NetBeans 4.1 Released
NetBeans 4.1 has finally been released. Borrowed from the NetBeans website, here are the highlights:
- Easily browse and navigate around your classes using the new Navigator component.
- Browse and configure project classpath using the Libraries node in the Projects View.
- Use automatically generated Debug and Compile Single File actions for projects with existing build scripts.
- Import projects with multiple source roots as standard projects.
- Create a J2EE application, automatically add EJB modules and Web modules, and deploy the application.
- Create an EJB module and deploy it as a stand-alone module or packaged in a J2EE application.
- Create Session Beans, Entity Beans and Message-Driven Beans.
- Create Entity Beans using an existing database schema.
- Create a Web module, generate calls to EJBs, and deploy the Web module either as a stand-alone Web application or packaged in a J2EE application.
- Create, register, and test Web services.
- Try out the sample applications to learn and understand the J2EE technology.
- Import your existing J2EE projects.
- Validate your applications using the J2EE Verifier.
- Visually configure your EJBs, Web Services and Web Components.
- Add multiple source folders to EJB module or Web module, create Unit tests as a part of the project.
- Visually lay out your MIDlet’s workflow, and design and code the GUI using drag and drop elements (available in NetBeans Mobility Pack).
- End-to-end support for enterprise applications. Wizard support for creating J2ME-J2EE applications. Enables you to quickly create J2ME client/server applications (available in NetBeans Mobility Pack).
If you have not tried out the new and greatly improved NetBeans, go and download 4.1, you will be pleasantly surprised.
