Open-source IDE NetBeans hits v13 – tweaks for Gradle, Maven
(2022/03/08)
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The Apache Software Foundation has [1]released version 13 of its NetBeans open-source IDE for Java, PHP, Javascript and other languages.
The new version also upgrades support for two of the main build-automation tools out there: [2]Apache's own Maven , and [3]the Gradle tool used for Android development .
Additionally, the updated IDE builds in the [4]nb-javac compiler, its [5]fork of the standard Java Development Kit's javac compiler. The [6]release notes claim that this will make the "startup experience simpler and smoother".
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It also defaults to the new [8]FlatLaf theme's Light mode by default. (Yes, there's a Dark mode, too.) FlatLaf is a fashionably Flat L ook a nd f eel for Swing apps, inspired by the look of the rival IntelliJ IDEA IDE – and also able to import third-party IDEA themes. FlatLaf can also scale to support HiDPI displays.
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NetBeans is written in Java and directly supports both Java SE and Jakarta EE, [11]as we're now to call Java EE , on top of the [12]GlassFish app server . It also [13]supports other languages – although [14]not including Ruby any more . Version 13 adds to its [15]long-standing PHP support the new PHP version 8.1 (as covered on our sister site [16]DevClass ), JavaScript, HTML5 and to some extent C, C++ and [17]Apache's own Groovy .
At 26 years since its first release under the name [18]"Xelfi" , NetBeans is a grizzled veteran among development tools. Sun bought the Prague-based company in 1999. Oracle [19]wasn't so keen on NetBeans , favouring its own freeware-but-not-FOSS JDeveloper.
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Nonetheless, it took seven years after [21]acquiring Sun to decide to [22]donate NetBeans to Apache .
[23]OOP there it is: You'd think JavaScript's used more by devs than Java... but it's not – JetBrains survey
[24]Cisco hacked: Six backend servers used by customer VIRL-PE deployments compromised via SaltStack
[25]Oi! You got a loicence for that Java, mate? More devs turn to OpenJDK to swerve Oracle fee
[26]Improved Java support poured into Microsoft's Visual Studio Code – will it be enough to tempt developers?
NetBeans is still hanging on in the StackOverflow [27]Top 20 . At one point, we commented that it faced [28]competition from Eclipse .
More recently, though, all the FOSS IDEs are looking nervously at [29]Microsoft's VSCode . The Eclipse Foundation has its own [30]FOSS take on VSCode … although what bothers you about VSCode is that it's not FOSS, or concerns about Microsoft monitoring you, there is the [31]de-Microsoftified VSCodium .
Another rival is coincidentally also originally a Prague outfit: [32]IntelliJ , or [33]JetBrains as it's called now. JetBrains too is [34]rising to the VSCode challenge … Although given that JetBrains has significant offices in [35]Moscow , [36]Novosibirsk and [37]St Petersburg , current events may cause the company other, entirely separate issues. ®
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[1] https://blogs.apache.org/netbeans/entry/announce-apache-netbeans-13-released
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2008/06/26/eclipse_maven_plugin/
[3] https://www.theregister.com/2014/12/09/a_first_look_at_googles_android_studio_10_should_you_use_it?page=2
[4] https://github.com/oracle/nb-javac
[5] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Differences%3A+nb-javac
[6] https://netbeans.apache.org/download/nb13/index.html
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[12] https://www.theregister.com/2011/02/15/oracle_glassfish_hudson/
[13] https://www.theregister.com/2008/05/05/netbeans_scripting_languages/
[14] https://www.theregister.com/2011/01/27/oracle_ruby_netbeans/
[15] https://www.theregister.com/2008/05/13/netbeans_php_early_access/
[16] https://devclass.com/2021/11/25/php-8_1/
[17] https://www.theregister.com/2015/03/02/groovy_java_guy_off_for_restlet/
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[21] https://www.theregister.com/2009/04/20/oracle_buys_sun/
[22] https://www.theregister.com/2016/09/14/oracle_happy_to_let_apache_foundation_adopt_netbeans/
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[26] https://www.theregister.com/2020/01/08/java_support_visual_studio/
[27] https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#section-most-popular-technologies-integrated-development-environment
[28] https://www.theregister.com/2008/01/31/netbeans_ruby_part_one/
[29] https://www.theregister.com/Tag/Visual%20Studio%20Code/
[30] https://www.theregister.com/2020/05/06/visual_studio_code_eclipse/
[31] https://www.theregister.com/2020/06/09/open_source_unbranded/
[32] https://www.theregister.com/2006/01/11/intellij_idea_5_review/
[33] https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/28/jetbrains_intellij_update/
[34] https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/29/jetbrains_fleet_ide/
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[36] https://www.jetbrains.com/company/contacts/novosibirsk/
[37] https://www.jetbrains.com/company/contacts/st-petersburg/
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The new version also upgrades support for two of the main build-automation tools out there: [2]Apache's own Maven , and [3]the Gradle tool used for Android development .
