Wednesday, February 15, 2006
NetBeans 5.0 final is out .. and I've got the t-shirt!!
It seems like only yesterday when I downloaded the first beta of Netbeans 5.0 and started working with it and testing the new features, but now the NetCat program is complete, the code is finalized , t-shirts dispatched and received*, and we can all get ready for the next release whilst enjoying this one!
[*Thanks for the shirt Jiri its a cool light blue color , I've just started back at the gym so I'll be wearing it with pride.]
Seriously though NetBeans 5.0 is a great IDE , and the one I use by choice, I used to use Eclipse and its IBM/Rational cousins , but for me now NetBeans does a better job, does it faster and in a much smaller memory footprint and remains responsive throughout the day.
I recommend anyone who hasn't tried NetBeans before or who hasn't tried it since the early days (whatever you hated will have gone now!) to head on over to netbeans.org and download a copy you won't regret it.
What I think is cool in NetBeans 5.0 in no particular order and I've probably left out a bunch of stuff;
To paraphrase the British Chancellor of the exchequer, I commend this release to the java developers of the world!
[*Thanks for the shirt Jiri its a cool light blue color , I've just started back at the gym so I'll be wearing it with pride.]
Seriously though NetBeans 5.0 is a great IDE , and the one I use by choice, I used to use Eclipse and its IBM/Rational cousins , but for me now NetBeans does a better job, does it faster and in a much smaller memory footprint and remains responsive throughout the day.
I recommend anyone who hasn't tried NetBeans before or who hasn't tried it since the early days (whatever you hated will have gone now!) to head on over to netbeans.org and download a copy you won't regret it.
What I think is cool in NetBeans 5.0 in no particular order and I've probably left out a bunch of stuff;
- Great new CVS support out of the box.
- Bundled Tomcat server and integration
- Fully integrated Ant Builds
- New Matisse GUI builder brings Java visual dev up to and probably ahead of VB/C#
- Mobility pack makes J2Me developing a breeze and it looks really cool
- Excellent Re-factoring support
- Available with (free) Sun Appserver 8.2 complete with easy installation
- Bundled chat collaboration
- Brilliant profiler
To paraphrase the British Chancellor of the exchequer, I commend this release to the java developers of the world!
