The NetBeans IDE is pretty good on its own, but even handier once you start extending it with plugins specific to your needs. In this installment of Open source Java projects, Jeff Friesen introduces ...

The JavaOne 2012 conference materials listed this presentation as “Project EASEL: Developing and Managing HTML5 in a Java World,” but the title slide posted as we wait for the session to begin is ...

The company plans to grab a bigger slice of Java tools business by overhauling its NetBeans software and by improving how tools and code work together. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering ...

I am looking to convert a Netbeans project to an Eclipse project. Unfortunately the project must truly open and be managed by Eclipse in this situation and I cannot rely on an external ANT script for ...

It took two and a half years, but the NetBeans Java-based IDE has finally graduated to Top-Level Project (TLP) status at the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). The popular open source development ...

BEA Systems’ decision to offer its WebLogic Workshop run-time framework under an open source format, through its Project Beehive effort, may prompt the company to reconsider its current stance of not ...

The Eclipse Foundation, an open-source consortium, on Tuesday detailed three projects designed to make Ajax-style Web development easier. The Eclipse software is widely used for writing applications ...

Sun Microsystems laid out a plan on Thursday to bolster its Java tools and make them easier to link to other software. The plan centers on the company's NetBeans project, an open-source effort to ...