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Apache NetBeans IDE 12.4 Released

The Apache Software Foundation has released the Apache NetBeans 12.4 IDE, which provides support for the Java SE, Java EE, PHP, C/C++, JavaScript, and Groovy programming languages. This is the seventh release by the Apache Foundation following the handover of the NetBeans code by Oracle.

Key New Features in NetBeans 12.3:

  • Added support for the Java SE 16 platform, which is also implemented in nb-javac, NetBeans' built-in Java compiler (modified javac). Instead of a native implementation of Base64 encoding, the java.util.Base64 module is used.
  • The process of installing and registering OpenJDK distributions in NetBeans has been automated (the item "Remote Universal OpenJDK Service" has been added to the "Tools / Java Platform / Add Platform" menu).
    Apache NetBeans IDE 12.4 Released
  • Added support for Jakarta EE 9 projects.
  • Added a wizard for creating projects based on the Micronaut framework ("New Project / Java with Maven / Micronaut Project"). Implemented code completion, refactoring and link handling in Micronaut yaml files.
  • Automatic detection and display of the Payara platform version in the registration panel of the server is provided.
    Apache NetBeans IDE 12.4 Released
  • For projects using the Maven build system, the ability to substitute arguments in applications and VMs that will be used during startup and debugging is implemented.
    Apache NetBeans IDE 12.4 Released
  • The Gradle toolkit has been updated to version 7.0. Added support for logical grouping of code and resources ("Gradle Source Groups") Updated version of JaCoCo 0.8.6 (Gradle Code Coverage).
    Apache NetBeans IDE 12.4 Released
  • Added support for Ant Freeform projects with nesting level 9+. Improved support for developing Java/Jakarta EE projects that use Ant.
  • The PHP development tools have added support for named arguments, introduced in the PHP 8.0 release. In the important files section, PHP-CS-Fixer 3 configuration files are displayed. Compatibility with Phing 3 has been added. The β€œFix Uses” dialog has been changed.
    Apache NetBeans IDE 12.4 Released
  • Improved auto-completion of HTML tags used when generating web forms.
  • Implemented recognition of ".md" file extensions with Markdown markup and their marking with a special icon. Added Markdown syntax highlighting.
  • Provided a permanent display of information about the presence of errors in the form of an icon in the lower right corner.

Source: opennet.ru

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