There is a new article covering the Lightweight User Interface Toolkit. More...

If you are interested in programming languages and working in the best IDE available - then you are interested in NetBeans. In this language panorama we look at Scala, Erlang, Python, Lisp and Prolog on NetBeans.

The best IDE for Java and for a plethora of dynamic languages (Ruby, PHP, Groovy/Grails, etc) has been released in an updated form. NetBeans IDE 6.9 and it's accompanying rich client platform APIs has been released. Check it out

Want to live on the edge ? Two new early acesses are available - Tomcat 7 and Java SE 6 Update 21.

Graphics libraries are the spice of desktop application development. Check out a huge number of examples made available of the Visual Library in NetBeans. It is without doubt one of the more useful visual libraries available. More...

If you missed it - the GlassFish App Server turned five years old recently. It has obviously come a long way. Two new webcasts are available dealing with the upcoming 3.1 version.

I started using the jvi plugin - which gives me a full vi editor as the default editor in NetBeans. I have to say my first impressions are quite good.

NetBeans IDE 6.9 Release Candidate 2 (RC2) is available. More details after the break.

If you missed it, RIM has a really nice developer contest going on to spur more apps for their platform. More...

I've spent some time looking at CouchDB and looks seriously interesting. O'Reilly has a new webcast introduction to CouchDB - check it out.

If you haven't already check out, not only, VisualVM - but also the BTrace plugin which allows you to inject BTrace scripts into a running app and get a clear picture what's going on. More...

A lot happens in a few years. Four years later - it turns out that Apache Harmony complements the Java platform in a way, many of us, never imagined. Here's why -

Lots of very cool bits on NetBeans. Between the emerging ocean of NetBeans RCP apps, NetBeans Mobility on MacOS X and NetBeans JavaFX Modules - there is a lot of cool stuff.