Support for Java 7 standard edition (SE) is the focus of the new toolset and Oracle claims it is the first open-source IDE to support the JDK 7 preview.

Oracle claims NetBeans 7 is the first open source IDE to support the next-generation Java platform.

Move over, Java. The NetBeans open source tools package is making room for popular scripting languages. Version 6.0 of the NetBeans IDE will be offered in an early-access release at the JavaOne ...