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 ...

Open source licenses Each of the Java projects covered in this series is subject to an open source license, which you should understand before integrating the project with your own projects.

The malware's end goal was to install a remote access trojan and grant hackers access to highly sensitive workstations were sensitive projects were being developed.

The NetBeans Java development environment has achieved top-level project status at the Apache Software Foundation, a leading open source software project hosting organization.

Mills claimed that NetBeans 7 is the first open source IDE to support the new Java (though JetBrains offers a beta of its IntelliJ IDE that also supports the draft specification).

Presenting at QCon New York, Java Champion Trisha Gee talks about the hot-button topics in the conference's community, including NoSQL, IntelliJ and Java 8.