Pro NetBeans

I was recently added to the list of folks participating with the NetCat 65 program, NetBeans 6.5 Community Acceptance Testing described here : http://qa.netbeans.org/processes/cat/65/

So far, my experience has been quite positive. I’ve seen a number of folks testing all aspects on NetBeans such as usability, bugs, new features, and more. My current focus has been on the database tools added as part of NetBeans 6.5 (currently in Beta). The SQL History tool is pretty interesting, in that it stores the complete list of SQL you have executed.

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The NetBeans team has announced the availability of NetBeans 6.5 Beta.

Some new and improved features include :

• PHP version of the IDE
• Improved Eclipse project import
• Compile on Save / Deploy on Save
• Groovy and Grails support
• and much more!

Check out the official release page : http://www.netbeans.org/community/releases/65/

I haven’t checked it in a while, but I recently saw that the NetBeans team has updated the official roadmap for version releases. I had previously seen a mention of NetBeans 7, but it seems the next release will be NetBeans 6.5.

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As a quick follow-up to my previous post on the NetBeans Feature on Demand, I was thinking about how nice it would to further optimize the NetBeans startup time (via module unloading).

When NetBeans loads, it processes and loads each module that is active. To speed up this process I manually uninstall modules I know I will never use, as well as deactivating modules I use infrequently. It would be nice if the IDE could monitor and do this for me.

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Earlier tonight, I attended the NetBeans ‘Feature on Demand’ Birds of a Feather Session at JavaOne 2008 presented by Sun’s Geertjan Wielenga and Jiri Rechtacek.

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