Apache NetBeans IDE Changelog

What's new in Apache NetBeans IDE 18.0

Sep 4, 2023

Gradle:
Fix spurious messages printed to the console. by @sdedic in #5538
Avoid ConcurrentMod exception, tolerate broken project dependencies by @sdedic in #5660
Fixed key escaping; fixed list/map property extraction. by @sdedic in #5535
Upgraded Gradle Tooling to 8.1-rc-2 with JDK 20 Support by @lkishalmi in #5750
Report empty set if project does not use buildscript; prevent NPE. by @sdedic in #5768
Better handling for dependencies w/o versions by @sdedic in #5773
Upgrade Gradle Tooling API to 8.1 GA by @lkishalmi in #5828
Avoid NPE on null value in list/map/property. by @sdedic in #5868
Fix kotlin source/target version. by @sdedic in #5899
Maven:
Fixed copypaste leftovers. by @sdedic in #5406
UnsupportedOperationException in maven dependency graph "Exclude dependency" and "Fix Version Conflict" actions by @matthiasblaesing in #5431
Maven EventSpy not compatible < JDK 1.8 by @graben in #5548
fixes a NPE in TestOutputListenerProvider (maven output handler). by @mbien in #5645
Improved maven indexer failure modes in low space situations by @mbien in #5655
add maven indexer remote index download settings. by @mbien in #5646
upgrade bundled maven to 3.9.1 by @mbien in #5679
Remove dependencies on Autoupdate UI by @sdedic in #5711
Maven indexing: Retain download index setting even if index setting is disabled by @matthiasblaesing in #5673
[maven hints] try to infer compiler plugin version from active maven version. by @mbien in #5693
make maven project properties window aware of the javac release option by @mbien in #5744
Improve maven multithreaded execution detection. by @asbachb in #5482
Force refresh of live subprojects when parent recovers from broken. by @sdedic in #5781
basic auto completion for maven version properties. by @mbien in #5823
disable compile-on-save by default in maven projects. by @mbien in #5826
don't block in NBM wizard + skip snapshots + more. by @mbien in #5753
support running tests from non default test folders by @Honza-cz in #4924
add missing error code to enable-preview hint by @mbien in #5837
Load bundled GraalJS, give priority to GraalVM if present. by @sdedic in #5842
Fix running and debugging single integration test (GH4513) by @neilcsmith-net in #5911
Fix unit test on single file being reported as integration test GH4587 by @neilcsmith-net in #5912
fix wrong maven dependency versions in binariesembedded-list. by @mbien in #5939
Java:
Fixed javadoc tags by @tbw777 in #5419
Cleanup j2ee.persistence module by @pepness in #5444
[NETBEANS-4123] Initial implementation of handling large strings by @SirIntellegence in #5299
Adding system path into the classpath info when parsing custom conditions in a hint file. Avoid failures while constructing custom scopes. by @jlahoda in #5296
platform dir: fixed some javadoc discrepancies by @tbw777 in #5222
New rt and rf abbrevations for return true; and return false; by @japplis in #5512
apidoc error/warning fix (#2) by @ebarboni in #5561
Bulk added some missing ElementKind.RECORD enums. by @mbien in #5365
Adding support for JDK 20 javac. by @jlahoda in #5550
apidoc error/warning fix (#3) by @ebarboni in #5623
Show missing system properties in Javadoc popup (GH5403) by @neilcsmith-net in #5669
Fixes for Java module graph (GH4227) by @neilcsmith-net in #5668
apidoc error/warning fix (#4) by @ebarboni in #5672
Calculate JDK javadoc links dynamically. by @mbien in #4837
[NETBEANS-5260] Binding patterns are valid even in absence of MatchException. by @jlahoda in #5682
apidoc error/warning fix (#5) by @ebarboni in #5712
apidoc error/warning fix (#6) by @ebarboni in #5734
apidoc fixes by @ebarboni in #5741
Make JDK URL calculation JDK 8 compatible by @matthiasblaesing in #5748
apidoc master branch links fix by @ebarboni in #5755
SourceUtils.findMatchingChild should never return a folder by @jglick in #5739
Remove dependency of decl. hints on hints UI; UI plugs into hints SPI. by @sdedic in #5671
Sort overload methods in the Navigator by @junichi11 in #5797
Adding support for evaluating watches containing binding variables. by @jlahoda in #5763
debugger.jpda: exclude AsynchStepTest to stabilize job by @mbien in #5832
improved JDK detection startup tasks by @mbien in #5637
Retain SOURCE annotations inside the internal model. by @jlahoda in #4882
Do not attempt to remove unused binding variables for now. by @jlahoda in #5902
PHP:
[GH-5427] PHP: Fix for displaying property type in documentation if @… by @troizet in #5443
PHP: Corrected a typo in the php parser tests by @troizet in #5476
PHP: Changed the way to parse an array type by analogy with other types. by @troizet in #5475
PHP Debugger - show NULL values by default by @KacerCZ in #5531
Fixed detection of duplicate types by @KacerCZ in #5534
Regenerate PHP signature files by @junichi11 in #5565
Fix #5578 namespaces/use placement by @rossluk in #5579
Fixed display of hints descriptions for php in the hints settings by @troizet in #5649
Test PHP cluster on JDK 11 and fix tests where needed by @mbien in #5658
PHP: Adding a new error hint, as suggested in #5078. by @troizet in #5648
Fix incorrect unused coloring #5551 by @junichi11 in #5670
Show intersection types in the PHP doc window #5426 by @junichi11 in #5678
Add the formatting options for the null coalescing oprator (??) #5011 by @junichi11 in #5689
Fix GotoDeclaration feature for instanceof interface #5371 by @junichi11 in #5684
Fix an array formatting in a match arm #5186 by @junichi11 in #5685
