Wednesday, 14 May 2008

Sun Microsystems Launches NetBeans IDE Early Access

Sun Microsystems and the NetBeans community announced the availability of NetBeans Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Early Access for PHP scripting language. This launch bringing the power of NetBeans to Web 2.0-style developers.

"Dynamic languages continue to be a major focus for Sun and we are thrilled to provide NetBeans IDE Early Access for PHP to this community," said Octavian Tanase, senior director of NetBeans Engineering, Sun Microsystems.

Tanase adds, support for JavaScript technology, integration with MySQL database and a host of other powerful features position NetBeans as a premier IDE for PHP developers everywhere.

NetBeans IDE Early Access for PHP includes intelligent editing features such as prioritized code completion, instant rename, mark occurrences, dynamic code templates and easy navigation.

It includes features designed to make it easier to get started with PHP development including debugging support, deployment to the local server, dynamic help and sample projects. It also includes support for embedded CSS, HTML and JavaScript technologies.