April 27th, 2012· Java SE Development Kit 7 Update 4 support
· Full support of JavaFX 2.1 SDK on Windows
· Java ME SDK 3.0.5 support
· Bundled GlassFish 3.1.2 update release
· Batch refactoring tool for bulk changes in Java Editor
· New UI Debugger for JavaFX and Swing
· Support for WebLogic 12c
· Improved support for CDI, EJB, JSF, Spring, Web Services
· Subversion and Mercurial enhancements and bundled Git support
· Maven enhancements
· PHP enhancements
April 3rd, 2012NetBeans IDE 7.1.1 is an update to NetBeans IDE 7.1 and includes the following changes:
· Java ME SDK 3.0.5 support
· Bundle GlassFish 3.1.2 update release
· JavaFX 2.0.3 SDK support
· Note: If you download and install a patch for Netbeans IDE 7.1, both Java ME SDK 3.0 and Glassfish 3.1.1 remain unchanged. These components get upgraded by running the Netbeans IDE 7.1.1 installer.
The following updates to the 7.1 release also apply to 7.1.1:
· Batch refactoring tool for bulk changes in Java Editor
· New UI Debugger for JavaFX and Swing
· Support for WebLogic 12c
· Improved support for CDI, EJB, JSF, Spring, Web Services
· Subversion and Mercurial enhancements and bundled Git support
· Maven enhancements
· PHP enhancements
· Additional enhancements are listed at the NetBeans IDE 7.1 page
January 5th, 2012· JavaFX 2.0.2 SDK support
· Batch refactoring tool for bulk changes in Java Editor
· New UI Debugger for JavaFX and Swing
· Support for GlassFish 3.1.1 and WebLogic 12c
· Improved support for CDI, EJB, JSF, Spring, Web Services
· Subversion and Mercurial enhancements and bundled Git support
· Maven enhancements
· PHP enhancements
November 28th, 2011· New refactoring user interface in Java Editor
· New GUI Debugger
· JavaFX 2.0 SDK support
· Improved support for CDI, GlassFish, EJB, JSF, Spring, Web Services authentication and WebLogic
· Subversion and Mercurial enhancements and finalized Git support
· PHP related enhancements
· GUI Builder improvements
August 2nd, 2011· Full JDK 7 support: Running NetBeans IDE on top of JDK 7 and support for the final version of the JDK 7 language features
· Integration of the recent patches
· Performance improvements
April 21st, 2011· Updates to the C/C++ support (remote file system browsing, library projects running/debugging, enhanced templates/specializations)
· Support for Git 1.7.х
February 16th, 2011· Introduction of JDK 7 support including editor enhancements (syntax, hints)
· Revamped support for WebLogic Application Server and GlassFish 3.1b24
· Oracle Database improvements
· HTML5 editing support
· Maven 3 is supported and bundled with the IDE
· Improved support for CDI, REST services, Java Persistence, and Bean Validation
· PHP Rename Refactoring
· Line wrapping
· Improved detection of external changes (native file system listening)
June 17th, 2010· NetBeans IDE 6.9 introduces the JavaFX Composer, a visual layout tool for visually building JavaFX GUI applications, similar to the Swing GUI builder for Java SE applications. Additional highlights include OSGi interoperability for NetBeans Platform applications; support for JavaFX SDK 1.3, PHP Zend framework, and Ruby on Rails 3.0; as well as improvements to the Java Editor, Java Debugger, issue tracking, and more. NetBeans IDE 6.9 requires JDK 6 or better.
December 14th, 2009· Java EE 6 and GlassFish v3 support
· JSF 2.0 support with many new features
· PHP 5.3 and Symfony Framework support
· Additional Kenai Feature integration and Jira bug tracking support
· Improved C++ profiling with Microstate Accounting indicator and I/O usage monitor
· JavaFX code completion, hints and navigation improvements in the NetBeans editor
· Additional Enhancements are listed on the NetBeans IDE 6.8 New and Noteworthy page.
October 26th, 2009· NetBeans IDE 6.8 Beta is the first IDE to offer support for the entire Java EE 6 spec with improved support for JSF 2.0/Facelets, Java Persistence 2.0, EJB 3.1 including using EJBs in web applications, RESTful web services, and GlassFish v3. We also recommend it for developing with the latest JavaFX SDK 1.2.1, and for creating PHP web applications with the new PHP 5.3 release or with the Symfony Framework.
August 10th, 2009· Availability of the latest IDE bundled with JavaFX SDK 1.2
· Numerous community nominated bug fixes included in Patch 1 for NetBeans IDE 6.7
· Maven support for the creation of plugins and web services as well as support for POM and J2EE
· Kenai integration enables the creation and editing of Kenai hosted projects from within the IDE
· PHP improvements include Selenium support and SQL code completion
· C++ support for profiling, Qt library, code refactoring and macro expansion
· Web API Gateway plug-in enables consumption of Web APIs in applications
· Java ME support for CDC projects in the bundled Java ME SDK 3.0
July 1st, 2009· Maven support for the creation of plugins and web services as well as support for POM and J2EE
· Kenai integration enables the creation and editing of Kenai hosted projects from within the IDE
· PHP improvements include Selenium support and SQL code completion
· C++ support for profiling, Qt library, code refactoring and macro expansion
· Web API Gateway plug-in enables consumption of Web APIs in applications
· Java ME support for CDC projects in the bundled Java ME SDK 3.0
October 23rd, 2008· PHP support.
· Improved JavaScript support.
· Improved database support: SQL history, SQL completion, and results viewing and editing improvements.
· GUI Builder: Support for Nimbus and simple class names.
· JUnit: single test method support.
· Debugger: Redesign of Step into feature.
June 19th, 2007· The main feature of NetBeans 5.5.1 is support for the Java EE 5 Application Server 9.1
· Beta builds of Appserver 9.1 (GlassFish v2) are now available.
· NetBeans 5.5.1 also adds Windows Vista as a supported platform.
· The Mobility Pack includes the J2ME Wireless Toolkit, version 2.5.1.
· NetBeans 5.5.1 builds on the functionality of NetBeans 5.5 and also provides several bug fixes.