The NetBeans IDE is pretty good on its own, but even handier once you start extending it with plugins specific to your needs. In this installment of Open source Java projects, Jeff Friesen introduces ...

NetBeans 9.0 also adds a new project, Java Modular Project, for developing several JDK 9 modules in one Ant-based project. With it, Java modular app projects can be packaged into a JLink image for ...

Open source Java development environment NetBeans has achieved top-level project status at the Apache Software Foundation. NetBeans is the integrated development environment (IDE) associated first ...

Sun Microsystems laid out a plan on Thursday to bolster its Java tools and make them easier to link to other software. The plan centers on the company's NetBeans project, an open-source effort to ...

Last week Oracle released the latest update of the NetBeans integrated development environment (IDE). Topping the list of enhancements in NetBeans 7.3 is support for HTML5 and CSS, and a new ...