The Netbeans development environment is being updated? I notice that it has been some time since an updated version was published and some tools do not work with the latest JDK as the profiler.
I assume you are referring to NetBeans 8.2. Oracle is currently in the process of handing over NetBeans to Apache so the current situation is a bit messy:
NetBeans 8.2 will be the final release of NetBeans 8.x from Oracle.
Oracle also provide a nightly DEV build of NetBeans for that release which contains bug fixes and enhancements. However, it looks like that nightly build recently ceased, since the most recent build is dated 3/28/18. I am guessing that there will not be any more nightly DEV builds from Oracle.
The future lies with Apache NetBeans which will be released shortly.
You can download Apache NetBeans 9.0 Beta.
However, you can also download a zip of Apache NetBeans 9.0 Beta which contains bug fixes.
Apache NetBeans Beta supports JDK 9 and JDK 10, and I recommend using the zip file linked to in the final bullet point above.
The Profiler works fine with Apache NetBeans Beta.
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Does Eclipse Neon support Java 9? I know Eclipse Oxygen can be used but we have some constraints to not use other Eclipse than Neon.
We are using Maven for Building our J2EE project and Git for source control.
I appreciate if you can back your answer with some links/proofs. Thanks!
Does eclipse Neon support Java 9?
It depends what you mean by "support". If you mean "Is the use of Java 9 officially supported with Neon?" then the answer is no. For example, see this DZone article:
You need an Oxygen-based install of Eclipse – ensure you’re using the
R version and not milestone or integration builds.
Also, from Eclipse's site:
Users who install Eclipse Oxygen 4.7.1a are able to launch with Java 9
and get Java 9 support
But if you mean "Is it possible to get Java 9 running under Neon?" then the answer is yes. Here's a snippet from an article titled Eclipse Java™ 9 Support (BETA) for Neon from a brave soul who did it back in 2015!...
I downloaded the early access version of Java 9 JDK from java.net in
the form of a tar.gz file that I decompressed into a local directory:
/home/apps/jdk1.9.0. I made no other changes to my system.
I downloaded the Eclipse SDK 4.6 (Neon) M2 from the Eclipse Platform
downloads and decompressed it into its own directory. I made a small
change to the eclipse.ini file to make the new configuration run using
the Java 9 runtime...
Of course, that was done with an early access release of Java 9, and I wouldn't automatically assume that Neon will still work with the latest release of Java 9.
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Update:
I just noticed this SO question titled Neon: how to run on jdk9? which may offer further useful information.
I am trying some of the new features which are only available in Glassfish4(development build).
My current eclipse plugin does not allow me to connect to glassfish4 - there's no 4.x version in the list.
Is there any way I can make it work? I would like to deploy/start the app from eclipse.
If you are using an Eclipse that is older than Juno... you cannot work with GlassFish 4.
If you have Juno, you can install a plugin that allows you to register GlassFish 4 server run-times. BE SURE TO READ https://blogs.oracle.com/piotrik/entry/new_version_of_glassfish_eclipse before you attempt to update your current GlassFish plugin. If you do not have a GlassFish plugin installed in Juno, you can probably ignore almost all of the content of that page.
If you have Kepler M6 installed, you can try out the GlassFish server adapter (GFSA) and the GlassFish 4 run-time plugin (GF4RTP). The GFSA is available here: http://download.java.net/glassfish/eclipse/kepler
The latest update of the GFSA for Kepler should play nicely with the Java EE 7 features that got integrated into Kepler's milestone 6 release.
The GF4RTP is available here:
http://download.java.net/glassfish/eclipse/kepler/runtime
NOTE: all the bits available under download.java.net/glassfish/eclipse/* are developer stream bits. They are not 'production quality' and are being made available to get feedback from users willing to give them a try. If you have to do something critical, you may want to wait for bits that will be integrated into the Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse.
I'm using an old version of Eclipse (Eclipse Platform 3.3) which uses a product comprising a large number of features and plugins. The product vendor is no longer in business so I'm looking at the viability of migrating the features/plugins to run on Eclipse Juno 4.2. The JAR files in the plugins were compiled on Java 5 and will be running in a Java 7 environment (no source code). Has anyone had any experience of doing such a thing, is it possible and is there any reference material? I really can't think of any more detail to add to this question, so I'm going to go with this.
Thanks.
Do you have an update site for the features? If so, did you tried to install the feature/plugins on a fresh eclipse 4.2?
If you can identify the files in plugins and features folder of the product you try to use with 4.2, did you tried to copy them on the plugins/features folder of a clean 4.2?
Eclipse 4 application platform provides a compatibility layer for 3.x plugins, so it may just work.
http://xseignard.github.com/demoCamp2012/prez/#22
You can also find some literature about migrating 3.x plugins to 4.X there : http://www.vogella.com/blog/2012/11/13/getting-your-eclipse-plug-ins-ready-for-eclipse-4/
Regards
I'm a bit confused about Eclipse release 3.8
It seems a bit like a ghost to me: no codename, no download site?
Where are all the packages, like "Eclipse for RCP and RAP Developers"?
Eclipse 3.8 and 4.2 were released concurrently as part of the Juno release, but the compilations for various developer types are only available based on version 4.2.
To use Eclipse 3.8, you will need to download the basic platform and install the plugins you need from Eclipse Marketplace or the Juno repository.
Surf to here and download the one labeled Eclipse SDK:
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.8.2-201301310800/
Juno repository:
http://download.eclipse.org/releases/juno/
Official 'Eclipse Project 3.x' Stream Downloads page
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/eclipse3x.html
This has links to 3.8.1 release, and the 3.8 maintenance build.. If you want to link anywhere to 3.8, this is probably the best place.
Note that 3.8 is not a full 'packaged' release -- it's just the core. Features & plugins can be added from within the IDE, to replicate functionality of the Java EE/ PHP/ C++ etc packaged distributions.
3.8 is of particular interest to those (like myself) who are downgrading from 4.2 Juno due to the serious performance problems in that release. These seem to affect XML editors, PHP, switching, opening & closing editors -- turning the instant performance of previous Eclipse versions into endless 3-5 second waits.
Indigo 3.7 is the last 'packaged' release available. 3.8 may offer advantages in fixing several Indigo bugs & having Java 7 support.
A link to the recently released 3.8.2: http://archive.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.8.2-201301310800/
None of the links in other answers seem to work anymore, but The Eclipse Project Updates Sites page at eclipse.org says it's http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.8 and that works for me and 3.8 has now been moved to the archives. I don't think updates are available anymore.
To install Java EE into the 3.8.1 download, this worked for me: https://stackoverflow.com/a/5028910/503025
Java EE is in the Juno upgrade site.
I have an existing Eclipse library tool -- quite an old one -- running on Eclipse 3.4, and I would like to add in Aptana Studio. However, the current download specifies that it requires Eclipse 3.5 or better. A colleague of mine has Aptana running in his exactly the same version of the same tool -- presumably he got an older version that would work on the older Eclipse.
Can I download a version of Aptana to plug in to Eclipse 3.4?
Or, if not, can I grab the copy of Aptana from my colleague's machine and drop it into my own Eclipse?
Note that there are specific reasons why I need to use this older version of Eclipse, so replies along the lines of "upgrade your version of Eclipse to 3.5 or later!", while undoubtedly well-intentioned, won't be much use to me....
Edited on November 30: it is Eclipse 3.4 which I have, and I originally put 2.4 by mistake (which doesn't even exist!).
You can grab the Studio's from your colleague's machine. The Studio is pretty much contained to the folder it's installed at (with some minor exception that should not stop you).
No packages are available for 2.x.
Cheers