NetBeans IDE 7.3 have just been released, a new release which should mainly interest PHP and Java developers. NetBeans IDE 7.3 empowers developers to create and debug rich web and mobile applications using the latest HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3 standards. Developers can expect state of the art rich web development experience with a page inspector and CSS style editor, completely revamped JavaScript editor, new JavaScript debugger, and more.
Most notable changes related to PHP and HTML5 :
- HTML5 Application project with JavaScript testing support
- JavaScript Editor significantly improved
- Page inspector and visual CSS style editor
- JavaScript Debugger
- Embedded WebKit browser; deep integration with Chrome
- Parsers for Namespaced Annotations (Symfony 2, Doctrine 2, etc.)
- Basic Composer Integration (Dependency Manager for PHP)
- Twig Code Completion (with documentation)
- Smarty Braces Matching for Related Tags
- Smarty Parser Errors of Unmatched Tags
NetBeans IDE is plateform independent, available for windows, linux, solaris, and MacOSX. Download available at http://netbeans.org/downloads/
