NetBeans' Awards

NetBeans has positioned itself as a leader in software development market. The products makes use of standards (swing), the portability of Java, mature code, and a supportive open source community. NetBeans software is free for commercial and non commercial use and being used for software development by today's top companies and individuals throughout the world. Below are some of the industry awards NetBeans has won to date.

2008

• Jolt Award: Best Development Environment: NetBeans IDE 6
• Jolt Productivity Winner : Mobile Development Tools: NetBeans IDE 6 with Sun Java Wireless Toolkit 2.5.2
• Jolt Productivity Winner : Web Development Tools: NetBeans IDE
• Developer.com Product of Year: Developer Tool
• Developer.com Product of Year: Java Tool or Add-in
• Developer.com Product of Year: Wireless/Mobile Development Tool or Add-in: NetBeans Mobility Pack

2007

• BOSSIE Award: Best Enterprise IDE
• Jolt Award : Best Development Environment: NetBeans IDE 5.5
  
• Jolt Productivity Winner : Collaboration Tools: NetBeans IDE
• Jolt Productivity Winner : Mobile Development Tools: NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.5
• Jolt Productivity Winner : Best Web Development: NetBeans Visual Web Pack
• InfoWorld : Java IDE Innovator
• O'Reilly ONJava : Winner, Java IDE Platform

2006

• Java Developer's Journal : Editors' Choice
• Codie Award : Best Software Development Solution
• Jolt Award : Productivity Award for NetBeans IDE

2005

• Codie Awards : Best Software Development Product
• Codie Awards : Best Open Source Product or Service
• Developer.com Product of the Year Awards : Open Source Tool of the Year

2004

• Codie Awards : Finalist - Best Software Development Product
• Codie Awards : Finalist - Best Open Source Product or Service

2003

• Developer.com Product of the Year Awards : Java Tool of the Year
• Java Developers Journal Readers' Choice Awards : Best Java Debugging Tool
• Developer.com Product of the Year Awards : Finalist - Open Source Tool of the Year
• Developer.com Product of the Year Awards : Finalist - Technology of the Year (NetBeans Platform)