In case any of you aren't keeping up with it or maybe to just strike interest the below message introduces the latest release in the rapid development cycle of NetBeans.<div><br></div><div>I haven't used it much, but it's free AND it is very feature rich (even Groovy/Grails/Griffon support).</div>
<div><br></div><div>regards</div><div>Les<br clear="all">/**********************************************<br>* Les Martin *<br>* <a href="http://gangof10.blogspot.com">http://gangof10.blogspot.com</a> *<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Tinuola Awopetu</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Tinuola.Awopetu@sun.com">Tinuola.Awopetu@sun.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 8:56 AM<br>Subject: [nbdev] NetBeans IDE 6.8 Now Available for Download!<br>To: <br><br><br>
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<font face="Gill Sans Light">The NetBeans team is proud to announce the
availability of NetBeans IDE 6.8!</font><br>
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<li><a href="http://netbeans.org/downloads/index.html" target="_blank"><b><font face="Gill Sans Light">Download NetBeans IDE 6.8</font></b></a></li>
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<font face="Gill Sans Light">NetBeans IDE 6.8 offers best-in-class
support for the entire Java EE 6 specification and the GlassFish
Enterprise Server v3 platform. Simplify Java application development
with Java EE 6 language features: less XML configuration and more
POJO-like development; easily target and deploy to GlassFish v3.<br>
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NetBeans IDE continues to be the tool of choice for top development
languages; this release includes new features and improved support for
PHP 5.3 and the Symfony framework, the latest JavaFX SDK 1.2.1, C/C++,
Ruby, Maven and more. Integration with Project Kenai, a collaborative
environment for hosting open-source projects, now offers full support
for JIRA, as well as improved issue tracker integration. And as always,
the NetBeans Platform provides a rock-solid application framework that
can save years of development time.<br>
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Supporting Java EE 6 improvements first, NetBeans IDE 6.8 boosts
developer productivity and lets developers take advantage of today's
latest language and platform features.<br>
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<b>More information:</b><br>
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<li><a href="http://netbeans.org/features/index.html" target="_blank"><font face="Gill Sans Light">NetBeans IDE 6.8 Features</font></a></li>
<li><a href="http://netbeans.org/kb/index.html" target="_blank"><font face="Gill Sans Light">NetBeans IDE 6.8 Tutorials and Documentation</font></a></li>
<li><a href="http://platform.netbeans.org/" target="_blank"><font face="Gill Sans Light">NetBeans Platform 6.8</font></a></li>
<li><font face="Gill Sans Light"><a href="http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/intro-screencasts.html" target="_blank">Videos of
NetBeans IDE 6.8 in Action</a> </font></li>
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<font face="Gill Sans Light">NetBeans IDE 6.8 is available in English,
Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese and Simplified Chinese. There are
many community-contributed localization efforts underway to support
additional languages. <a href="http://nblocalization.netbeans.org/" target="_blank">Join</a>
the efforts today.<br>
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As always, we welcome feedback about your experience using NetBeans
software. Share your thoughts on our <a href="http://www.netbeans.org/community/lists/top.html" target="_blank">mailing lists
and forums</a>. To keep track of NetBeans news, subscribe to the <a href="http://netbeans.org/community/news/newsletter/" target="_blank">NetBeans Weekly
Newsletter</a>, and follow <a href="http://twitter.com/netbeans" target="_blank">NetBeans
on Twitter</a>.<br>
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<b>NetBeans IDE 6.8: Get Tomorrow Today!</b><br>
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