The NetBeans team has announced that NetBeans IDE 7.0 RC1 is now available for
download.
"NetBeans IDE 7.0 introduces language support for development to the Java SE 7 specification with the JDK 7 platform. The release also provides enhanced integration with the Oracle WebLogic server, as well as support for Oracle Database and GlassFish 3.1. Additional highlights include Maven 3 and HTML5 editing support; a new GridBagLayout designer for improved Swing GUI development; enhancements to the Java editor, and more."
The full release of NetBeans 7.0 is
expected in early April.
SpringSource has
announced a new release of the
SpringSource Tool Suite (STS). STS 2.6.0 is now available for download from the project's
download site.
The STS is an Eclipse based development environment geared for Java Spring developers. It provides easy access to the latest vesion of Spring via a set of template projects that provide a quick start for Spring Developers. STS is supplied with a developer edition of the SpringSource tc Server to assist in rapid development and testing of Spring apps.
Version 2.6.0 of STS provides many
new features, some of which include:
- Spring Roo 1.1.2, Eclipse Helios SR2, Groovy 1.7.8, Grails 1.3.7
- Additional content assis and quickfixes for Eclipse
- Graphical editor for Spring Web Flow
Yesterday saw the release of the
Dojo JavaScript toolkit version 1.6.
Dojo supports all the main browsers including all the major desktop browsers and Android and iOS mobile and tablet devices. It provides a rich JavaScript toolkit for web developers and includes (amongst others) UI components, AJAX support and facilities to manipulate the DOM etc.
Dojo 1.6 supports many new facilities such as support for the LESS CSS framework, HTML 5 data attributes and spider and gannt charts. A full list of the new features in version 1.6 can be found in the project's release
blog entry.
Dojo can be downloaded from
here.
SpringSource are offering a free webinar tomorrow (March 17th 2011) on Spring and Getting Started with the SpringSource Tool Suite.
"This webinar is designed for enterprise developers that are just starting with Spring and need to learn the basics about project set-up, bean configuration and application testing and analysis.
The session will cover the fundamental concepts behind Spring and make extensive use of STS, to show how to easily and practically start creating Spring-based applications."
Two webinars are available, at 10am PST and 2pm UK time.
Further details are available from
SpringSource.
GlassFish 3.1 has been released and is now available for download as an
Open Source edition or as an
Oracle Supported edition.
GlassFish 3.1 fully supports the Java EE 6 Web Profile and improves over the previous version by providing new application development facilities, clustering and load balancing support and centralized administration.
"GlassFish Server 3.1 is the successor of the earlier 3.0.x releases featuring a modular, flexible runtime based on the OSGi standard now with fully-featured clustering with centralized administration of multiple clusters and high availability of stateful components. Developers also benefit from the simplified programming model and productivity improvements offered by Java EE 6. Because GlassFish Server 3.1 uses a microkernel architecture based on OSGi, developers can begin with the Java EE 6 Web Profile and use the Update Center to easily upgrade to the full Java EE 6 platform!
GlassFish Server 3.1 is also the fastest open source application server offering advanced features such as application versioning, application-scoped resources, and great development tool support from NetBeans 7.0, Eclipse and other popular IDEs."
The Oracle Press Release can be read
here.
