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Sun Microsystems has released NetBeans 5.5, the latest version of the company’s open-source Java IDE.NetBeans IDE 5.5 builds on the success of NetBeans 5.0 and adds support for Java EE 5 and Sun Java System Application Server PE 9.

NetBeans 5.5 supports the Java Enterprise Edition 5 platform, and most notably the Java Persistence, EJB 3 and JAX-WS 2.0 specifications. The new Subversion support module and an updated module for the GUI builder, both available on the 5.5 Update Center.

New features in NetBeans 5.5 include:

• Java API for XML Web Services (JAX-WS) Support (aka Web Service 2.0)
• support for the open-source version-control system Subversion
• GUI Builder enhancements
• Support for Enterprise Java Beans 3 session beans

Sun also released five value-added packs for NetBeans 5.5:

• NetBeans Enterprise Pack
• Mobility Pack
• NetBeans Profiler
• C/C++ Native Development Module
• Visual Web Pack

For more info about NetBeans 5.5 Tutorials, Guides and Articles, visit http://www.netbeans.org/kb/55/index.html

For more info about NetBeans 5.5, visit http://www.netbeans.org/