote_small.png"
border="1" height="230" width="300"><br>
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<p><b>Profiler Redesign &amp; Improvements<br>
</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Redesigned user interface</li>
<li>New features:
<ul>
<li>Live forward and reverse call trees in CPU results</li>
<li>Live allocation trees in Memory results</li>
<li>Monitoring CPU utilization</li>
<li>Thread dumps from profiled application</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Engine improvements:
<ul>
<li>Faster connection to profiled application</li>
<li>Limited outgoing calls from profiled methods</li>
<li>Memory profiling for selected classes</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Simplified profiler setup</li>
<li>Improved integration into the IDE</li>
</ul> </td>
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src="../../../images_www/screenshots/8.1/profiler_small.png"
border="1" height="256" width="300"><br>
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<p><b>Miscellaneous<br>
</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Enhancements to Git support</li>
<li>JRE bundled with the following NetBeans bundles:
<ul><li>HTML5/JavaScript</li>
<li>PHP</li>
<li>C/C++</li></ul>
</li>
</ul> </td>
<td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"> <img alt="Git" src="../../../images_www/screenshots/8.1/git_small.png" border="1"><br>
<small><a href="../../../images_www/screenshots/8.1/git.png"><i><small>Full
Screenshot</small></i></a></small><br> </td>
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<p><i>See also the <a
href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/NewAndNoteworthyNB81">NetBeans
IDE 8.1 New and Noteworthy</a> page.</i></p>
<p>Visit the <a href="../roadmap.html">NetBeans Release Roadmap</a>.</p>
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