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| <h1>NetBeans 5.5 Release Information</h1> |
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| <p>Documentation is provided for NetBeans in the |
| form of web-based guides and the IDE's help system. You can use the |
| following documents to get started:</p> |
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| <li><a href="relnotes.html">Release Notes</a></li> |
| <li> <a href="install.html">Installation Instructions</a></li> |
| <li>Documentation <i>(See <a href="https://netbeans.org/kb/archive/index.html">NetBeans IDE Documentation Archives</a> for NetBeans 5.5 documents.)</i></li> |
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| <p>NetBeans 5.5 supports the <b>Java Enterprise Edition 5</b> platform, |
| and most notably the <b>Java Persistence</b>, <b>EJB 3</b> and <b>JAX-WS 2.0</b> |
| specifications.</p> |
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| <p>NetBeans IDE 5.5 builds on the success of NetBeans 5.0 and adds support for |
| Java EE 5 and Sun Java System Application Server PE 9. Got Web 2.0? Of course! |
| NetBeans 5.5 generates JAX-WS 2.0 artifacts for Java SE 6 and Java EE 5 |
| projects. We included Java Persistence support and support for Enterprise Java |
| Beans 3. Additionally, there is the new Subversion support module and an updated module for the GUI builder, both available on the 5.5 Update Center. |
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| <h2><a name="features">Feature Highlights</a></h2> |
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| NetBeans 5.5 contains many features that maximize your productivity and flexibility for building robust, standards-compliant Java™ applications: |
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| <li>General Java Enterprise Edition™ 5 platform support: |
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| <li>Deploys to the Sun Java System Application Server PE 9 (Glassfish).</li> |
| <li>Provides code completion and Javadoc for Java EE 5 APIs and deployment descriptors.</li> |
| <li>Web tier technologies updated for Java EE 5 platform: Servlet 2.5, JavaServer™ Pages 2.1, JavaServer™ Faces 1.2 </li> |
| <li>Java EE 5 sample projects to get you underway fast.</li> |
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| <li>Java Persistence support: |
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| <li>Generates Java entity classes from existing DB schemas. </li> |
| <li>Creates entity classes in the IDE and lets the server generate the DB relying on the DB-from-Java feature in Glassfish</li> |
| <li>The persistence runtime can be used in web apps and plain Java apps without the need of a full-blown Java EE application server.</li> |
| <li>Wizards for creating a complete web application that uses Java Persistence for full support of <b>C</b>reate/<b>R</b>ead/<b>U</b>pdate/<b>D</b>elete operations on a database. |
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| <li>Enhanced Java source editor with code completion, on the fly error checking and verification, and hints specifically targeting Java Persistence.</li> |
| <li>High level user actions that generate common code patterns (e.g. using an Entity Manager).</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <li>Java API for XML Web Services (JAX-WS) Support (aka Web Service 2.0) |
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| <li>Generates JAX-WS 2.0 artifacts for SE 6 and EE 5 projects</li> |
| <li>Configuration is done through bindings customization (like asynchronous calls, package info)</li> |
| <li>Simplified and updated template wizards. </li> |
| <li>High-level user actions that generate common code patterns (e.g. calling a web service).</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <li>Support for Enterprise Java Beans 3 session beans |
| <ul> |
| <li>Simplified development of session beans and message driven beans.</li> |
| <li>Enhanced Java source editor with code completion, on the fly error checking and verification, and hints specifically targeting EJB 3.</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <li>Other improvements: |
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| <li>Easy access to the Java BluePrints Solution Catalog for Java EE 5.</li> |
| <li>Code completion for the JavaServer™ Pages Expression Language.</li> |
| <li>Support for Java EE Application Clients.</li> |
| <li>Support for configuring security in Java EE applications.</li> |
| <li>Support for running SQL scripts directly from the IDE.</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <h2><a name="addon">NetBeans Add-on Packs</a></h2> |
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| <li>NetBeans Enterprise Pack |
| provides support for creating Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) applications, including XML schema tools, a WSDL editor, and a BPEL editor for web services orchestration. |
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| <li>Use the <a href="https://netbeans.org/kb/trails/mobility.html">Mobility Pack</a> |
| to write, test, and debug applications for Java™ Micro Edition platform |
| (Java™ ME platform) technology-enabled mobile devices.</li> |
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| <li>The <a href="https://netbeans.org/features/java/profiler.html">NetBeans Profiler</a> |
| helps you optimize your application's memory and CPU usage |
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| <li> The <a href="http://cnd.netbeans.org">C/C++ Native Development Module</a> supports C/C++ projects.</li> |
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| <li> Use the <a href="../../../features/web/web-app.html">Visual Web Pack</a> to rapidly and visually build standards-based |
| web applications, including support for AJAX and JSF components. |
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| <h2>References</h2> |
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| <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/kb/archive/index.html">Tutorials, Guides, and Articles</a></li> |
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