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Sun extends Groovy, PHP support to NetBeans


By Alex Handy
November 19, 2008 — 
NetBeans was built for Java; then Sun Microsystems began offering add-in packages for its IDE that allowed it to handle C++ and Ruby. Today version 6.5 arrives, bringing support—syntax highlighting and all—for Groovy, JavaScript and PHP, along with preview support for Python.

PHP in particular gets its own lighter-weight version of the IDE, said Kuldip Oberoi, group manager of developer marketing at Sun. The PHP-targeted NetBeans acts like a text editor with syntax highlighting and a database connection wizard, he said.

JavaScript users, meanwhile, will find a more refined environment in version 6.5, according to Sun. The NetBeans team spent time fleshing out support for that Web language, Oberoi said, noting that the IDE can now understand Cascading Style Sheets and HTML, and thus format them accordingly.

JavaScript developers also will be able to bring their debugging problems to NetBeans, thanks to the inclusion of client-side debugging for Web applications in this release.

Python can be used in NetBeans via the preview release from Sun, but it hasn’t yet been integrated to the same extent as the other languages. Oberoi said a complete form of Python should wind its way into the IDE early next year.

Mark Dey, engineering manager for AJAX development and the man in charge of the NetBeans release, pointed out that the Java side of the equation was also improved.

“We did quite a bit of work improving performance and quality—things like improving code completion and fast class scanning, things that improve the quality of the release overall,” Dey said.

Oberoi said Windows users would now be able to code in C++ via NetBeans on their desktop and compile the code to a networked Solaris machine, thus bypassing Microsoft’s compilers.


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