Milestone 5 of NetBeans 6.0 (Dev) is now available for download.

Additionally, NetBeans 6.0 M5 contains the following improvements:

• Ant processes have a progress indicator in the status line.
• A new “project group” feature has been added.

Pictures tell you more about these features so be sure check them out. An overall report for M5 is available as well.

Originally Contributed by rdemmer at 05 Dec on NetBeans News page

The NetBeans community is proud to announce the release of the NetBeans Visual Web Pack and the NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack. You simply add these packs to an existing NetBeans IDE (download IDE).

The NetBeans Visual Web Pack(derived from the award-winning Sun Java Studio Creator software) allows you to rapidly and visually build standards-based web applications, including support for AJAX and JSF components. Developers can now easily build next generation web apps.

• Learn More and Download NB Visual Web Pack Now

The NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack provides support for a variety of C/C++ project types, and includes a makefile wizard. For a more productive developer experience, the C/C++ Development Pack includes sophisticated language model features, such as dynamic syntax highlighting, code completion, code folding and a class browser. C/C++ developers can use the NetBeans IDE, in conjunction with their specified set of compilers and tools, to build native applications.

• Learn More and Download C/C++ Development Pack Now

Originally Contributed by budvar at 05 Dec on NetBeans News page

Well, that’s a convenient initiative allowing you to get the best commercial software titles – for free. Every day we offer licensed software you’d have to buy otherwise, for free! Yes, we are giving away software, and you can download it from our site, right now and right here and our goal is to give away every good piece of software, sooner or later. For game giveaways check out Game Giveaway of the Day.

WateenTech Inc. launched a new mobile application called Wateen – NOON to help university and collage students in their university life to follow and save data about semesters, courses, grades, schedule. It helps the students to calculate CGPA and GPA easily . The beautiful thing about it that it is a free application to download and use. The application runs on every mobile phone that supports Java applications.

You can download and read more about the application @ the company website

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