NetBeans 6.8 Beta available for downloading

Very good news for developers who used NetBeans IDE.
NetBeans team announced that everyone can download beta version of NetBeans 6.8.

Release Highlights:
Java Enterprise Edition 6

• JavaServer Faces 2.0 for web interfaces and the ability to use EJBs in web applications
• Java Persistence JPA 2.0 and RESTful web services support
• Broader use of annotations instead of deployment descriptors
• Deployment,debugging and profiling with GlassFish v3
• JavaServer Faces 2.0 (Facelets)
• Code completion,error hints,namespace completion,documentation popups,and tag auto-import for Facelets
• Editor support for Facelets libraries,composite components,expression language

JavaFX

• Support for JavaFX SDK 1.2.1
• Improved navigation,code completion,and hints

PHP

• Full PHP 5.3 support
• Symfony Framework support

Kenai.com:Connected Developer

• Full JIRA support
• Improved issue tracker integration

Maven

• Improved support for Java EE 6,Groovy,Scala projects
• Customizable dependency exclusion in dependency graph

Ruby

• Support for JRuby 1.3.1,Ruby 1.9 debugging,and RSpec 1.2.7
• Improved rename refactoring,type inference,and navigation

C/C++

• Profiling:New tools for I/O Monitoring,Thread Analysis and Race Detection
• Faster synchronization during remote development

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For downloading visit this one.