The Apache Software Foundation has released the Apache NetBeans 14 IDE, which provides support for the Java SE, Java EE, PHP, C/C++, JavaScript, and Groovy programming languages. This is the eleventh release by the Apache Foundation following the handover of the NetBeans code by Oracle. Ready builds are generated for Linux, Windows and macOS.
Among the proposed changes:
- Enabled building with JDK17 and improved support for new releases of Java. Added JavaDoc for JDK 19 test branch and JDK 18 release. JavaDoc supports "@snippet" tag for embedding working examples and code snippets in API documentation.
- Improved integration with the Payara application server (a fork of GlassFish), added support for deploying applications in a locally launched container with Payara Server.
- Improved support for the Gradle build system, expanded supported CLI options, added support for the Gradle configuration cache.
- Added support for PHP 8.1. Implemented the ability to collapse blocks with attributes when editing PHP code.
- Added an interface for generating classes for the Micronaut framework. Improved support for Micronaut configuration. Added a template for the Controller class.
- Improved CSS support and added support for ECMAScript 13 / 2022 specification. Improved handling of recursive structures in JavaScript.
- Added the ability to autocomplete structures in SQL queries.
- NetBeans built-in Java compiler nb-javac (modified javac) has been updated to version 18.0.1.
- Improved support for the Maven build system.
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