Download NetBeans IDE 8.0

Oracle has released version 8.0 of NetBeans IDE. This development environment written in Java is intended for writing, compiling, debugging and implementing programs. It offers support for various programming languages, such as Java, C++ and PHP. Using Netbeans IDE requires an installation of Java SE Development Kit 7.0 update 6 or later, but Java 8.0 is recommended to use all components. The development environment is run under a double license release, which is a combination of CDDL 1 and GPL 2. Below is an overview of the most important changes that have been made in this release.

Java

• JDK 8 support: tools and editor enhancements for working with Profiles, Lambdas, and Streams.
• Java SE Embedded support to deploy, run, debug or profile Java SE applications on an embedded device, such as Raspberry PI, directly from the NetBeans IDE.
• Java ME Embedded 8 support.
• Several Java Editor enhancements, such as many new Java hints, Javadoc shown as tooltip, instant rename enhancements, and code completion exclusions.
• Improved integration with JavaFX Scene Builder.

Java EE

• New PrimeFaces code generators, to generate complete PrimeFaces skeleton CRUD applications with connection to databases.
• Tomcat 8.0 and TomEE support, including out-of-box JPA, JSF and JAXRS configuration and data sources.
• Facelets Template Client wizard asks for sections to generate.
• Code completion for template sections, and within JSF composite components.
• Enhanced CDI integration in beans.xml file, with code completion for alternative classes and stereotypes.
• More flexibility for JPA hints, which can be disabled, enabled, and warning level changed.

maven

• New Maven graph layout switcher.
• Navigator shows POM goals.
• Additional web resources shown in Projects window.
• Improved Maven performance when re-running Web applications.
• Improved Maven performance or “Apply Code Changes” while debugging.

javascript

• AngularJS navigation via hyperlinking from view to controllers.
• Many enhancements for AngularJS in code completion between artifacts, such as code completion in the view to properties defined in controllers.
• Code completion support in Knockout templates.
• New editor support for creating JQuery widgets and plugins.
• Debugging of JavaScript code executed in Nashorn (JDK 8+) script engine is supported.

HTML5

• Android 4.4 WebKit debugging supported for Cordova 3.3+.
• New Karma test runner support.
• New Grunt build support.
• Avatar.js is available in the Plugin Manager, via Tools | plugins. After installation, you’re able to create Avatar.js projects.

PHP

• Support for PHP 5.5.
• New support for Neat tester.
• New support for PHP CS Fixer.
• Enhancements for Twig, Latte, and Neon.
• Composer supported by New Project Wizard.

C/C++

• New Breadcrumbs feature for navigation in editor.
• New GDB Console to enable usage of command line GDB mode.
• New hints and code completions.
• Improved remote performance.

Platform

• Enhanced flexibility in the Window System, such as split of editor via drag and drop, and a new API to customize editor tabs.
• New design of user interface for managing Project Groups.
• Files in folders can be sorted by extension.

miscellaneous

• Profiler enhancements: Profile on embedded platforms, show thread owning monitor for lock contention, and improved Threads view.
• Versioning enhancements: Support for Subversion 1.8 working copies, various enhancements to Git and Mercurial support.
• Task Schedule and other new features in Tasks window for bug tracking.