Oracle claims NetBeans 7 is the first open source IDE to support the next-generation Java platform.

On Tuesday Oracle announced the release of a new version of its NetBeans IDE, 8.0, that takes advantage of the latest enhancements in Java SE 8, among other changes.

The Netbeans Java IDE has released its first long-term support (LTS) version a year after the Apache Software Foundation promoted it to a top-level Apache project.

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.