Fix the code completion for instance context of Enum #5100 by @junichi11 in #5686
[PHP] Multiple default namespace navigator fix, FixImports for the whole file by @rossluk in #5681
PHP 8.1: Explicit octal integer literal notation #5026 by @junichi11 in #5695
PHP: Fixed issue #5375 for intersection type by @troizet in #5700
PHP: Fix the IntroduceSuggestion hint for Enum by @junichi11 in #5704
Fix GotoDeclaration in Enum implementing interface by @junichi11 in #5706
Fix an issue that whitespace cannot be added #5707 by @junichi11 in #5710
Move each golden file to each test file directory by @junichi11 in #5713
Fix find usages for Enums by @junichi11 in #5718
Fix being shown incorrect documentation #4494 by @junichi11 in #5701
Fix the highlighting for private constants of Enum by @junichi11 in #5720
Prioritize "Before Class End" of Blank Lines Option #4611 by @junichi11 in #5731
Don't show documentation for an empty line #5347 by @junichi11 in #5725
Fix code completion for @mixin #4683 by @junichi11 in #5745
Separate between class-based, function-based, and const-based use statements by a single blank line #4609 by @junichi11 in #5758
Avoid being scrolled to the end of the editor in the preview panel for formatting options by @junichi11 in #5759
Avoid showing invalid types in the Fix Imports panel by @junichi11 in #5767
Fix Find Usages for __construct method #4382 by @junichi11 in #5766
Fix the syntax error for Nowdoc #4345 by @junichi11 in #5777
Fix code completion in throw new context #3806 by @junichi11 in #5780
[GH-5355] PHP: Corrects the display of the guessed return type for a function or method in the documentation by @troizet in #5779
Fix the heredoc syntax error #5585 by @junichi11 in #5792
Fix the problem that "Fix Imports" don't work when there are types that have the same suffix #5330 by @junichi11 in #5801
Fix PSR1Hint for Enum by @junichi11 in #5805
Disable PHPCCDocumentationTest.testIssueGH5347_02() in Windows by @junichi11 in #5813
Add the "End of File" blank line formatting option #4641 by @junichi11 in #5824
Fix for PHPUnit 10 #5790 by @junichi11 in #5853
Fix the error when a single quote is escaped in the Latte template #5862 by @junichi11 in #5886
Fix the problem that documentation for methods and properties is not shown #5881 by @junichi11 in #5885
Enterprise:
Use NotifyDescriptor.ComposedInput for Add ADB command by @jhorvath in #5353
Various database fixes by @sdedic in #5361
Improve TomEE support for JPA (Fix 4146) by @pepness in #5415
Minor / typo fixes by @sdedic in #5442
Update JSTL to the Jakarta family by @pepness in #5460
Update ServletJSPAPI to the Jakarta family (covers up to Jakarta EE 8) by @pepness in #5462
Add support for Glassfish 7.0.1 by @pepness in #5466
Fix double initialization of comboHelper in Persistence Provider by @pepness in #5480
Update JSPPARSER to the Jakarta family (covers up to Jakarta EE 8) by @pepness in #5495
Audits should not automatically change persistent project settings. by @sdedic in #5521
Upgrade EclipseLink from 2.7.10 to 2.7.12 by @pepness in #5607
When adding an Autonomous DB, present profiles instead of tenancies by @sdedic in #5543
Vscode ext should update default connection by @sdedic in #5560
OCI Audit project command LSP API by @sdedic in #5590
Use Payara Micro Maven Archetype 1.x/2.x release binary for respective Payara Micro 5.x/6.x by @jGauravGupta in #5573
Some small UI fixes for the Wildfly/TomEE settings windows. by @mbien in #5608
Add support for JPA 2.2 by @pepness in #5582
Add support for GlassFish 7.0.2 by @pepness in #5611
Add support for GlassFish 7.0.3 by @pepness in #5749
Imports cleanup by @thurka in #5769
Jakarta EE 10 - JPA 3.1 support by @jGauravGupta in #4687
Web:
Fixed incorrect regexp usage in KODataBindContext by @tbw777 in #5409
CSS: Support recursive calc definition, improve compatibility for custom properties, support :has pseudo-class by @matthiasblaesing in #5432
CSS: Support class/elements names with colons and fix HTML character entity completion by @matthiasblaesing in #5641
Update Online HTML5 templates: by @pepness in #5729
JS: Improve handling of private/static fields in JS classes by @matthiasblaesing in #5677
Stabelize html lexer in broken cases by @matthiasblaesing in #5756
html.validator: Remove dependency on log4j by @matthiasblaesing in #5716
JS: Static initializer blocks and "for await ... of ..." by @matthiasblaesing in #5694
JS: Improve JSX lexing (support fragment syntax and embedded comments) by @matthiasblaesing in #5765
JS: Improve stability of JS model building (prevent cycles) by @matthiasblaesing in #5786
JS: Improve handling of export declarations (references and classes) by @matthiasblaesing in #5796
JS: Don't handle this as global value by @matthiasblaesing in #5800
Further fixes for GraalVM classloader by @sdedic in #5924
Versioning:
enable versioning labels by default. by @mbien in #5831
bump delete-artifact action to v2 to be node 16 compatible. by @mbien in #5927
Editor:
Fix case when ANTLR getText() causes assertion in LexerInput. by @lkishalmi in #5619
Added CompletionItem.shouldSingleClickInvokeDefaultAction to the Editor Completion API by @eirikbakke in #5334
YAML: Step right curly and brackets when they are right to the caret by @lkishalmi in #5810
Use Antlr runtimes from ide.libs by @pepness in #5804
Initial HCL Support by @lkishalmi in #5612
Minimal Lexing Support for Go Language by @lkishalmi in #5297
UI Changes:
option window layout adjustments and UI fixes. by @mbien in #5625
