It’s going to be easier for Java developers to build rich HTML5-based interfaces for mobile and Web applications with the latest upgrade of NetBeans, according to Oracle Corp. Browsers are ...

Topping the list of enhancements in NetBeans 7.3 is support for HTML5 and CSS, and a new JavaScript editor and debugger based on the Nashorn project.

Version 7.4 of the IDE extends the HTML5 support provided in the previous release to Java EE and PHP applications, and becomes the first IDE to provide support for JDK 8 developer preview builds.

The new version of the IDE features code completion for HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS to make programming for mobile and Web apps easier With the release of version 7.3 of NetBeans, Oracle has ...