October 2007
Chat: Q&A on NetBeans Whether you're new to NetBeans software or have a black belt in the free and open source Java technology IDE, view the transcript from this Q&A chat to explore what makes NetBeans software the premier choice for Web, enterprise, mobile, and desktop application development.

December 2006
Download Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8.1 Java Studio Enterprise 8.1 is the latest release. Based on the NetBeans 5 platform with its improved Java development capabilities, this integrated development environment (IDE) is ideal for Sun's infrastructure platform: Sun Java Enterprise System 5. (Note: To download the IDE, you will need to join or log in to Sun Developer Network — it's free and easy to do.)

December 2006
2007 JavaOne Conference Call for Papers Is Now Open Submit your session abstract today. The Call for Papers deadline is December 15, 2006.

October 2006
Newly Released! NetBeans Enterprise Pack 5.5 Add to the NetBeans IDE everything you need to immediately start writing, testing and debugging service-oriented architecture (SOA) applications using XML, BPEL, and Java web services. Design scalable and architecturally sound applications by leveraging the UML modeling capability. (The UML modeling functionality is currently still in Beta and is available for evaluation only from the Beta Update Center and is not part of the Enterprise Pack download.)

October 2006
Webinar: Accelerating your SOA Application Development Get a head start on developing service-oriented architecture (SOA) applications. Join us for this recorded half-hour webinar to learn how to build composite applications using BPEL orchestration and XML tooling. With these capabilities, you can build, edit, and analyze real-world schemas easily.

September 2006
UML in NetBeans In this Net Talk Take 10, Ashwin Rao outlines the NetBeans development environment from the standpoint of UML development and highlights features including: ease of use, markerless code, and language-independent abstract modeling.

August 17, 2006
NetBeans Enterprise Pack 5.5 Beta IDE Now Available! Explore its support for XML, WSDL, and BPEL development that was offered in the technology preview releases along with the new capabilities: BPEL validations, enhanced WSDL designer, XML, WSDL, and BPEL refactorings.

August 2, 2006
Download and Evaluate Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8.1 Beta Java Studio Enterprise 8.1 is based on the NetBeans 5 platform, leveraging its improved core Java development capabilities and features. It is the ideal integrated development environment (IDE) for the latest release of Sun's infrastructure platform: Sun Java Enterprise System 5. This release also provides significant enhancements to the UML capabilities with a new web reporting system and improved reverse-engineering support.

August 2, 2006
Participate in Java Enterprise System 5 Beta 1 Evaluations The Java Enterprise System (Java ES) team is seeking customers and partners to evaluate this Beta release and participate in ongoing customer acceptance evaluations of Java ES software. Find out more about the benefits and acceptance criteria for this program.

June 29, 2006
Integrating and Using JasperReports in NetBeans Reporting is a key task of all enterprise applications. This article walks you through the process of integrating JasperReports, a popular, open-source reporting tool with a customizable datasource API, into the NetBeans IDE. In addition, this article describes how to enhance report templates to generate reports by retrieving data from an RDBMS.