With NetBeans 7, developers will get the chance to test out the new version of Java, formally named the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) version 7.

"Java developers aren't just writing Java code anymore." James Gosling, the Father of Java and a longtime fan of NetBeans, calls version 8 "a landmark release." "It has always been the tool with the ...

Sun Microsystems teams with a group of academics to release a version of the Sun NetBeans IDE that aims to help to train developers on Java and transition them to professional tools.