Four small UI improvements, in various areas by @eirikbakke in #5333
#4818: Update string renderer to only escape undisplayable code points. by @rkeen-siemens in #5757
option window: category buttons foreground color fix. by @mbien in #5798
Improve the appearance of disabled icons on FlatLAF Dark (and a tiny improvement on FlatLAF Light) by @eirikbakke in #5761
macOS: dark window title bars by @DevCharly in #5732
FlatLaf: change accent color in Options dialog (Appearance > FlatLaf) by @DevCharly in #5795
FlatLaf: use NetBeans folder icons in NB Explorer by @DevCharly in #5760
Don't show the '+' separator in keyboard accelerators on MacOS by @eirikbakke in #5336
Update FlatLaf from 3.0 to 3.1 by @DevCharly in #5818
[NETBEANS-5327] Added the option to open the selected file or directory in the system file explorer by @Tnnienn in #5770
Make Options category buttons accent colour aware in FlatLaf. by @neilcsmith-net in #5867
Platform:
platform dir: added missing @OverRide annotations by @tbw777 in #5189
Improve Dialog Placement by @errael in #5280
Temporary fix: Support extra cluster directories. by @sdedic in #5503
Update asm from 9.4 to 9.5 by @pepness in #5751
connection layout AOBE fix by @ebarboni in #5819
Language Server Protocol:
Display additional options prior to the standard ones. by @sdedic in #5411
Report progress start when handle immediately switches to indeterminate. by @sdedic in #5362
LSP: Database connection context menu cleanup by @thurka in #5586
Display DB welcome only when no connections are defined. by @sdedic in #5613
LSP: Fix Delete action in context menu by @thurka in #5629
LSP: Fix too many invocation of 'java.db.preferred.connection' by @thurka in #5628
LSP: Database icons clean-up by @thurka in #5688
Better LSP command names, conflict resolution by @sdedic in #5692
Fix registration of Database node by @thurka in #5698
Do not register AddADBAction in context menu by @thurka in #5696
Action id of OpenServiceConsoleAction fixed by @thurka in #5703
Use wait node in VSCode for long running computation of children by @thurka in #5709
Use wait node in VSCode for long running computation of children by @thurka in #5737
Service Console has been deprecated - use new replacement URL by @thurka in #5730
DAP and LSP use a common Lookup. by @sdedic in #5742
lower the OS level memory consumption of NB LSP by @thurka in #5914
VSCode Extension:
Group and define order for project actions. by @sdedic in #5507
Fixed typos in DB welcome view by @sdedic in #5541
Provide a waitable command that completes after NBLS fully starts & registers server-provided commands by @sdedic in #5615
Remove JDK8 as minimum for build of VSNetBeans. by @MartinBalin in #5587
VSCode: Limit findPath to file URLs only. by @dbalek in #5643
VSNetBeans changelog update for 17.0.301 by @dbalek in #5782
Mention Graal.JS as needed when GraalVM is runtime JDK behind proxy by @MartinBalin in #5785
VSCode: Renaming Java 8+ debug configuration to Java+. by @dbalek in #5816
Maintanance:
bump test-summary action to v2.x by @mbien in #5376
nbbuild dir: removed unessesary old forms of Integer type by @tbw777 in #5238
Simplified usage String.substring() method from two arguments to one … by @tbw777 in #5319
Cleanup by simplifying strings comparsion with JDK7 Objects.equals() by @tbw777 in #5399
Replaced all [equals() -> "==", HashSet -> EnumSet, HashMap -> EnumMap] calls for enum types by @tbw777 in #5309
Removed creating of unused objects by @tbw777 in #5320
Streams from java.nio.file.Files have to be closed by @tbw777 in #5469
Removed a lot of compiler warnings by @tbw777 in #5487
Improved Map/Set usage by @tbw777 in #5332
Replaced usage of String.to[U/L]Case() with String.equalsIgnoreCase() by @tbw777 in #5219
switch CI from release to full cluster config. by @mbien in #5568
Typo correction by @AanshSavla in #5583
Remove Thread#stop from httpserver and update embedded tomcat by @matthiasblaesing in #5530
Remove second set of Thread#suspend and Thread#resume usage by @matthiasblaesing in #5532
Upgrade PostgreSQL JDBC driver to 42.5.4 by @pepness in #5657
Improve image display tool (antialias, improved dragging, optimize menu and fix warnings) by @matthiasblaesing in #5661
Upgrade commons compress from 1.21 to 1.23.0 by @pepness in #5705
JAXB API module fixed by @thurka in #5812
Jackson library upgrade by @thurka in #5814
Slf4j library upgrade by @thurka in #5821
Other Changes:
partial revert of #5487 to fix master. by @mbien in #5492
GoToType dialog checks source attribute before disassembling bytecode by @jtulach in #5539
Rust by @vieiro in #5567
Save/restore the ANTLR RustLexer specific internals. by @lkishalmi in #5624
Remove unnessary build options from project definitions by @matthiasblaesing in #5652
Rust options panel and Cargo executable selection by @vieiro in #5651
Revert "Use wait node in VSCode for long running computation of children" by @neilcsmith-net in #5733
nb-javac: "Eat your own dog food" testing by @jtulach in #5609
Fixed Formatting under Project Properties by @KacerCZ in #5754
Rust output window improvements by @vieiro in #5764
Fix HCL Lexer heredoc error on trailing space. by @lkishalmi in #5846
Update metabuild GitBranchHash task to handle packed refs. by @neilcsmith-net in #5841
Make SystemOpenAction dynamic in main menu by @neilcsmith-net in #5870
HCL fix compound expression grammar by @lkishalmi in #5854
Fix the Maven Compile on Save UI. by @neilcsmith-net in #5876
HCL Lexer shall recognize * and / as operator by @lkishalmi in #5888

