Apache NetBeans 10.0 Now Available (apache.org)

The Apache Software Foundation has released NetBeans 10.0, the second major release of the Apache NetBeans IDE. The release, said the Apache Software Foundation, is focused in adding support for JDK 11, JUnit 5, PHP, JavaScript and Groovy, as well in solving many issues. From a blog post: JDK 11 support has been enhanced in the following ways: Integration with the nb-javac project, adding support for JDK 11, removed the CORBA modules, support for JEP 309, Dynamic Class-File Constants, support for JEP 323, Local-Variable Syntax for Lambda Parameters, and support for LVTI Support for Lamdba Parameters.

PHP 7.3: You can now add trailing commas in function calls under PHP 7.3 (mailing list thread), and also use the list reference assignment, the flexible Heredoc and Nowdoc Syntaxes are also supported. [...] And more: context sensitive lexer, PHPStan support, debugger, twig, hints, suggestions, code completionâ¦â visit PHP Features Page and NetBeans 10 New and Noteworthy for more details on PHP support. JUnit 5.3.1 has been added as a new Library to NetBeans, so you can quickly add it to your Java projects. For Maven projects without no existing tests, JUnit 5 is now the default JUnit version.

Comments

Slim chance of staying competitive with the greats

[iampiti]

As a long time user of Netbeans I was very saddened when Oracle decided to stop pouring money into it. A project of this size IMO needs financial support of a big company to stay competitive with the rest of the field. I'm afraid Netbeans won't be able to stay competitive with others IDE with backing from big (or just commercially interested) companies i.e.: Visual Studio, Eclipse, IDEA, etc.
In addition, because of licensing reasons it currently lacks many plugins/features that were available in the times of 8.2. I hope most can return

Re:No current native support, no thanks.

[Dutch Gun]

I used 8.x for a while as well for my C++ projects. I'd say it was probably the best among the free IDEs I've tried on Linux.

I've recently been moving my projects to CMake, as I was tired of maintaining multiple projects by hand, or rebuilding a project from scratch if I switch tools. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to have a generator for Netbeans projects, so I've switched to Code::Blocks. It's a solid second choice that covers all the basics pretty well.

I guess it's not surprising that no one has bothered with a CMake generator for Netbeans seeing as how C++ support appears to be a fairly low priority for Apache. I can't really blame them for that, as with limited developers, you have to pick your battles.