NetBeans Weekly News (Issue #572 - Jan 29, 2013 )

Project News

The NetBeans Team is pleased to announce the Release Candidate build of NetBeans IDE 7.3. NetBeans IDE 7.3 provides new support for the latest HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3 standards, new Java Editor features, and enhancements to support for Groovy, PHP, and more. Further information at http://netbeans.org/community/releases/73.

With the release of the NetBeans IDE 7.3 Release Candidate, the NetBeans Team needs to know what you think about it! The purpose of the survey is to find out if the NetBeans community accepts the candidate as being ready for release. Try out the release candidate and then you can fill out this short survey.

Community

Another packed podcast, featuring the NetBeans governance board, the new NetBeans WebClient blog, Adam Bien, and a brand new NetBeans PHP Book!

Encountering problems with NetBeans PHP development? Let the NetBeans PHP blog introduce you to community resources where you can solve problems related to PHP and NetBeans IDE.

Articles

Geertjan reports on some good news for Groovy developers in the upcoming NetBeans IDE 7.3.

Adam Bien shares a new keyboard shortcut for viewing the clipboard in the IDE.

You're happily coding along and suddenly think to yourself: "Hmmm. I wonder where the 'pos' variable in my class is used throughout my application?"

Calendar

At Munich Airport, Germany, March 2013, four interactive Java EE workshops, from beginner to architect will be held, with a focus on Java EE user interfaces.