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 16.0 (Dec 8, 2022)

Gradle:
Initial implementation of (experimental) Dependency API in Gradle by @sdedic in #4499
Refactor Grade Editor Related Functionality into a gradle.editor Module by @lkishalmi in #4518
Gradle hide empty generated folders by @lkishalmi in #4525
Support projects without build.gradle by @sdedic in #4594
Fix npe from gradle build actions dialog by @errael in #4703
NETBEANS-4720 Support custom gradle test sourcesets by @merscwog in #4721
Override gradle's compiler version from compiler args. by @errael in #4711
Various fixes and improvements [1/3] by @sdedic in #4726
API: access to build properties of gradle script [2/3] by @sdedic in #4729
Fix for Gradle project sources popup menu invocation error #4755 by @makiam in #4759
Support for jar & native image artifact for gradle projects [3/3] by @sdedic in #4730
#4847: do not use newer classes in older distributions. by @sdedic in #4850
Switched gradle.dist and gradle.editor module to regular. Fixes #4866 by @lkishalmi in #4898
#4923: access to gradle internal APIs is protected from failing the project load, just logs a notification. by @sdedic in #4936
Prevent CCE NbGradleProjectImpl to DataObject by @lkishalmi in #4943
Fix GradleCliEditorKit Registration by @lkishalmi in #4950
Maven:
Support for project output artifacts by @sdedic in #4495
Improve Jakarta EE 9/9.1 support by @pepness in #4438
Build action must be included in the cache key by @sdedic in #4526
Allow to disable warning for specific lifecycle participants. by @sdedic in #4630
Artifact tags, support for shaded output and source attachments. by @sdedic in #4631
Fix possible NPE in NexusRepositoryIndexerImpl exception handler. by @mbien in #4705
Update Maven archetype version for Jakarta EE 9.1 by @pepness in #4532
Implement maven pom javac release option hint (JEP 247). by @mbien in #4802
Maven UseReleaseOptionHint fixes by @mbien in #4835
hide template link as last resort if it appears to be broken. by @mbien in #4891
Fix maven classpath listening by @neilcsmith-net in #4899
Maven HintsPanel UI layout fixes and minor cleanup. by @mbien in #4906
Java:
Modernize ActionsManager in Debugger API by @lkishalmi in #4459
OrganizeImports fixed for clashing star imports. by @dbalek in #4561
Update nb-javac to 19+33. by @dbalek in #4467
Multi-release jar support by @matthiasblaesing in #4589
Fix extra space added in try with resources by @neilcsmith-net in #4648
Avoid using an invalid JavaPlatform by @errael in #4672
JavadocImports fixed for illegal string trim. by @naotsugu in #4647
Fixing error recovery for (current) record patterns. by @jlahoda in #4586
Code completion for jdk-19 case patterns implemented. by @dbalek in #4746
Fixing error recovery when j.l.MatchException is missing, and patterns are present. by @jlahoda in #4756
revert rushed unbalanced-hint fix (#4421). by @mbien in #4580
[NETBEANS-4923]: Problem with Deploy/HotDeploy using Netbeans 12.1 an… by @ehsavoie in #4768
Code completion after yield in switch expressions fixed. by @dbalek in #4769
Improve java platform selection logic for hints. by @mbien in #4678
Fix error in wizard when creating module-info file (GH4628) by @neilcsmith-net in #4780
Provide hints for conversion to Virtual thread executor when thread pools are used by @MegJayan in #4592
add semantic highlight for when keyword by @MegJayan in #4671
Implementation of auto completion, formatting adjustment and providing hints for JEP 405 record patterns by @MegJayan in #4533
Update JDK 19 Javadoc link from EA to GA. by @neilcsmith-net in #4836
put nb-javac modules on the plugin import block list. by @mbien in #4838
Never mark overriding methods as unused, fixes GH4276. by @neilcsmith-net in #4857
Fix MoveMemberPanel and MoveClassPanel (GH4708) by @neilcsmith-net in #4863
Groovy:
#4556 - NetBeans should not auto-insert n in Groovy triple quoted strings by @ppisl in #4562
PHP:
Fix the syntax error for the constant array access #4684 by @junichi11 in #4735
Fix the formatting for the textual operators(AND, OR, XOR) #4635 by @junichi11 in #4741
C/C++:
The CPPLight debugger works on aarch64. by @entlicher in #4370
Enterprise:
Support for vulnerability audit in Oracle cloud by @sdedic in #4461
Fixed JBoss EAP regex patterns to match two digit minor/patch versions by @akronenw in #4694
Better messages during project audit. Code cleanup. by @sdedic in #4733
Unable to register Payara 6.x in Apache NetBeans 15 by @jGauravGupta in #4695
More options for LSP audit command by @sdedic in #4834
Import local schema to avoid DNS lookup in build by @jgneff in #4933
Web:
CSS: Implemented position:sticky by @troizet in #4480
Fix for not calling auto completion after end tag was already added by @Chris2011 in #4649
Editor:
Cleanup debug Exception after an old issue by @lkishalmi in #4591
FIX-3732: Prevent possible IAE in DocumentViewOp. by @lkishalmi in #4623
Fixed a NPE from issue #4629 by @troizet in #4670
YAML Support
Change YAML indent to 2 spaces by default by @lkishalmi in #4551
YAML Support Layer Code Cleanup by @lkishalmi in #4559
Minor cleanup in YAML Language Support by @lkishalmi in #4625
Dockerfile Support
Added multiview [Source|History] for Dockerfile-s by @lkishalmi in #4550
new: TOML Support
Some support for TOML files by @lkishalmi in #4503
TOML Cleanup and Improvements by @lkishalmi in #4565
new: ANTLR v4 and v3 Support
ANTLR v4 and v3 Grammar Editing Support by @lkishalmi in #4549
Fix possible NPE while editing ANTLR Grammar by @lkishalmi in #4662
Improve support for ANTLRv4 Grammars by @lkishalmi in #4773
ANTLRv4 indent and code snippet support. by @lkishalmi in #4800
More precise code-completion for ANTLRv4 Grammars by @lkishalmi in #4808
Fixed end of file indenting and code completion for ANTLR v4 by @lkishalmi in #4878
UI Changes:
Add ability to load custom FlatLaf properties from user config. by @neilcsmith-net in #4719
Keyboard focus can activate top component by @errael in #4603
Add update centre notifications to Check for Updates dialog by @neilcsmith-net in #4742
Update FlatLaf from 2.4 to 2.5 by @neilcsmith-net in #4803
Dialog parent should not be null by @errael in #4739
Update FlatLaf from 2.5 to 2.6 by @DevCharly in #4811
about panel needs a vertical scrollbar if the async plugin update notification appears by @mbien in #4877
Platform:
Better messages from Janitor on abandoned cache dirs. by @lkishalmi in #4455
Do not eager load non-eager module fragments. by @sdedic in #4317
Limit ValidateClassFilesTest to scan only JARs referenced from modules by @matthiasblaesing in #4775
Another attempt to fix intermittent clipboard bug on Windows by @eirikbakke in #4774
After file external change fire reloaded event by @errael in #4249
Language Server Protocol:
LSP: Cloud explorer should be hidden with Java support switched off. by @dbalek in #4449
LSP: Html4J UI modified work over LSP. by @dbalek in #4040
Accept file paths passed as a plain string, toURL throws IAE. by @sdedic in #4560
Automatically disable NBLS Java for GCN users. by @dbalek in #4596
Project info exported through LSP by @sdedic in #4595
Allow empty jdbc password by @jhorvath in #4784
VSCode Extension:
Vulnerability audit fixes by @sdedic in #4665
Changed wording of the vulnerability scan message. by @sdedic in #4689
Reveal things in project explorer by default. by @sdedic in #4607
Updates for 15.0.301 release of VSNetBeans by @MartinBalin in #4740
Add debugger listening connector to LSP. by @entlicher in #4748
Maintanance:
fix CI concurrency settings by @mbien in #4514
Cleanup a bunch of raw type error messages related to TreeSet. by @BradWalker in #4582
remove usages of deprecated junit.framework.Assert. by @mbien in #4429
Cleanup warnings related to raw type List by @BradWalker in #4265
conditional CI pipeline + migrate some jobs from travis to gh by @mbien in #4431
bump versions of setup-java, setup-php and cache actions. by @mbien in #4770
Cleanup more raw type List warnings.. by @BradWalker in #4794
Tomcat module cleanup by @pepness in #4454
wrap unreliable micronaut tests in retry script for now by @mbien in #4872
ci - run cache action after checkout by @mbien in #4886
Other Changes:
Increment spec versions for Apache NetBeans 16 development. by @neilcsmith-net in #4395
Update issue forms for 15 release candidates. by @neilcsmith-net in #4409
Snapshot of APIs as of NetBeans 15 by @neilcsmith-net in #4487
Set "--add-modules ALL-MODULE-PATH" when compiling MX project. by @dbalek in #4597
Make Apache NetBeans 15 the latest version for issue reports. by @neilcsmith-net in #4639
Recognize generatedDependencies tag by @jtulach in #4666
Limit bootstrap libraries to java.se by @jtulach in #4681
jna.nosys is required so that JNA tries to load native library via System#loadLibrary by @matthiasblaesing in #4736
use java.net.URLEncoder/Decoder instead of buggy custom impl. by @mbien in #4749
Recognize Scala class constructor by @jtulach in #4901

