NetBeans IDE 6.5 Final version...

Development Simplified

What's New in 6.5

NetBeans IDE 6.5 is a significant update to NetBeans IDE 6.1 and includes the following changes:

• PHP support with code completion, Xdebug and web service features.
• New Support for Groovy and Grails.
• Improved JavaScript, AJAX and Ruby support.
• Automatic Compile and Deploy on Save for Java and Java EE applications.
• Improved database support: SQL history, SQL completion, and results viewing and editing improvements.
• Improved Java ME support for Data Binding, SVG and Custom Component creation.
• GUI Builder: Support for Nimbus and simple class names.
• JUnit: single test method support.
• Debugger: Redesign of Step into feature.

But special features is JavaFX (the next killer application for RIA (Rich Internet Application))

NetBeans IDE 6.5 for JavaFX 1.0 is expected December 4, 2008. You can download NetBeans IDE 6.1 for JavaFX now. Visit JavaFX.com for more details.

• Create, test, debug, profile, and deploy JavaFX projects
• JavaFX editor with syntax highlighting, source navigation, code completion, code folding, javadoc pop-ups, and error detection.
• Live preview of visual elements
• Code snippet palette for transformations, effects and animations

Supported Technologies

NetBeans IDE 6.5 supports the following technologies and has been tested with the following application servers. If you plan to use versions other than those explicitly listed, please note that you may encounter unpredictable IDE behavior as a result of the technologies being external interfaces which the project team has little or no control over.

Supported technologies:

• Java EE 5 and J2EE 1.4
• Struts 1.2.9
• Spring 2.5
• Hibernate 3.2.5
• Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS) 1.0
• Java API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC) 1.6
• PHP 5.2
• Ruby 1.8
• JRuby 1.1.4
• Rails 2.1
• Groovy 1.5
• Grails 1.0

Tested application servers:

• Sun Java System Application Server 9.0 (GlassFish V1)
• Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 (GlassFish V2)
• Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 Prelude
• Sun Java System Application Server PE 8.2
• Tomcat 5.5
• Tomcat 6.0.18
• JBoss 4.0.4
• WebSphere 6.0
• Websphere 6.1
• WebLogic 9.2
• WebLogic 10

System Requirements

NetBeans IDE runs on operating systems that support the Java VM (Virtual Machine) and has been tested on the platforms listed below.

Note: The IDE's minimum screen resolution is 1024x768 pixels.

Minimum Hardware Configurations

Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3:

• Processor: 800MHz Intel Pentium III or equivalent
• Memory: 512 MB
• Disk space: 750 MB of free disk space
  

Microsoft Windows Vista:

• Processor: 800MHz Intel Pentium III or equivalent
• Memory: 512 MB
• Disk space: 750 MB of free disk space

Recommended Hardware Configurations

Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3:

• Processor: 2.6 GHz Intel Pentium IV or equivalent
• Memory: 1 GB
• Disk space: 1 GB of free disk space
  

Microsoft Windows Vista:

• Processor: 2.6 GHz Intel Pentium IV or equivalent
• Memory: 1 GB
• Disk space: 1 GB of free disk space

More info

Link for download NetBeans 6.5 only
Link for download Java SDK 6u10 with NetBeans 6.5 Bundle