The Microchip corporation chooses NetBeans over Eclipse for its new MPLAB IDE.

In a wonderful article from Geertjan Wielenga, NetBeans is highlighted over Eclipse in its selection by Microchip to power its IDE for MPLAB.

Check it out here : http://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/open_source_framework_powers_latest

Oracle Releases Java 6 Update 27 (JDK 1.6.0.27)

Oracle has release the Java 6 Update 27 JDk. The following are some of the updates and bugs fixed:

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NetBeans 7.0.1 Patches Released

The NetBeans team has released a patch for NetBeans IDE 7.0.1.

The patch includes bug fixes in modules for Java, Maven, C/C++, RCP Platform, HTML editor, Java Profiler GUI Builder, and more.

Detailed list of bugs can be found here : https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?status_whiteboard=701patch1&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr

Get the patch info here : http://wiki.netbeans.org/NetBeans7.0PatchesInfo

Oracle Releases Java 6 Update 25 (JDK 1.6.0.25)

Oracle has released Java 6 Update 25. Below is the list of bug fixes :
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NetBeans 7.0.1 Released

NetBeans 7.0 Released

NetBeans IDE 6.9 Milestone 1 Available

The NetBeans team has released NetBeans IDE 6.9 Milestone 1 Available.

Highlights include:

NetBeans Platform OSGi interoperability
- New Maven project archetypes available
- Easy import of OSGi bundles for use in Ant projects

Java EE
- Support for Contexts and Dependency Injection
- Simplified REST Web Services consumption in NetBeans RCP and Java client applications

Java Web Applications
- Initial support for Spring 3 framework
- Automatic import for Java classes and tag libraries in JSP code completion

PHP
- Zend framework support
- Enhanced code formatting options

Ruby
- Gems indexing

C/C++
- Support for Makefiles: Editor, navigator, run targets
- Virtual functions: Multiple hyperlinks, annotations

Java Editor
- Support for annotation processors
- Over 60 new hints added

Web Languages
- CSS refactoring and enhanced code completion

http://bits.netbeans.org/netbeans/6.9/m1/

NetBeans 6.8 Patches Released

The NetBeans team has just made available a wide set of patches for NetBeans IDE 6.8. The patches address numerous issues in the C/C++, JavaFX, and JSF modules. Fixes are also included for Java web apps, IDE platform, and RCP support.

View the entire list of patch fixes at the NetBeans Wiki : http://wiki.netbeans.org/NetBeans6.8PatchesInfo

NetBeans 6.8 Milestone 1 Released

NetBeans 6.8 Milestone 1 has been released.

You can read the new and noteworthy report here : http://wiki.netbeans.org/NewAndNoteworthyNB68

It includes features like a new embedded browser, Java EE6 basic support, and a variety of other improvements.

Download NetBeans 6.8 Milestone 1 here : http://bits.netbeans.org/netbeans/6.8/m1/

NetBeans Buzz Via Search Terms

Recently I was looking through the admin tools for my website and blog, http://www.pronetbeans.com. One area I occasionally glance at, but usually ignore, is the search terms section. When users enter the site from a Google or Yahoo or Dogpile or **insert your engine here** search, the search terms typically get logged.

I was curious what the buzz around NetBeans this year since I’m currently at JavaOne so I thought I’d lookup and mention some of the most searched for (or interesting) terms that people have searched for and hit my site with between January 01, 2009 and today, June 4, 2009.

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