IDE: NetBeans 7.1 released

The NetBeans community is proud to announce the release of NetBeans IDE 7.1.

This release introduces support for JavaFX 2.0 by enabling the full compile/debug/profile development cycle for JavaFX 2.0 applications. NetBeans IDE 7.1 also provides significant Swing GUI Builder enhancements, CSS3 support, and tools for visual debugging of Swing and JavaFX user interfaces. Additional highlights include Git support integrated into the IDE, new PHP debugging features, various JavaEE and Maven improvements, and more.

"The latest NetBeans IDE release provides the Java developer community with many new features to help them create leading-edge Web, mobile and enterprise applications,” said Ted Farrell, chief architect and senior vice president, Tools and Middleware, Oracle. “As the first IDE to support JavaFX 2.0, NetBeans IDE 7.1 not only gives developers rich support for developing JavaFX 2.0 applications, but also ensures they have access to all of the advances delivered in the latest Java platform releases.”

NetBeans IDE 7.1 is a free, open source IDE available for Windows, Mac, Solaris, and Linux that enables developers to rapidly create Web, enterprise, desktop, and mobile applications for the Java platform. 

For NetBeans 7.1 features you can watch the following screen cast NetBeans IDE 7.1 Overview.