NetBeans IDE 6.9

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NetBeans IDE 6.9 is an award-winning integrated development environment available for Windows™, Mac™, and Linux™. The NetBeans project consists of a free, open-source IDE and an application platform that enables developers to rapidly create web, enterprise, desktop, and mobile applications using the Java™ platform as well as JavaFX™, PHP, JavaScript™, Ajax™, Ruby™, Ruby on Rails™, Groovy™, Grails™, and C™/C++™. NetBeans IDE 6.9 introduces the JavaFX™ Composer, support for JavaFXSDK 1.3, OSGi™ interoperability, the PHP Zend™ framework, Ruby on Rails™ 3.0, and more. Like most modern IDEs, it extends its capabilities by using the plugin paradigm, and because of its long period of development and large number of users who contributed to its development, there are hundreds of plugins available.

The majority of the NetBeans IDE code is available under a dual license consisting of the Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) v1.0 and the GNU™ General Public License (GPL™) v2. No license fee is required to use NetBeans, and any commercial application you write does not have to be distributed with the source. Sun™ no longer exists, having been purchased by Oracle™, which now controls Java™.

Java™ was the original write once, run anywhere language tool. However, despite its superior security model, it has become a favorite target for malware, and many security experts are recommending uninstalling Java™ altogether. These security concerns — and the lawsuit — have taken the shine off of Java™ development for many coders and corporations.