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 15.0 (Sep 6, 2022)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 13.0 (Mar 5, 2022)

Highlights:
Bundled nb-javac, startup experience simpler and smoother.
Light FlatLaf look and feel by default.
Partial upgrades for Maven, Gradle, and PHP.
Note: The full list of pull requests integrated in the 13 timeframe is found here, while they are listed by category below.
Java:
fixed wrong nb-javac module name so that it can be installed. [3575]
[#3511] workaround for extends/implements panel not showing any results. [3543]
[jackpot] DefaultRuleUtilities::referencedIn fix for single variable matching [3540]
[#3494] Organize Imports inspection is not record aware. [3497]
Hint/Inspection panel and dialog layout fixes [3472]
[#3466] do not show Convert Type to Var hint for method references [3471]
[NETBEANS-6388] remove findbugs installer module. [3455]
[jackpot] Add sourceVersion(int) to rule file utils and deprecate enum variant. (part 2) [3439]
nb-javac checks cleanup and dialog removal. [3396]
[jackpot] Add sourceVersion(int) to rule file utils and deprecate enum variant. [3395]
javac wrapper module should clean its "external" folder. [3392]
VaniallaPartialReparser reports incorrectly reparsed files [3286]
[jackpot] added generics aware rule to IteratorToFor inspection [3284]
Handle any script’s URI and provide script content when not readable from file. [3277]
Including nb-javac binaries in all the complementary distributions [3251]
fixed class modifier auto completion for sealed classes. [3228]
[jackpot] Rewrite "String::replaceAll with dot" inspection to apply to more cases and methods [3218]
Dynamically switching from all-file processing to single-file processing of multi file JavaSources. [2959]
[NETBEANS-4274] fix refactoring of class member when a new name is the same as the name of a local variable [2612]
Maven:
#3526: Retain traling / for non-existing directories. [3541]
NETBEANS-6347: Disabled user actions fixed [3454]
Formatted the templates to be inline with the default java formatting. [3394]
Upgrade to Apache Maven 3.8.4 [3328]
m2 URL components need to be URL decoded before being used to create the artifact [3305]
Maven pom.xml annotations: Configure graphics context for antialiasing [3269]
[NETBEANS-5847] Maven project template uses template for project structure. [3262]
maven daemon support [3210]
Gradle:
[#3590] Prevent suspicious NPE forn Gradle SubProjectsNode [3591]
[NETBEANS-6117] Fix Gradle project loading in template operations. [3480]
Rewrite lambda to an inner class to prevent from Gradle warning about execution optimizations. [3377]
NETBEANS-6307: check global artifact cache, ignore per-project cached structure if not consistent. [3375]
Fixed typo: runSingle presence depends on runClassName property. [3335]
Fixed some lost-in-translation issues with Gradle Tooling [3329]
Use Gradle distribution service and public repo for their binaries. [3326]
[NETBEANS-6004] Give info when the IDE’s Java is not compatible with Gradle [3320]
[NETBEANS-5783] Testcase checking Gradle ProjectInfo never return null [3319]
[NETBEANS-5846] Minimal support of java-platfom Gradle projects. [3293]
Groovy:
[NETBEANS-6361] Code completion for class fields doesn’t work. [3408]
[NETBEANS-6291] Navigation to fields sometimes doesn’t work in Groovy [3368]
Avoid spurious exception in log. Warn if perf counters are enabled on incompatible JDK [3366]
[NETBEANS-6276] Groovy CC doesn’t work on JDK 1.8 [3362]
[NETBEANS-6253] Posibility to run single Groovy Script [3350]
[NETBEANS-6218] An infinite loop may occur when parsing Groovy sources [3325]
[NETBEANS-6196] Package code completion doesn’t work in empty groovy … [3316]
PHP:
[NETBEANS-6177] Fix an issue the stop command is not sent [3549]
Fix code completion for parent’s trait #3486 [3521]
Regenerate sigfiles [3507]
[NETBEANS-5599] PHP 8.1 Support [3463]
[NETBEANS-5599] PHP 8.1 Support: Pure intersection types [3461]
[NETBEANS-5599] PHP 8.1 Support: New in initializers [3448]
[NETBEANS-6315] Escape HTML entities in PHPStan report [3380]
[NETBEANS-5599] PHP 8.1 Support: Readonly Properties 2.0 [3360]
[NETBEANS-6239] Add PHPStan rule level 9 [3341]
[NETBEANS-5599] PHP 8.1 Support: Never type [3340]
[NETBEANS-5599] PHP 8.1 Support: Final class constants part [3331]
[NETBEANS-2472] Mark overriding/overridden constants and properties as annotations [3327]
[NETBEANS-6217] Allow Convert Visibility Suggestion to be disabled [3324]
[NETBEANS-6193] PHP 8.0: Fix syntax errors for attributes of interface constants and methods [3315]
[NETBEANS-3362] Show inherited members on the navigator pane [3296]
CSS:
[#3593] Fix csl elementhandle [3597]
CSS Parser Fixes [3359]
Exclude less (@{}) and scss (#{}) string interpolation from formatting [3314]
LSP:
Support to redefine icons for LSP client [3459]
LSP: Change method parameters should refactor access modifier. [3442]
LSP: Modified to fix errors currently printed to log from ServerTest. [3438]
Convert source path to URI String. [3427]
LSP: Do not refactor library classes. [3426]
LSP: Fixed broken code completion for super constructor call. [3424]
LSP console IO is made more reliable, output is not lost now. [3420]
LSP: Do not produce CodeActions for errors with empty description. [3413]
VSCode: Show Debug Console while running tests. [3406]
LSP: Never remove imports on save when the code isn’t bug free. [3398]
Disable client-side projects and nodejs support. [3384]
Various fixes of project / folder actions presence in vscode [3383]
LSP: Couple of Text Explorer fixes. [3374]
Maintain data identity for duplicit info requests [3370]
LSP: Provide completion for SQL queries for repository annotations. [3367]
LSP: Allow to specify default DB connection [3365]
Added more actions to LSP Projects View [3363]
Adding command for New Database Connection [3358]
LSP: attempt to speed up open type action. [3354]
Bridged node actions to LSP commands. Enabled DB explorer view for LSP clients. [3351]
Dispose/disconnect tree view after client stop. [3348]
Micronaut Data Finder completion check for @Repository annotation fixed. [3346]
Check for nativeImagePath property. [3345]
Micronaut data finder methods code completion [3333]
Enable node-based UIs in LSP [3323]
