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NetBeans IDE 6.1 Features

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A free, open-source Integrated Development Environment for software developers. You get all the tools you need to create professional desktop, enterprise, web, and mobile applications with the Java language, C/C++, and Ruby. NetBeans IDE is easy to install and use straight out of the box and runs on many platforms including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris.

The NetBeans IDE 6.1 release provides several new features and enhancements, such as rich JavaScript editing features, support for using the Spring web framework, and tighter MySQL integration. This release also provides improved performance, especially faster startup (up to 40%), lower memory consumption and improved responsiveness while working with large projects.

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Highlights

Easy-To-Use Java GUI Builder

Create professional-looking Java GUIs by placing and aligning components on a canvas.

Visual Web and Java EE Development

Build web applications visually using Ajax, CSS, and JavaScript. Support for frameworks incl. JSF, Struts, Spring and Hibernate. Full set of tools for EJB development.

Visual Mobile Development

Create, test and debug GUI applications that run on mobile phones, set-top boxes, and PDAs.

Visual UML Modeling

Separate software design from implementation with UML Modeling.

Ruby and Rails Support

Powerful Ruby editor (with code completion), debugger, and full support for Rails. Includes the JRuby runtime.

C and C++ Development

Full-featured C/C++ editor, debugger, project templates, and support for multiple project configurations

See a quick overview of features on the NetBeans IDE 6.1 Release page