NetBeans.org today announced the availability of NetBeans IDE 5.0 Beta, NetBeans Platform 5.0, NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.0 Beta and NetBeans Profiler Milestone 9 for 5.0. This latest release introduces comprehensive support for developing IDE Module Plugins and rich client applications based on the NetBeans Platform, the new intuitive GUI builder Matisse, new and redesigned CVS support, Weblogic 9 and JBoss 4 support, editor enhancements and much more.

NetBeans IDE 5.0 Beta Download
http://www.netbeans.org/downloads/index.html

NetBeans 5.0 Release Page
http://www.netbeans.org/community/releases/50/

List of NetBeans IDE 5.0 Documentation
http://www.netbeans.org/kb/50/

The NetBeans Platform has been around for years, but NetBeans IDE 5.0 makes module (plug-in) development much easier and smoother than ever before. New project types have been added to NetBeans IDE 5.0 which allow developers to easily extend the NetBeans IDE with modules (plug-ins) or build rich client applications on top of the NetBeans Platform.

NetBeans Platform 5.0 information:
http://platform.netbeans.org/index.html

NetBeans Platform 5.0 Download:
http://www.netbeans.org/downloads/index.html

 NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.0 Beta

NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.0 adds several key new features to an already powerful and easy-to-use mobile Java development tool, including: Improved end-to-end support for building web services-based mobile applications for any MIDP device, new custom components in the Visual Mobile Designer, improved pre-processor support for device fragmentation, editable generated code and improved emulator support.

NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.0 information and download instructions
http://www.netbeans.org/kb/50/mobility.html

NetBeans Profiler Milestone 9

NetBeans Profiler Milestone 9 adds full-featured profiling capabilities to NetBeans IDE 5.0, including: CPU, Memory and Threads profiling as well as application monitoring. The profiler uses a unique approach to byte code instrumentation minimizing the profiling overhead and providing accurate timing and memory results.

NetBeans Profiler Milestone 9 information and download instructions:
http://profiler.netbeans.org/main.html

The final NetBeans IDE 5.0 release is planned for December, 2005. As always we welcome and encourage your feedback and the sharing of your experience using NetBeans on our mailing lists and in your blogs!

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