LSP: Organize imports action added. [3317]
Allow VSCode users to choose 'local' - e.g. per workspace userdir [3308]
Shade whole methods which are not included in the native image. [3270]
LSP: Enrich Java Outline view by more details. [3263]
Gson library upgraded to 2.8.9, LSP upgraded to 3.16 [3200]
[NETBEANS-5565] Disable running LSP servers for VCS diffs. [2876]
First version of semantic highlight support for both the LSP client and Java LSP server. [2617]
Editor:
[NETBEANS-6312] Assure that TokenHierarchy is called with Document’s read lock. [3379]
[NETBEANS-5209] Document switcher popup not grouping by project on first use. [3299]
VSCode:
Be able to resolve project problems in VSCode extension. [3400]
Delay change events for node after the node’s pending queries are resolved [3382]
Run Configuration UI for the Explorer view [3378]
Really convert IDs to numbers to use with Map. Re-fetch items that have been marked as changed. [3376]
Show Databases and Projects views only after NBLS extension activates. [3371]
Merge the code lens actions with the launch config properties and adapt Gradle to apply env. [3364]
LSP + VSCode extension: Run/Debug via project actions. [3353]
Rich HTML UI for (now only for) VSCode Refactorings [3349]
Misc:
build.xml and run.xml: fixed detection of 64 bit architecture for Java 9+ (on Windows) [3522]
Exposing simple UI action to open next segment of a heap dump [3518]
Making build information a bit more up to date [3512]
[NETBEANS-6384] Detect another Java support ext and recommend to Disable one. [3510]
Micronaut project creation fix [3506]
New From Template creates an invalid HTML page [3505]
Update FlatLaf from 2.0 to 2.0.1 [3504]
Update README with JDK 11 requirement. [3501]
Cache netbeanrelease.json for offline builds and source releases. [3500]
Change maven 384 dependencies to codehaus groupID [3496]
Fixes to LSP client/server related to semantic highlighting. [3492]
Ensure BufferedInputStream is not initialized with a buffer size of 0 [3491]
[NETBEANS-6323] Fix Gradle popup menu Tasks.. action not working. [3490]
search/replace dialog: set shift+enter as line break and add multi-line info message. [3489]
javafx ide.ergonomics config should not try to load the old nb-javac. [3488]
Update year in NOTICE to 2022 [3464]
[NETBEANS-6394] - Upgrade Metro from 2.4.4 to 2.4.8 [3462]
Honor MxLibrary.path() if specified [3453]
Better report of failures, append stderr/out. [3450]
LSP: Change method parameters should refactor access modifier. (#3442) [3446]
Update FlatLaf from 1.6.1 to 2.0 [3445]
Use boolean flag to create apidoc menu [3443]
Simplified cancelHandle test. [3441]
Disable database features in vscode [3437]
Always call mx build before running the java.mx.projects tests [3435]
[cnd] 2.2 - cnd and cpplite integration fixes [3433]
Avoid using word failed in non-fatal debug messages [3425]
[cnd] small-2.1 Merging from master [3423]
Modified to prevent IllegalStateExceptions from CasualDiff. [3422]
dlight.nativeexecution test documentation [3421]
[cnd] small-1.5 More cnd tests [3419]
[NETBEANS-6285] Shield against usage of JDK-11 API. [3418]
Native image breakpoints work with shared libraries. [3417]
[cnd] small-1.4 makeproject samples, editor/lexer tests [3416]
Initial port and adapt of GitHub issue configuration from Airflow. [3415]
disabled uihandler modules (exception+statistics reporter). [3410]
[CND] small-1.3 Remaining licences in cnd cluster [3409]
Fix cluster splitting of RAT errors [3404]
print simple junit report on travis job failure. [3403]
[cnd] small-1.2: cnd.editor/cnd.remote/licenses [3402]
Add binaries.repos property to downloadbinaries call in projectized.xml. [3401]
[cnd] small-1.1: Moving some cnd modules to contrib [3399]
Follow LSP specification for null value for startCharacter in FoldingRange [3397]
Allow searching for multi-line Strings. [3393]
Updated Subversion support to 1.14.0 [3391]
[NETBEANS-6337] - remove annotation warnings related to deprecating [3390]
Fix html.angular, js2.editor, js2.nodejs and js2.requirejs tests [3389]
Clean merge of "Fixing the configure hint sub-fix to work more properly for per-project hint settings." [3388]
Fix javascript2.editor tests and reenable testing in travis [3387]
[NETBEANS-6328] avoid IllegalArgumentException in FoldManagerImpl [3385]
Change nb.sass.libsass to TRUE, to fix broken SASS [3373]
Remove obsolete permgen flags. [3372]
Single file Groovy Run and Debug in VSCode. [3369]
Using HTML based UI for Change method parameters refactoring [3361]
Updating HTML/Java API to 1.7.3 version [3357]
Use ToolProvider from libs.javacapi, not from bootclasspath [3355]
Adding support for Oracle Cloud [3352]
Deactivate broken xmlretriever test (client cert expired and a new one is not yet issued) [3339]
Remove jruby related YAML parser libs [3338]
[NETBEANS-6235] Build of vscode extension fails [3336]
Small improvement on GitBranchHash which is able to get at least the hash of a detached HEAD [3334]
Switch to FlatLaf Light as default look and feel for IDE [3332]
Handle invalid package.json only containing a single string [3318]
Consider the reported trustlevel of the KeyStoreProvider when querying KeyStores [3303]
An attempt to fix unstable test for java.mx.projects [3301]
Splitting workflows into individual files [3295]
Build Java cluster on JDK17 [3278]
NETBEANS-3042 Fixes Payara Server log formatting issue [3260]
Don’t search for parent folders when there is .mxignore file [3255]
NETBEANS-3270 Webapp not correctly recognized as Java EE [3231]
Fixes creation of a Glassfish deployment descriptor [3219]
Allow plugins to exclude files from being indexed [3209]
Update to nb-javac identical to javac from jdk-17+35 [3206]
Remove JARs fom repository to simplify release review [3162]
[NETBEANS-5799]: Pattern Matching for Switch hints (preview) [3156]
Fixing the configure hint sub-fix to work more properly for per-project hint settings. [3147]
[NETBEANS-5901] Handling of FileObjects not backed by j.i.File when sorting by full path is requested. [3134]
[NETBEANS-189] Updates for Sql autocomplete and [NETBEANS-5831] Create a SQL Standard Quoter for Use with Connectionless Cases [3074]
Replacing manually built javac with Maven one [2783]
Options panel use GTK default colors [2744]

