NetBeans IDE 6.9.1 Release Information

OSGi

• Develop OSGi bundles with Maven
• Bundled Felix container
• Use OSGi bundles in a NetBeans RCP application

NetBeans Platform

• OSGi interoperability (developing and consuming OSGi bundles in Platform-based applications)
• Felix 2.0.3 OSGi support, experimental Equinox support
• Convert NetBeans modules into OSGi bundles and run them in an unmodified OSGi container
• Branding Editor for both Ant and Maven Platform-based projects
• NetBeans Platform-based applications generate installers for most common operating systems
• Enhanced support for consuming web services and connecting to databases

JavaFX

• JavaFX Composer for form-like UI components with states and access to various data sources
• Added and improved editor hints, debugging, and refactoring
• Enhanced Palettes for JavaFX Shapes, Colors, Effects, and Charts
• Improved code formatting

Java EE

• Support for Contexts and Dependency Injection (CDI) (JSR-299)
• Spring Framework 3.0 support
• Bundled GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 3.0.1
• Easy regeneration of JPA entities after database change
• REST web services support for RCP applications

Java

• Java Debugger breakpoint grouping, debugger attach parameter history
• Support for annotation processors in the editor, configurable in the Project Properties
• New Applet and Web Start (JNLP) support
• Improved navigation in Stack Trace Analyzer and URLs, Go To Overridden/Implemented Method action

Web Languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript

• Refactoring and find usages for CSS and HTML-like languages
• Code completion and hyperlinking for id and class selector attributes
• Refactoring inline CSS styles

Java Card

• Support for creating Java Card Connected 3 servlets, classic and extended applets
• Backward compatibility with Java Card 2.2.x and Java Card Classic
• Debugging, and multiple Java Card Platform/Device creation
• Alignment with Java Card Reference Implementation

PHP

• PHP Zend Framework support
• "Overrides/Implements" and "Is Overridden/Implemented" annotations
• New formatter with many formatting rules

Ruby

• Ruby on Rails 3.0 support

C/C++

• Unit test integration with C/C++ projects
• Enhanced remote development including remote file download and browsing
• Improved support of makefile targets and Fortran
• Improved hyperlink navigation between overridden methods and classes

General

• Many more editor hints for Java and Ruby
• Spell checker support in the Editor
• Help menu item for reporting bugs and slowness against NetBeans IDE
• Support for multiple Kenai-based team servers (e.g. kenai.com and netbeans.org).