Questions tagged [netbeans-8]

NetBeans IDE 8.0 provides out-of-the-box code analyzers and editors for working with the latest Java 8 technologies--Java SE 8, Java SE Embedded 8, and Java ME Embedded 8. The IDE also has a range of new enhancements that further improve its support for Maven and Java EE with PrimeFaces; new tools for HTML5, in particular for AngularJS; and improvements to PHP and C/C++ support.

New Feature Highlights:

Java

• JDK 8 support: tools and editor enhancements for working with Profiles, Lambdas, and Streams.
• Java SE Embedded support to deploy, run, debug or profile Java SE applications on an embedded device, such as Raspberry PI, directly from the NetBeans IDE.
• Java ME Embedded 8 support.
• Several Java Editor enhancements, such as many new Java hints, Javadoc shown as tooltip, instant rename enhancements, and code completion exclusions.
• Improved integration with JavaFX Scene Builder.

Java EE

• New PrimeFaces code generators, to generate complete PrimeFaces skeleton CRUD applications with connection to databases.
• Tomcat 8.0 and TomEE support, including out-of-box JPA, JSF and JAXRS configuration and data sources.
• Facelets Template Client wizard asks for sections to generate.
• Code completion for template sections, and within JSF composite components.
• Enhanced CDI integration in beans.xml file, with code completion for alternative classes and stereotypes.
• More flexibility for JPA hints, which can be disabled, enabled, and warning level changed.

Maven

• New Maven graph layout switcher.
• Navigator shows POM goals.
• Additional web resources shown in Projects window.
• Improved Maven performance when re-running Web applications.
• Improved Maven performance of "Apply Code Changes" while debugging.

JavaScript

• AngularJS navigation via hyperlinking from view to controllers.
• Many enhancements for AngularJS in code completion between artifacts, such as code completion in the view to properties defined in controllers.
• Code completion support in Knockout templates.
• New editor support for creating JQuery widgets and plugins.
• Debugging of JavaScript code executed in Nashorn (JDK 8+) script engine is supported.

HTML5

• Android 4.4 WebKit debugging supported for Cordova 3.3+.
• New Karma test runner support.
• New Grunt build support.
• Avatar.js is available in the Plugin Manager, via Tools | Plugins. After installation, you're able to create Avatar.js projects.

PHP

• Support for PHP 5.5.
• New support for Nette tester.
• New support for PHP CS Fixer.
• Enhancements for Twig, Latte, and Neon.
• Composer supported by New Project Wizard.

C/C++

• New Breadcrumbs feature for navigation in editor.
• New GDB Console to enable usage of command line GDB mode.
• New hints and code completions.
• Improved remote performance.

Platform

• Enhanced flexibility in the Window System, such as split of editor via drag and drop, and a new API to customize editor tabs.
• New design of user interface for managing Project Groups.
• Files in folders can be sorted by extension.

Miscellaneous

• Profiler enhancements: Profile on embedded platforms, show thread owning monitor for lock contention, and improved Threads view.
• Versioning enhancements: Support for Subversion 1.8 working copies, various enhancements to Git and Mercurial support.
• Task Schedule and other new features in Tasks window for bug tracking.

Official Website: http://netbeans.org/
Official Release informations: https://netbeans.org/community/releases/80/

Release Date: 18.03.2014

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