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 12.5 (Oct 7, 2021)

Java Enhancements:
Java:
Temporarily allow setting of SecurityManager: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/3003
[NETBEANS-5661] - Added regular expression window and hint: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2953
Prefer .class execution over .java if the class already exists: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/3036
[NETBEANS-5801] - Add javadoc for JDK 18 early access: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/3008
[NETBEANS-5704] when generating --patch-module option, also use the generated source roots. Java: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2977
[NETBEANS-5832] Fixing compilation of static initializer for vanilla indexing.: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/3054
Adding declarative Java hints to the LSP server: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2905
Gradle:
Report progress from Gradle’s CreateFromTemplateHandler Gradle LSP bug: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/3044
Fixed source+javadoc Gradle download Gradle LSP bug: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/3040
Source/javadoc attacher must report download actions as enabled. Gradle Java bug: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/3029
Gradle Action Providers can disable an action. API Change Gradle enhancement: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/3004
LSP server informs client about unsuccessful launch. Gradle LSP: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/3006
Prevent deadlock - Workspace shared IO supports close on input stream. Gradle LSP: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/3019
Support for configurations in Gradle Gradle LSP enhancement: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2969
[NETBEANS-5768] Recognize gradle projects with settings.gradle only file: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/3028
[NETBEANS-2373] Better than nothing support for Gradle Distribution dirs Gradle: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2920
[NETBEANS-5668] Fix slipping <br/>-s in the Project Problem Dialog Gradle: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2944
[NETBEANS-4252] Added PathFinder to Gradle Build Scripts Node Gradle: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2933
Maven:
Support for disabling actions in Maven (used by Micronaut) API Change Maven enhancement: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/3016
[NETBEANS-5803] Handle Maven projects with https name space. Maven: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/3012
[NETBEANS-5143] Fixes Maven web app twice deployment issue: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/3005
Micronaut:
Support for Micronaut’s automatic restarts (mn:run) for Maven API Change Java Maven enhancement: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2948
LSP: Provide hover information in Micronaut yaml files. LSP: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2955
Micronaut configuration completion and navigation improvements LSP: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2962
Micronaut: Allow for creating project on JDK 16.: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/3058
Payara:
Fixes fetching the Payara Server list in private network: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/3018
PHP Enhancements:
[NETBEANS-5678] Use the URL of the forked repository of the Skeleton Generator: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/3052
[NETBEANS-5719] Unused property hint is shown when the property is used as a constructor argument: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/3065
[NETBEANS-5480] Add an option(system property) to disable the feature to fold PHP tags: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/3069
C/C++ Enhancements:
Fixing newly created cpplite project, avoiding starting the C/C++ LSP server when the configuration is not readable: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2877
In cpplite project, when reading configuration, an empty string should not be considered a valid configuration: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2904
Miscellaneous Enhancements:
General:
LSP: Find usages should search also in project dependecies. LSP: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2950
[NETBEANS-5492] change test proxy connection url to apache: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2830
[NETBEANS-5698] Fix tabcontrol painting on MacOS retina displays (Aqua LAF): https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2970
[NETBEANS-4953] Fixing handling of WSL-based URIs.: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2988
[NETBEANS-5673] Modernize tab controls in the Windows LAF: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2967
[NETBEANS-5697] Various other LAF/HiDPI improvements on Windows: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2965
[NETBEANS-5726] Fix JCheckboxMenuItem state for 'Show Editor Tooolbar': https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2979
[NETBEANS-4150] added a KeyringProvider using libsecret for new versions of Gnome: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2906
VSCode:
Add Run with configuration into code lenses.: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2995
Completion provider for VS Code’s launch.json.: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/3025
Debugger attach needs to be initialized.: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2991
New from Template for VSCode.: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2882
Run/Debug single .java files outside of project in VSCode.: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2938
[NETBEANS-5346] Debugger attach in VSCode extension.: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2978
Libraries:
[NETBEANS-5503] Update JUnit from 4.13.1 to 4.13.2 Upgrade Library: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2831
Upgrading Graal.js to 20.3 LTS version: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2707
[NETBEANS-3439] - Upgrade JavaCC from 3.2 to 7.0.5: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1662
Improving usability of New from Template in VSNetBeans.: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/3010
Jakarta EE 9 GlassFish 6 Support: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2902

