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 ...

If you’re faced with creating a Swing-based wizard from scratch, you’ll want to know about Tim Boudreau’s Wizard project. This installment of Jeff Friesen’s Open source Java projects series gets you ...

The company plans to grab a bigger slice of Java tools business by overhauling its NetBeans software and by improving how tools and code work together. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering ...

Sun has released version 6 of the Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE), along with version 3 of the GlassFish application server and the open source NetBeans 6.8 development environment, both ...

On Tuesday Oracle announced the release of a new version of its NetBeans IDE that takes advantage of the latest enhancements in the newest release of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE 8).

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. The NetBeans community has announced the release of ...

Eclipse isn't the only open-source development tool for Java. Before Eclipse, it was NetBeans. Now, NetBeans 4 takes on the latest Java 5.0 features. It also incoporates improvements in a number of ...

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 ...