The NetBeans IDE is pretty good on its own, but even handier once you start extending it with plugins specific to your needs. In this installment of Open source Java projects, Jeff Friesen introduces ...

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 JavaOne 2012 conference materials listed this presentation as “Project EASEL: Developing and Managing HTML5 in a Java World,” but the title slide posted as we wait for the session to begin is ...

History suggests that if an open-source project is designed to leverage the energy of the development community and offers an architecture that supports virtually unlimited change and adaptability, it ...

It took two and a half years, but the NetBeans Java-based IDE has finally graduated to Top-Level Project (TLP) status at the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). The popular open source development ...

Eclipse isn't the only open-source development tool for Java. Before Eclipse, it was NetBeans. Now, NetBeans 4 takes on the latest Java 5.0 features. It also incoporates improvements in a number of ...

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Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

Several members of the NetBeans GUI Editor (code name "Matisse") team talked about the past, present, and future of the tool today at NetBeans Day. By the end of the week there should be a special ...

I am looking to convert a Netbeans project to an Eclipse project. Unfortunately the project must truly open and be managed by Eclipse in this situation and I cannot rely on an external ANT script for ...