Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 3rd Dec 2007 20:31 UTC, submitted by bill davenport
NetBeans 6.0 has been released. The 6.0 release includes significant enhancements and new features, including a completely rewritten editor infrastructure, support for additional languages, new productivity features, and a simplified installation process that allows you to easily install and configure the IDE to meet your exact needs.
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2005-07-12
I totally agree. There is a reason why Java is lagging behind on the desktop. And without an hugh commitment from SUN, things will not change. Sorry but even the >10 year old Interface Builder from NeXT/Apple runs circles around anything I've seen on the Java side of the GUI fence lately.
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Java was build to simplify the life of C/C++ developers. Unfortunately, these times are way over and instead of following the way of making developers life easier, SUN simple did half-hearted attempts or just denied that Java lakes some vital pieces and has become crufty.
Java nowadays is neither easy nor did anything to remedy long standing issues like a good component model which supports versioning (see OSGi), proper data source abstraction (see LINQ), modern GUI development tools and rich widget sets for the most common tasks, etc. Java is definitively on the way to become the Cobol of the 21st century.
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(And yes; I'm a Java developer).
Edited 2007-12-03 22:15