Oracle updates NetBeans Java IDE with Swing support
22.05.12
The software also comes with a visual debugger for Swing and javaFX, one that can be used to pinpoint elusive problems in the code. "You can look at every property as it is being executed inside the user interface," Pataky said. "It makes debugging for the desktop client much, much easier."
For building web clients, the software has expanded support for both the Java Server Faces (JSF) library and the latest version of CSS, version 3. Web developers will be able to enjoy code completion, syntax highlighting and many of the other advanced features long used by their peers building desktop applications.
NetBeans is one of the many technologies Oracle acquired when it purchased Sun Microsystems early in 2010. The company has continued Sun's tradition of offering the developer software at no cost, as well as posting the source code. Along with the open source Eclipse, JetBrains' IntelliJ and Oracle's own JDeveloper, NetBeans is one of the chief developer environments written for Java and other languages based on the Java Virtual Machine.
Source: Techworld.com