NetBeansTM IDE 5.0 Beta 2 Release Notes

Last Updated: 11 November 2005


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Introduction

Welcome to NetBeansTM IDE 5.0. NetBeans IDE is a modular, standards-based integrated development environment (IDE), written in the JavaTM programming language. The NetBeans project consists of:

For information about new development features in NetBeans IDE, see the What's New in NetBeans IDE 5.0.

If you are looking for information about installing the IDE, see the NetBeans Installation Instructions.

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System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

NetBeans IDE runs on operating systems that support the JavaTM VM. Below is a list of platforms that NetBeans IDE has been tested on.

NetBeans IDE is also known to run on the following platforms:

Minimum Hardware Configuration
Recommended Hardware Configuration
Required Software

NetBeans IDE runs on the J2SE JDK 5.0 (JavaTM 2 JDK, Standard Edition), which consists of the Java Runtime Environment plus developer tools for compiling, debugging, and running applications written in the JavaTM language. NetBeans IDE 5.0 also runs on J2SE SDK version 1.4.2, but it has only been tested on JDK 5.0.

Note: If you wish to run the IDE on earlier versions of the SDK or if you prefer to install the IDE manually, you can download archived versions of the IDE at http://java.sun.com/products/archive/index.html.

You can download the JDK for your platform from one of the sites listed below:

Sun Java System Application Server Requirements

In order to use the J2EE development features of NetBeans IDE 5.0, you must have the Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 8 2005Q1 installed on your computer. You can download it here.

Note: Because you also need the Sun Java System Application Server PE 8 2005Q1 to work with the J2EE features of NetBeans IDE 5.0, your computer must also meet the application server's minimum requirements.

Other Application Server Requirements

If you are working with other servers, confirm that your system meets their minimum requirements as listed below:

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Compatibility

When you first run the IDE, you can import a subset of the settings you used in NetBeans IDE 4.0. If you choose not to import settings from a previous release, the IDE opens using the default settings. Project-specific settings are not importable from version 3.6.
Note: The IDE only recognizes previous installations where the user directory resides in the default location. It does not recognize installations where you have specified a user directory using the --userdir switch. If you would like to import settings from an IDE that the installer does not recognize, download an archive version of the IDE instead of the installer.

Though it is possible to import settings from a previous IDE installation into NetBeans IDE 5.0, it is not possible to import settings from NetBeans IDE 5.0 into an earlier IDE release.

Note:If you edit the Project Properties for a project that was created in NetBeans IDE 4.1 or earlier in NetBeans IDE 5.0, the project will no longer work in the earlier NetBeans IDE versions.


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Known Issues

Note: The NetBeans IDE and Sun Java System Application Server bundle creates the admin user with password adminadmin by default. Users should use these settings to log in via the web console.

The unresolved issues for this release are as follows:

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Documentation

The built-in help system for NetBeans IDE 5.0 has not been completely updated to cover the J2EE development features. For information about the J2EE development features, see the following documents:

NetBeans IDE 5.0 Quick Start Guides:

NetBeans IDE 5.0 Import Guides: Complete list of NetBeans 5.0 Documentation:

Note: If you are running the NetBeans IDE on Mac OS X, see Using NetBeans on Mac OS X for more information about keyboard equivalents, tips and tricks, and other Mac-specific topics.

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More Information

You can find news, articles, additional modules, and other useful information on the NetBeans project web site. Since NetBeans is an open-source project, the web site also provides access to source code, a bug database, information on creating your own NetBeans modules, and much more.

For more information, visit http://www.netbeans.org/.

You can keep up to date on NetBeans IDE and interact with the NetBeans community by signing up for NetBeans project mailing lists at http://www.netbeans.org/community/lists/.

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