NetBeans IDE 5.5 Release Notes

Welcome to NetBeans IDE 5.5. NetBeans IDE is a modular, standards-based integrated development environment (IDE), written in the Java programming language. The NetBeans project consists of:


For release information about NetBeans Add-on packs, see:


Contents

Note: If you are looking for information about installing the NetBeans IDE 5.5, see the NetBeans IDE 5.5 Installation Instructions.


Supported Technologies


NetBeans IDE 5.5 supports the following technologies:


Note: using versions of JBoss, WebLogic, or Struts other than those explicitly listed could result in unpredictable IDE behavior because they are External interfaces and not controlled by the project team.

NetBeans IDE 5.5 has been tested with the following application servers:


If you are using the GlassFish application server, note that it is recommended to run the final build of GlassFish V1 UR1 (build 14) in order to work with NetBeans IDE 5.5 .

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System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

NetBeans IDE runs on operating systems that support the Java 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 Configurations

Note: The IDE's minimum screen resolution is 1024x768 pixels.

Recommended Hardware Configurations
Required Software

NetBeans IDE runs on the J2SE JDK 5.0 (Java SE Development Kit), which consists of the Java Runtime Environment plus developer tools for compiling, debugging, and running applications written in the Java language.

You can download the JDK for your platform from one of the sites 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 5.0. If you choose not to import settings from a previous release, the IDE opens using the default settings.

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 5.5 , it is not possible to import settings from NetBeans IDE 5.5 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 5.5 , 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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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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