A free, open-source Integrated Development Environment for software developers. You get all the tools you need to create professional desktop, enterprise, web, and mobile applications with the Java language, C/C++, and even dynamic languages such as PHP, JavaScript, Groovy, and Ruby. The NetBeans IDE is easy to install and use straight out of the box and runs on many platforms including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris.
The NetBeans IDE 6.7 introduces integration with Project Kenai, a collaborative environment for developers to host open-source projects. The release also builds on the success of the NetBeans 6.5 with native support for Maven, integration of GlassFish and Hudson, and enhancements to Java, PHP, Ruby, Groovy and C/C++. Additional highlights of the 6.7 release include support for JavaScript 1.7 and the Java ME SDK 3.0.