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| <h1>NetBeans IDE 7.4 Information</h1> |
| <p> NetBeans IDE 7.4 extends the advanced HTML5 development support introduced in NetBeans IDE 7.3 to Java EE and PHP applications, while offering new support for mobile web development on the Android and iOS platforms, including support for the Cordova framework. Additional highlights include support for preview versions of JDK 8, and continued enhancements to JavaFX, PHP, C/C++, Maven and other features.<br> |
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| <p>NetBeans IDE 7.4 is available in English, Brazilian Portuguese, |
| Japanese, Russian, and Simplified Chinese.<br> |
| </p> |
| <h2>Get NetBeans IDE 7.4<br> |
| </h2> |
| <p><b> </b><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 7.4:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="../74/relnotes.html">Release Notes</a></li> |
| <li><a href="../74/install.html">Installation Instructions <br> |
| </a></li> |
| <li>NetBeans IDE 7.4 <a |
| href="../../../kb/docs/intro-screencasts.html">Screencasts</a> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| <h2>New Feature Highlights</h2> |
| <table style="width: 100%;"> |
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| <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">HTML5<br> |
| </span></p> |
| <ul> |
| <li> Cordova application development<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>Support for Android and iOS Browsers</li> |
| <li>Editing support for stylesheet languages: SASS and |
| LESS</li> |
| <li>Browser switcher in main toolbar</li> |
| <li>Saving changes from Chrome Developer Tools</li> |
| <li>Network monitor<br> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| <ul> |
| </ul> |
| </td> |
| <td style="padding: 10px 0pt; vertical-align: middle; |
| text-align: center;"> <a |
| href="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.4/html5-phonegap-big.png"><img |
| alt="NetBeans IDE Browser Switcher" |
| src="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.4/browser-switcher.png" |
| style="border: 1px solid ; width: 300px; height: 135px;" |
| border="0" width="400" height="192"></a><br> |
| <a |
| href="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.4/browser-switcher-big.png"><small><small><span |
| style="font-style: italic;">Full Screenshot</span></small></small></a><br> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td style="vertical-align: top;"> |
| <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">JavaScript<br> |
| </span></p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Editing support for AngularJS, Knockout and ExtJS |
| frameworks<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>Navigator and code folding in JSON files</li> |
| <li>Enhanced code completion with improved accuracy<br> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| </td> |
| <td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"> <a |
| href="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.4/json_navigator-big.png"><img |
| alt="JSON Navigator in NetBeans IDE" |
| src="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.4/json-navigator-small.png" |
| style="border: 1px solid ; width: 300px; height: 153px;"></a><br> |
| <a |
| href="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.4/json_navigator-big.png"><small |
| style="font-style: italic;"><small>Full Screenshot</small></small></a><br> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
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| <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Java EE</span><br> |
| </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>HTML5 features available in Java EE projects<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>Wizards for JSF 2.2 Resource Library Contracts and |
| FacesComponents<br> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| </td> |
| <td valign="top"> |
| <div style="text-align: center;"><a |
| href="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.4/jee-html5-big.png"><img |
| alt="HTML5 Application in Java EE in NetBeans IDE" |
| src="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.4/maven_project_properties.png" |
| style="border: 1px solid ; width: 300px; height: |
| 149px;" border="0" width="388" height="196"></a><br> |
| </div> |
| <div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><a |
| href="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.4/maven_project_properties-big.png"><small><small>Full |
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| Screenshot<br> |
| </small></small></a></div> |
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| </tr> |
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| <td style="vertical-align: top;"> |
| <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">PHP</span><br> |
| </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>HTML5 features available in PHP applications<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>Nette Framework 2 (with Latte templates) and Zend |
| Framework 2 support<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>Atoum testing framework support<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>Editor and Rename type refactoring improvements<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>Static code analysis support</li> |
| </ul> |
| </td> |
| <td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"><img |
| style="border: 1px solid ; width: 300px; height: 136px;" |
| alt="Nette Framework2 Support in NetBeans IDE" |
| src="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.4/nette-latte.png"><br> |
| <a |
| href="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.4/nette-latte.png"><small><small><span |
| style="font-style: italic;">Full Screenshot</span></small></small></a><br> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td style="vertical-align: top;"> |
| <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Java<br> |
| </span></p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Preview support for JDK 8 features: Profiles, Lambdas<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>Code completion, Hints and Refactoring |
| improvements </li> |
| <li>Native packaging</li> |
| <li>Updated bundled Ant 1.9.1 and Maven 3.0.5<br> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| </td> |
| <td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"><img |
| style="border: 1px solid ; width: 300px; height: 99px;" |
| alt="JDK8 Preview Support in NetBeans IDE" |
| src="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.4/profiles_project.png"><br> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td style="vertical-align: top;"> |
| <p><b>JavaFX</b></p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>New FXML File dialog in Maven projects</li> |
| <li>Tighter alignment for JavaSE and JavaFX project types</li> |
| <li>Improvements to Project Deployment options</li> |
| </ul> |
| </td> |
| <td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"> <br> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
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| <td style="vertical-align: top;"> |
| <p><b>C/C++<br> |
| </b></p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Run/Debug launchers support</li> |
| <li>Find Usages improvements</li> |
| <li>C/C++ formatting style per project<br> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| </td> |
| <td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"><img |
| src="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.4/ccplus-filters.png" |
| alt="Find Usages improvements in NetBeans IDE" |
| style="border: 1px solid ; width: 300px; height: 154px;"></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td style="vertical-align: top;"> |
| <p><b>Miscellaneous<br> |
| </b></p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>New Tasks Dashboard and Notifications windows</li> |
| <li>Lock Contention for profiling tasks</li> |
| <li>Bugzilla Offline Mode</li> |
| <li>Enhancements to Versioning tools: Subversion, Git, |
| Mercurial<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>TestNG and Junit improvements<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>Improvements to Databases</li> |
| </ul> |
| </td> |
| <td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"> <img |
| alt="Tasks Window in NetBeans IDE" |
| src="../../../images_www/screenshots/7.4/tasks.png" style="border: 1px solid ; |
| width: 300px;" border="0" width="351" height="200"><br> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </tbody> |
| </table> |
| <p>Learn more about the features of this release on the <a |
| href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/NewAndNoteworthyNB74">NetBeans |
| IDE 7.4 New and Noteworthy page</a>.</p> |
| <p>Visit the <a href="../roadmap.html">NetBeans Release Roadmap</a>.</p> |
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