Sun together with the NetBeans community has rolled out NetBeans 5.5 Integrated Development Environment (IDE). The company claims that the NetBeans 5.5 is the first freely available IDE to provide support for Java EE 5. NetBeans 5.5 is said to contain new features, including, Java Persistence API and JAX WS 2.0 productivity tools, Subversion support, and enhancements to the NetBeans GUI Builder (formerly known as Project Matisse).
NetBeans 5.5 is an easy to use tool for developing Java applications or building a rich-client application on the NetBeans Platform. NetBeans 5.5 ensures the common look and feel of applications post-deployment across the following platforms, Solaris and other distributions of OpenSolaris code, GNU/Linux, Microsoft Windows, and Apple Macintosh OS X. NetBeans 5.5 also provides support for Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE), Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE), and Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME), the company said.
In addition, Sun is announcing the simultaneous release of five value-added packs for NetBeans 5.5. The value-added packs include, NetBeans Enterprise Pack, NetBeans Mobility Pack, NetBeans Profiler 5.5 Pack, as well as a technology preview of NetBeans Visual Web Pack (from Sun Java Studio Creator), and NetBeans C/C++ Pack (beta), as per the statement issued by the company.
"The release of NetBeans 5.5 IDE and the value-added packs is a great example of the tremendous momentum Sun is experiencing with our open source initiative," said Laurie Tolson, vice president, Java Developer Products and Programs at Sun. "The NetBeans community of active users has increased by a factor of six during the past 2 years -- and we expect that momentum to continue as NetBeans 5.5 delivers the tools developers require for enhanced productivity in the creation of software."
NetBeans 5.5 Integrated Development Environment (IDE) can be downloaded here.
Sun’s New Partner Programs
Sun has expanded the current NetBeans Partner Program for companies that are building add-ons to NetBeans and recommending the IDE to their developer communities. The expanded NetBeans Strategic Partner Program offers new marketing benefits, technical support and incentives for its growing community, the company said.
The expanded initiative provides incentives for members that have demonstrated full support of the NetBeans IDE and have met the business and technical requirements for invitation to the program. As members of the program, business partners will receive technical support, exclusive roadmap and planning briefings with the NetBeans team. In addition, partners are eligible for co-marketing opportunities with the Sun developer community including sponsorship and participation in NetBeans developer events, such as NetBeans Day, webinars for the community, and promotion on Sun and NetBeans web properties. Members of the NetBeans Strategic Partner Program will be identifiable by a special logo, the company added.
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