Highlights include: ECMAScript 6 (and 7) support Node.js enhancements Oracle JET support enhancements PHP 7 support Docker support SQL profiling C/C++ enhancements and lots more https://netbeans.org/community/releases/82/
On the eve of a new NetBeans IDE release (8.2) with many great new features, it has been proposed that the project move to the Apache group. http://marxsoftware.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/apache-netbeans.html http://www.infoworld.com/article/3119764/application-development/java-founder-james-gosling-endorses-apache-takeover-of-netbeans-java-ide.html lists.apache.org: Original proposal http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NetBeans-Apache-Proposal
A screencast about mixed debugging of Java and C/C++ code from within the NetBeans IDE YouTube: Mixed Java and C/C++ Debugging Integrated into NetBeans IDE
This blog post details how to obtain slides from 2 NetBeans days: Where are the slides from the NetBeans Days? There is still time to go to the UK NetBeans day in May. http://www.eventbrite.com/e/netbeans-day-uk-tickets-16274993945 The agenda has been posted and it all seems really cool.
Interview: PMD Code Analyzer for NetBeans IDE http://netbeans.dzone.com/articles/searching-text-and-editing http://www.dzone.com/links/r/collection_of_netbeans_resources_by_nebrass_lamou.html 5 Hints for NetBeans Newbies (Part 1) Business Process Modeling in NetBeans IDE David Heffelfinger: My Five Favourite NetBeans IDE Features! Interview with Authors of "NetBeans Platform for Beginners" (Part 2) Lou Dasaro: My Five Favourite NetBeans IDE Features! Why NetBeans IDE is Great for Teaching Java (Part 5)