The NetBeans Java IDE started life as a university student project in Prague in 1996, became a commercial product in 1997, was bought by Sun in 1999, and was released to open source in 2000.

Developers will be able to test-drive the next-generation Java programming language by using the new version of Oracle’s NetBeans IDE (integrated developer environment), released Wednesday ...

News. New Version of Free, Open Source NetBeans IDE Features Java 8 Support. By John K. Waters; March 26, 2014; On Tuesday Oracle announced the release of a new version of its NetBeans IDE that takes ...

And NetBeans is highly customizable and extensible through its many configuration options and plug-in modules. As just an editor, NetBeans has a great story. Just a few of the editing goodies that ...

Sun Microsystems has released NetBeans 5.5, the latest version of the company’s open-source Java integrated development environment (IDE), aiming to beef up the software’s productivity tools ...