Open source Java development environment NetBeans has achieved top-level project status at the Apache Software Foundation. NetBeans is the integrated development environment (IDE) associated first ...

The NetBeans IDE provides rapid development of front end with GUI. The Java code (with .form files for IDE),MySql codes and the output images are attached with the files.

Oracle claims NetBeans 7 is the first open source IDE to support the next-generation Java platform.

NetBeans IDE 7.2 provides a significantly improved performance and coding experience, with new static code analysis capabilities in the Java Editor and smarter project scanning.

The NetBeans Java IDE started life as a university student project in Prague in 1996, became a commercial product in 1997, was bought by Sun in 1999, and was released to open source in 2000.

By providing a single environment where development teams can deliver Java services and create HTML5-based clients, NetBeans IDE 7.3 preview can empower developers to create and debug Web and ...

Whilst the IDE doesn’t offer as many nice Java-coding features as some of the other IDEs, Sun’s approach is to provide powerful drag and drop, WYSIWYG-like development capabilities.