Support for Java 7 standard edition (SE) is the focus of the new toolset and Oracle claims it is the first open-source IDE to support the JDK 7 preview.

Oracle claims NetBeans 7 is the first open source IDE to support the next-generation Java platform.

Upgrade also backs Apache Ant projects NetBeans.org, which oversees the NetBeans open source Java tools environment, has released a beta version of the NetBeans 4.0 IDE, featuring support for the ...