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.

For Java EE developers, NetBeans 8.1 adds support for deployments in Oracle's WebLogic Server, and the WildFly Web (JBoss) app server, versions 9 and 10. NetBeans continues to be a popular Java IDE, ...

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 ...

There has been a long-standing battle in the Java community over which Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is best. From the TSS Readership Survey, the two most popular choices are Eclipse and ...