NetBeans 6.0

The NetBeans IDE is 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, in Java, C/C++ and even Ruby. The IDE runs on many platforms including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris; it is easy to install and use straight out of the box.

The 6.0 release includes significant enhancements and new features, including a completely rewritten editor infrastructure, support for additional languages, new productivity features, and a simplified installation process that allows you to easily install and configure the IDE to meet your exact needs.

Easy to use professional Java GUI Builder
Create professional-looking Java GUIs by placing and aligning components on a canvas.

• Professional GUI Building
• Standard and Custom GUI Components
• Beans Building Technology (JSR 295) Support
• Swing Application Framework (JSR 296) support

Visual Web and Java EE development

Build standards-based web applications visually using Ajax, CSS, and JSF. Full set of tools for EJB development. Write standards-based web and enterprise applications that can be accessed with a web browser over the internet or an intranet.

• Web and Enterprise Application Development
• Easy Migration from Java Studio Creator

Visual Mobile Development
Create, test and debug GUI applications that run on mobile phones, set-top boxes, and PDAs

• Visual Mobile Designer
• Mobile Game Builder
• Modular Build System
• A Solution for the Device Fragmentation Issues
• Access to Web Driven Services
• SVG Support
• Integrated Tools

Visual UML Modeling
Separate software design from implementation with UML Modeling.

• Forwar and Reverse Engeenering
• UML Diagram Types
• Customizable Code Generation
• Integrated UML Tools

Ruby and Rails Support
Powerful Ruby editor (with code completion), debugger, and full support for Rails. Includes the JRuby runtime.

• Ruby Projects
• Ruby Source Code Editor
• Ruby on Rails Projects
• Ruby and Rails Debugger
• Ruby Gems Installation Manager

C and C++ Development

Full-featured C/C++ editor, debugger, project templates, and support for multiple project configuration. Develop professional native applications in C and C++ for a variety of platforms including Windows, Linux, Mac OS, and Solaris operating systems.

• C/C++ Projects
• C/C++ Templates
• Source Code Editor
• Integrated Debugger
• Compiler Configurations
• Configuration Manager
• Makefile support
• Class Hiearachy Browser
• File Navigation
  

• License: Free Open Source
  
• Requirements: Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista
• Limitations: No limitations
• Publisher link: NetBeans.org
  
• Download link: NetBeans 6.0 Full Version (196 MB)
• Download link: NetBeans 6.0 Web and Java EE (96 MB)
• Download link: NetBeans 6.0 Mobility (58 MB)
• Download link: NetBeans 6.0 Java SE (21 MB)
• Download link: NetBeans 6.0 Ruby (19 MB)
• Download link: NetBeans 6.0 C/C++ (11 MB)

JDK 6 or JDK 5.0 is required for installing and running the NetBeans IDE. You can download the JDK here.

You can also download the NetBeans IDE as part of the Java EE 5 Tools Bundle.

Notepad++ 4.6

Notepad++ is a free (free as in "free speech", but also as in "free beer") source code editor and Microsoft Notepad replacement, which supports several programming languages, running under the Microsoft Windows environment.

WYSIWYG
If you have a colour printer, print your source code (or whatever you want) in colour.

Syntax Highlighting

C	C++	Java	C#	XML	HTML
PHP	CSS	makefile	ASCII art (.nfo)	doxygen	ini file
batch file	Javascript	ASP	VB/VBS	SQL	Objective-C
RC resource file	Pascal	Perl	Python	Lua	TeX
TCL	Assembler	Ruby	Lisp	Scheme	Properties
Diff	Smalltalk	Postscript	VHDL	Ada	Caml
AutoIt	KiXtart	Matlab	Verilog	Haskell	InnoSetup
CMake

User Defined Syntax Highlighting
It allows user to define his own language : not only the syntax highlighting keywords, but also the syntax folding keywords, comment keywords and the operators.

Auto-completion
For most supported languages, user can make his/her own API list (or download the api files from dowload section).

Multi-Document
You can edit several documents at the same time.

Multi-View
You have two views at same time. That means you can visualize (edit) 2 different documents at the same time . You can visualize (edit) in the 2 views one document at 2 different positions as well. The modification of document in one view will carry out in another view (i.e. you modify the SAME document when you are in clone mode).

Regular Expression Search/Replace supported
You can search and replace one string in the document by using the regular expression.

Full Drag ‘N' Drop supported
You can open a document by drag & drop. You can also move your document from a position (or even a view) to another by drag & drop.

Dynamic position of Views
The user can set the position of the views dynamically (only in 2 views mode : the splitter can be set in horizontal or in vertical).

File Status Auto-detection
If you modify or delete a file which opened in Notepad++, you will be notified to update your document (reload the file or remove the file).

Zoom in and zoom out
That's another fantastic function of Scintilla component.

Multi-Language environment supported
The Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic and Hebrew Windows environments are supported.

Bookmark
User can just click on the bookmark margin (located right side of line number margin) or type Ctrl+F2 to toggle a book mark.

Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting
When the caret stay beside of one of those symbol { } [ ] ( ) , the symbol beside of caret and its symmetric opposite symbol will be highlighted, as well as the indent guideline (if any) in order to locate the block more easily.

• License: Free
• Requirements: Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista
• Limitations: No limitations
• Publisher link: Notepad++
• Download link: Notepad++ 4.6 (2 MB)