NetBeans refers to both a platform framework for Java desktop applications, and an integrated development environment (IDE) for developing with Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python (no longer supported after NetBeans 7), Groovy, C, C++, Scala , Clojure , and others. The NetBeans IDE 7.0 no longer supports Ruby and Ruby on Rails, but a third party has begun work on a separate plug-in.
The NetBeans IDE is written in Java and can run on Windows, Mac OS, Li...
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NetBeans refers to both a platform framework for Java desktop applications, and an integrated development environment (IDE) for developing with Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python (no longer supported after NetBeans 7), Groovy, C, C++, Scala , Clojure , and others. The NetBeans IDE 7.0 no longer supports Ruby and Ruby on Rails, but a third party has begun work on a separate plug-in.
The NetBeans IDE is written in Java and can run on Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Solaris and other platforms supporting a compatible JVM. A pre-existing JVM or a JDK is not required.
The NetBeans platform allows applications to be developed from a set of modular software components called modules. Applications based on the NetBeans platform (including the NetBeans IDE) can be extended by third party developers.
NetBeans began in 1996 as Xelfi (word play on Delphi), a Java IDE student project under the guidance of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University in Prague. In 1997 Roman Staněk formed a...
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