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NetBeans Releases

Recent and upcoming NetBeans releases, with links to info, planning, and downloads for each, are listed below. You might also be interested in the following pages :

  • Roadmap - the NetBeans Roadmap, including timelines and schedules for upcoming releases;
  • Release Process - general information about how NetBeans releases are done

Release 6.5 Beta

The NetBeans 6.5 provides improved PHP, JavaScript, and Groovy support, a new IDE-wide QuickSearch shortcut, and automatic Compile on Save. NetBeans IDE 6.5 Beta was released in August 2008.

Release 6.1

NetBeans 6.1 provides improved performance, and several new features and enhancements such as rich JavaScript editing, Spring framework support and tighter MySQL integration. NetBeans IDE 6.1 was released in April 2008.

Release 6.0

NetBeans 6.0 focuses on improved developer productivity with a smarter, faster editor, Ruby support, and the integration of all NetBeans products into one IDE. NetBeans IDE 6.0 was released in December 2007.

Release 5.5.1

The 5.5.1 update is a bug fix release for the core. It includes a couple of new features and enhancements for the C/C++ pack and the Enterprise pack.

Older Releases

If you're interested in older releases, see the the release archives info page.
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