The NetBeans IDE is pretty good on its own, but even handier once you start extending it with plugins specific to your needs. In this installment of Open source Java projects, Jeff Friesen introduces ...

History suggests that if an open-source project is designed to leverage the energy of the development community and offers an architecture that supports virtually unlimited change and adaptability, it ...

The company plans to grab a bigger slice of Java tools business by overhauling its NetBeans software and by improving how tools and code work together. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering ...