NetBeans IDE 5.5.1

NetBeans IDE is a free, open-source Integrated Development Environment for software developers NetBeans IDE is a free, open-source Integrated Development Environment for software developers.
The IDE runs on many platforms including Windows, Linux, Solaris, and the MacOS. It is easy to install and use straight out of the box.
NetBeans IDE will provide programmers with a full-featured package of applications which they need to create professional cross-platform desktop, enterprise, web and mobile applications.
Design Swing GUIs intuitively by dragging and dropping GUI components from a palette onto a canvas, then click into JLabels, JButtons, JTextFields and edit the text directly in place. You can even use the GUI builder to prototype GUIs right in front of customers. The NetBeans IDE comes with built-in support for GUI localisation and accessibility.
NetBeans IDE runs on operating systems that support the Java VM. Below is a list of platforms that NetBeans IDE has been tested on:
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2
- Solaris operating system (SPARC and x64 Platform Editions) version 10
- Mac OS X 10.4.5 PPC
- Red Hat Fedora Core 3 (except when running in the zh_CN locale and possibly other Asian locales)
NetBeans IDE is also known to run on the following platforms:
- Java Desktop System 2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4
- Mac OS X 10.4.5 Intel
- Various other Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Open VMS 7.2-1 or later
Main features:
Development Cycle Tools
- NetBeans Swing GUI Builder (formerly "Project Matisse")
- Ant-based Project System and Customizable Environment
- Integrated Version Control
- NetBeans Profiler
- NetBeans Debugger
- Developer Collaboration
Source Code Editor
- Java and JSP Development
- Advanced Code Refactoring
- XML Editor
- C/C++ Development
Web Application Development (Java Enterprise Edition)
- Web Development with JSP, JSF and Struts
- EJB Development
- Visual Web Application Development for AJAX, CSS and JSF
Web Service Development (Java Enterprise Edition)
Rich Client Platform and Plug-in Module Development
- Rich Client Platform Development
- Plug-in Module Development
Mobile Application Development (Java Micro Edition)
- Java ME CLDC Features (MIDP)
- Java ME Development Cycle Tools
- Java ME CDC Features
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Development
- XML Schema Development Tools
- Two-Way BPEL Development Tools
- Identity Web Service Management
UML Modelling
System requirements:
Minimum Hardware Configurations
- Processor: 500 MHz Intel Pentium III workstation or equivalent
- Memory: 512 MB
- Disk space: 850 MB of free disk space
Recommended Hardware Configurations
- Processor: 1.4 GHz Intel Pentium III workstation or equivalent
- Memory: 1 GB
- Disk space: 1 GB of free disk space