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| <h1>NetBeans IDE 7.2.1 Release Information</h1> |
| <p> The NetBeans IDE is an award-winning integrated development |
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| <h2>Release Overview</h2> |
| <p> NetBeans IDE 7.2 provides a significantly improved performance |
| and coding experience, with new static code analysis capabilities |
| in the Java Editor and smarter project scanning. The release also |
| includes notable features such as integration with Scene Builder |
| for visually creating JavaFX forms; support for multiple PHP |
| frameworks; updated Groovy support; and many other enhancements in |
| Java EE, Maven, C/C++ and the NetBeans Platform. </p> |
| <p>NetBeans IDE 7.2 is available in English, Brazilian Portuguese, |
| Japanese, Russian, and Simplified Chinese.<br> |
| </p> |
| <h2>Get the NetBeans IDE 7.2.1 Release<br> |
| </h2> |
| <b>The latest available download is NetBeans IDE 7.2.1, which is an |
| update to NetBeans IDE 7.2.</b> |
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| NetBeans IDE 7.2.1 is an update to NetBeans IDE 7.2 and contains the |
| following highlights:<br> |
| <br> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Support for JavaME 3.2 SDK<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>Full support for JavaFX 2.2 SDK</li> |
| <li>Integration of <a |
| href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/NetBeans7.2PatchesInfo">recent |
| patches</a><br> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| <h2>Documentation</h2> |
| <p>Use the following to get started with NetBeans IDE 7.2:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="../72/relnotes.html">Release Notes</a></li> |
| <li><a href="../72/install.html">Installation Instructions</a></li> |
| <li><a href="../../../kb/kb.html">NetBeans IDE 7.2 Tutorials <br> |
| </a></li> |
| <li><a href="../../../kb/docs/intro-screencasts.html">NetBeans IDE |
| 7.2 Screencasts<br> |
| </a></li> |
| </ul> |
| <h2>New Feature Highlights</h2> |
| <table style="width: 100%;"> |
| <tbody> |
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| <td style="vertical-align: top;"> |
| <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Performance</span><br> |
| </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Project scanning now on background, not blocking |
| editor features and navigation<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>Improved project scanning speed</li> |
| <li>Improved performance on remote Filesystems</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p> </p> |
| <ul> |
| </ul> |
| </td> |
| <td style="padding: 10px 0pt; vertical-align: middle; |
| text-align: center;"> <br> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td style="vertical-align: top;"> |
| <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Java</span><br> |
| </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>FindBugs support</li> |
| <li>TestNG testing framework support<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>New refactorings and hints</li> |
| <li>Various Maven support enhancements</li> |
| <li>Various Debugger enhancements<br> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| </td> |
| <td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"><img |
| src="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.2/refactoring.png" |
| alt="Refactoring in NetBeans IDE 7.2" style="border: 1px |
| solid ; width: 315px; height: 102px;"><br> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td style="vertical-align: top;"> |
| <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Java EE</span></p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Amazon Elastic Beanstalk support</li> |
| <li>Code completion for Java Persistence named queries and |
| JPQL statements</li> |
| <li>More editor hints for EJB and CDI</li> |
| <li>Improved and updated support for JSF component suites |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| </td> |
| <td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"><img |
| style="border: 1px solid ; width: 310px; height: 111px;" |
| alt="Cloud Support in NetBeans IDE 7.2" |
| src="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.2/javaee.png"><br> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td style="vertical-align: top;"> |
| <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">JavaFX<br> |
| </span> </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Scene Builder interoperability </li> |
| <li>Improved FXML and FX CSS support</li> |
| <li>FX-in-Swing Projects</li> |
| <li>Default configurations for instant Run as WebStart and |
| Run in Browser</li> |
| <li>Project auto-update and improved FX SDK/RT |
| auto-detection</li> |
| </ul> |
| </td> |
| <td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"><img |
| style="border: 1px solid ; width: 310px; height: 115px;" |
| alt="JavaFX Support in NetBeans IDE" |
| src="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.2/javafx.png"></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td style="vertical-align: top;"> |
| <p><b>PHP</b></p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Support for PHP 5.4</li> |
| <li>PHP editing: Fix Uses action, annotations support, |
| editing of Neon and Apache Config files and more</li> |
| <li>Support for Symfony2, Doctrine2 and ApiGen frameworks</li> |
| <li>FTP remote synchronization</li> |
| <li>Support for running PHP projects on Hudson </li> |
| </ul> |
| </td> |
| <td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"><img |
| style="border: 1px solid ; width: 309px; height: 137px;" |
| alt="PHP Support in NetBeans IDE 7.2" |
| src="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.2/php.png"><br> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td style="vertical-align: top;"> |
| <p><b>Groovy and Grails</b></p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Dramatic improvement of scanning, code completion and |
| Go to Type action speed</li> |
| <li>Updated to Groovy version 1.8.6</li> |
| <li>Enhancements of code completion and editor hints</li> |
| </ul> |
| </td> |
| <td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"><img |
| style="border: 1px solid ; width: 310px; height: 110px;" |
| alt="Groovy Support in NetBeans IDE 7.2" |
| src="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.2/groovy.png"><br> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td style="vertical-align: top;"> |
| <p><b>C/C++<br> |
| </b></p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Support new C++11 standard<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>Pretty printing, watchpoints and catchpoints support |
| for gdb<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>Partial and Incremental Find Usages<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>Improved parsing performance and reduced memory |
| consumption<br> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| </td> |
| <td style="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><img |
| style="border: 1px solid ; width: 310px; height: 110px;" |
| alt="C++11 Support in NetBeans IDE 7.2" |
| src="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.2/cplusplus.png"><br> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td style="vertical-align: top;"> |
| <p><b>NetBeans Platform<br> |
| </b></p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Positioning of tabs in window system can be configured |
| </li> |
| <li>Support for custom implementations of tab control</li> |
| <li>New @NavigatorPanel.Registration for registering |
| navigator panels declaratively</li> |
| <li>New @Arg annotation for registering command line |
| options declaratively</li> |
| <li>New @NbBundle.Messages available on fields</li> |
| </ul> |
| </td> |
| <td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"><img |
| style="border: 1px solid ; width: 305px; height: 117px;" |
| alt="NetBeans Platform Windowing System" |
| src="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.2/windowing.png"></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td style="vertical-align: top;"> |
| <p><b>Miscelleanous<br> |
| </b></p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Subversion 1.7 built-in support<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>Improved Find in Projects functionality<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>New default locations for userdir and cachedir<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>64-bit launcher for Windows<br> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| </td> |
| <td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"><img |
| style="border: 1px solid ; width: 309px; height: 128px;" |
| alt="Improved Find in Projects in NetBeans IDE 7.2" |
| src="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.2/findinprojects.png"><br> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </tbody> |
| </table> |
| <p>Learn more about the features of this release on the <a |
| href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/NewAndNoteworthyNB72">NetBeans |
| IDE 7.2 New and Noteworthy page</a>.</p> |
| <p>Visit the <a href="../roadmap.html">NetBeans Release Roadmap</a>.</p> |
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