NetBeans - Development Simplified

A free, open-source Integrated Development Environment for software developers. You get all the tools you need to create professional desktop, enterprise, web, and mobile applications with the Java language, C/C++, and even dynamic languages such as PHP, JavaScript, Groovy, and Ruby. NetBeans IDE is easy to install and use straight out of the box and runs on many platforms including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris.

The NetBeans IDE 6.5 provides several new features and enhancements, such as rich PHP, JavaScript and Ajax editing features, improved support for using the Hibernate web framework and the Java Persistence API, and tighter GlassFish v3 and MySQL integration.

What do developers say about the NetBeans IDE? Read their testimonials and switch stories.

Highlights

Java Desktop Applications Create professional desktop applications using the NetBeans Java GUI Builder with Swing Application Framework and Beans Binding support.	PHP Development A fast and light-weight PHP IDE with code completion and quick fixes, integrated FTP and Xdebug, and support for popular Web Services.
Java EE and Web Applications Build web applications using Ajax, JavaScript, and CSS. Support for frameworks incl. JSF, Struts, Spring and Hibernate. Full set of tools for EJB development.	Ruby and Ruby on Rails Development Powerful Ruby editor with code completion and debugger, and full support for Ruby on Rails. Includes the JRuby runtime.
Visual Mobile Development Create, test and debug GUI applications that run on mobile phones, set-top boxes, and PDAs.	C and C++ Development Full-featured C/C++ editor, debugger, project templates, support for multiple project configurations, remote development, and packaging of completed projects.

See a quick overview of features on the NetBeans IDE 6.5 Release Page.