Additionally, the updated IDE builds in the [4]nb-javac compiler, its [5]fork of the standard Java Development Kit's javac compiler. The [6]release notes claim that this will make the "startup experience simpler and smoother".
[7]
It also defaults to the new [8]FlatLaf theme's Light mode by default. (Yes, there's a Dark mode, too.) FlatLaf is a fashionably Flat L ook a nd f eel for Swing apps, inspired by the look of the rival IntelliJ IDEA IDE – and also able to import third-party IDEA themes. FlatLaf can also scale to support HiDPI displays.
[9]
[10]
NetBeans is written in Java and directly supports both Java SE and Jakarta EE, [11]as we're now to call Java EE , on top of the [12]GlassFish app server . It also [13]supports other languages – although [14]not including Ruby any more . Version 13 adds to its [15]long-standing PHP support the new PHP version 8.1 (as covered on our sister site [16]DevClass ), JavaScript, HTML5 and to some extent C, C++ and [17]Apache's own Groovy .
At 26 years since its first release under the name [18]"Xelfi" , NetBeans is a grizzled veteran among development tools. Sun bought the Prague-based company in 1999. Oracle [19]wasn't so keen on NetBeans , favouring its own freeware-but-not-FOSS JDeveloper.
[20]
Nonetheless, it took seven years after [21]acquiring Sun to decide to [22]donate NetBeans to Apache .
[23]OOP there it is: You'd think JavaScript's used more by devs than Java... but it's not – JetBrains survey
[24]Cisco hacked: Six backend servers used by customer VIRL-PE deployments compromised via SaltStack
[25]Oi! You got a loicence for that Java, mate? More devs turn to OpenJDK to swerve Oracle fee
[26]Improved Java support poured into Microsoft's Visual Studio Code – will it be enough to tempt developers?
NetBeans is still hanging on in the StackOverflow [27]Top 20 . At one point, we commented that it faced [28]competition from Eclipse .
More recently, though, all the FOSS IDEs are looking nervously at [29]Microsoft's VSCode . The Eclipse Foundation has its own [30]FOSS take on VSCode … although what bothers you about VSCode is that it's not FOSS, or concerns about Microsoft monitoring you, there is the [31]de-Microsoftified VSCodium .
Another rival is coincidentally also originally a Prague outfit: [32]IntelliJ , or [33]JetBrains as it's called now. JetBrains too is [34]rising to the VSCode challenge … Although given that JetBrains has significant offices in [35]Moscow , [36]Novosibirsk and [37]St Petersburg , current events may cause the company other, entirely separate issues. ®
Get our [38]Tech Resources
[1] https://blogs.apache.org/netbeans/entry/announce-apache-netbeans-13-released
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2008/06/26/eclipse_maven_plugin/
[3] https://www.theregister.com/2014/12/09/a_first_look_at_googles_android_studio_10_should_you_use_it?page=2
[4] https://github.com/oracle/nb-javac
[5] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Differences%3A+nb-javac
[6] https://netbeans.apache.org/download/nb13/index.html
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[8] https://www.formdev.com/flatlaf/
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[11] https://www.theregister.com/2018/03/04/java_ee_is_now_jakarta_ee/
[12] https://www.theregister.com/2011/02/15/oracle_glassfish_hudson/
[13] https://www.theregister.com/2008/05/05/netbeans_scripting_languages/
[14] https://www.theregister.com/2011/01/27/oracle_ruby_netbeans/
[15] https://www.theregister.com/2008/05/13/netbeans_php_early_access/
[16] https://devclass.com/2021/11/25/php-8_1/
[17] https://www.theregister.com/2015/03/02/groovy_java_guy_off_for_restlet/
[18] https://hub.packtpub.com/getting-know-netbeans/
[19] https://www.theregister.com/2006/01/24/oracle_netbeans/
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[21] https://www.theregister.com/2009/04/20/oracle_buys_sun/
[22] https://www.theregister.com/2016/09/14/oracle_happy_to_let_apache_foundation_adopt_netbeans/
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[25] https://www.theregister.com/2020/02/06/java_openjdk_oracle_license_fee/
[26] https://www.theregister.com/2020/01/08/java_support_visual_studio/
[27] https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#section-most-popular-technologies-integrated-development-environment
[28] https://www.theregister.com/2008/01/31/netbeans_ruby_part_one/
[29] https://www.theregister.com/Tag/Visual%20Studio%20Code/
[30] https://www.theregister.com/2020/05/06/visual_studio_code_eclipse/
[31] https://www.theregister.com/2020/06/09/open_source_unbranded/
[32] https://www.theregister.com/2006/01/11/intellij_idea_5_review/
[33] https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/28/jetbrains_intellij_update/
[34] https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/29/jetbrains_fleet_ide/
[35] https://www.jetbrains.com/company/contacts/moscow/
[36] https://www.jetbrains.com/company/contacts/novosibirsk/
[37] https://www.jetbrains.com/company/contacts/st-petersburg/
[38] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/