Sun and Microsoft both proceeded with previously stated plans to boost their software development environments. Version 6.5 of the NetBeans open-source IDE was released by Sun and the NetBeans community, while Microsoft has added jQuery Intellisense support to Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer 2008 Express.

Accessible for download, NetBeans 6.5 features increased support for Web and Java software development, according to Sun and the NetBeans community. It includes localized versions for simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Brazilian Portuguese.

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