Paul Krill
Editor at Large

NetBeans developer tools released

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Dec 6, 20061 min

Sun Microsystems and the NetBeans open source community will unveil NetBeans Visual Web Pack and the NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack on Wednesday. Based on the Sun Java Studio Creator IDE, the Web pack offers a visual design time environment for developing Web applications. A Data Provider API is featured for binding to data sources. The pack also supports AJAX-enabled JavaServer Faces components. The C/C++ pack

Sun Microsystems and the NetBeans open source community will unveil NetBeans Visual Web Pack and the NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack on Wednesday.

Based on the Sun Java Studio Creator IDE, the Web pack offers a visual design time environment for developing Web applications. A Data Provider API is featured for binding to data sources. The pack also supports AJAX-enabled JavaServer Faces components.

The C/C++ pack, for C and C++ development projects, works with the NetBeans IDE and includes a makefile wizard. Language model features are enabled such as dynamic syntax highlighting, code completion, code folding and a class browser.

The C/C++ pack has been tested with GNU and Sun Studio compilers.

Paul Krill

Paul Krill is editor at large at InfoWorld. Paul has been covering computer technology as a news and feature reporter for more than 35 years, including 30 years at InfoWorld. He has specialized in coverage of software development tools and technologies since the 1990s, and he continues to lead InfoWorld’s news coverage of software development platforms including Java and .NET and programming languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, and Go. Long trusted as a reporter who prioritizes accuracy, integrity, and the best interests of readers, Paul is sought out by technology companies and industry organizations who want to reach InfoWorld’s audience of software developers and other information technology professionals. Paul has won a “Best Technology News Coverage” award from IDG.

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