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 12.4 (Jun 19, 2021)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 12.3 (Mar 9, 2021)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 11.2 (Nov 1, 2019)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 8.2 RC (Sep 15, 2016)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 8.1 (Nov 5, 2015)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 8.1 Beta (Aug 18, 2015)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 8.0 (Mar 19, 2014)

Java:
JDK 8 support: tools and editor enhancements for working with Profiles, Lambdas, and Streams.
Java SE Embedded support to deploy, run, debug or profile Java SE applications on an embedded device, such as Raspberry PI, directly from the NetBeans IDE.
Java ME Embedded 8 support.
Several Java Editor enhancements, such as many new Java hints, Javadoc shown as tooltip, instant rename enhancements, and code completion exclusions.
Improved integration with JavaFX Scene Builder.
Code completion for JDK 8
Java EE:
New PrimeFaces code generators, to generate complete PrimeFaces skeleton CRUD applications with connection to databases.
Tomcat 8.0 and TomEE support, including out-of-box JPA, JSF and JAXRS configuration and data sources.
Facelets Template Client wizard asks for sections to generate.
Code completion for template sections, and within JSF composite components.
Enhanced CDI integration in beans.xml file, with code completion for alternative classes and stereotypes.
More flexibility for JPA hints, which can be disabled, enabled, and warning level changed.
Maven graph layout switcher
Maven:
New Maven graph layout switcher.
Navigator shows POM goals.
Additional web resources shown in Projects window.
Improved Maven performance when re-running Web applications.
Improved Maven performance of "Apply Code Changes" while debugging.
Maven graph layout switcher
JavaScript:
AngularJS navigation via hyperlinking from view to controllers.
Many enhancements for AngularJS in code completion between artifacts, such as code completion in the view to properties defined in controllers.
Code completion support in Knockout templates.
New editor support for creating JQuery widgets and plugins.
Debugging of JavaScript code executed in Nashorn (JDK 8+) script engine is supported.
Code completion for AngularJS
HTML5:
Android 4.4 WebKit debugging supported for Cordova 3.3+.
New Karma test runner support.
New Grunt build support.
Avatar.js is available in the Plugin Manager, via Tools | Plugins. After installation, you're able to create Avatar.js projects.
Karma
PHP:
Support for PHP 5.5.
New support for Nette tester.
New support for PHP CS Fixer.
Enhancements for Twig, Latte, and Neon.
Composer supported by New Project Wizard.
PHP Nette tester
C/C++:
New Breadcrumbs feature for navigation in editor.
New GDB Console to enable usage of command line GDB mode.
New hints and code completions.
Improved remote performance.
C++ Breadcrumbs
Platform:
Enhanced flexibility in the Window System, such as split of editor via drag and drop, and a new API to customize editor tabs.
New design of user interface for managing Project Groups.
Files in folders can be sorted by extension.
Karma
Miscellaneous:
Profiler enhancements: Profile on embedded platforms, show thread owning monitor for lock contention, and improved Threads view.
Versioning enhancements: Support for Subversion 1.8 working copies, various enhancements to Git and Mercurial support.
Task Schedule and other new features in Tasks window for bug tracking.

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 8.0 RC 1 (Feb 27, 2014)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 7.4 (Oct 23, 2013)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 7.4 RC 2 (Oct 3, 2013)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 7.4 Beta (Sep 18, 2013)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 7.3.1 (Jun 12, 2013)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 7.3 (Feb 21, 2013)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 7.2.1 (Oct 19, 2012)

Performance:
Project scanning now on background, not blocking editor features and navigation
Improved project scanning speed
Improved performance on remote Filesystems
Java:
FindBugs support
TestNG testing framework support
New refactorings and hints
Various Maven support enhancements
Various Debugger enhancements
Java EE:
Amazon Elastic Beanstalk support
Code completion for Java Persistence named queries and JPQL statements
More editor hints for EJB and CDI
Improved and updated support for JSF component suites
JavaFX:
Scene Builder interoperability
Improved FXML and FX CSS support
FX-in-Swing Projects
Default configurations for instant Run as WebStart and Run in Browser
Project auto-update and improved FX SDK/RT auto-detection
PHP:
Support for PHP 5.4
PHP editing: Fix Uses action, annotations support, editing of Neon and Apache Config files and more
Support for Symfony2, Doctrine2 and ApiGen frameworks
FTP remote synchronization
Support for running PHP projects on Hudson
Groovy and Grails:
Dramatic improvement of scanning, code completion and Go to Type action speed
Updated to Groovy version 1.8.6
Enhancements of code completion and editor hints
C/C++:
Support new C++11 standard
Pretty printing, watchpoints and catchpoints support for gdb
Partial and Incremental Find Usages
Improved parsing performance and reduced memory consumption
NetBeans Platform:
Positioning of tabs in window system can be configured
Support for custom implementations of tab control
New @NavigatorPanel.Registration for registering navigator panels declaratively
New @Arg annotation for registering command line options declaratively
New @NbBundle.Messages available on fields
Miscellaneous:
Subversion 1.7 built-in support
Improved Find in Projects functionality
New default locations for userdir and cachedir
64-bit launcher for Windows
Fixes:
NetBeans IDE 7.2.1 (or Patch 2 for NetBeans 7.2) is an update to NetBeans IDE 7.2 and contains fixes for following bugs .
Added support for JavaME SDK 3.2, most notably support for Embedded Applications based on IMP-NG Profile.

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 7.3 Beta (Oct 4, 2012)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 7.2 (Jul 24, 2012)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 7.2 RC1 (Jun 30, 2012)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 7.1.2 (Apr 27, 2012)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 7.1.1 (Apr 3, 2012)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 7.1 (Jan 5, 2012)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 7.1 RC1 (Nov 28, 2011)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 7.0.1 (Aug 2, 2011)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 7.0 Build 201104080000 (Apr 21, 2011)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 7.0 Beta (Feb 16, 2011)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 6.9 (Jun 17, 2010)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 6.8 (Dec 14, 2009)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 6.8 Beta (Oct 26, 2009)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 6.7.1 (Aug 10, 2009)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 6.7 Final (Jul 1, 2009)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 6.5 RC1 (Oct 23, 2008)

New in Apache NetBeans IDE 5.5.1 (Jun 19, 2007)