The NetBeans platform serves as the foundation of the upcoming Java Studio Creator tool, intended to provide ease of use in Java development. The tool is due in late-June.

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

Mills claimed that NetBeans 7 is the first open source IDE to support the new Java (though JetBrains offers a beta of its IntelliJ IDE that also supports the draft specification).