One month after the original planned date, the NetBeans developers have announced that NetBeans IDE ( Integrated Development Environment ) 6.8 Beta is now available for download. This version has some nice new features such as updates for EJB 3.1, support for the latest JavaFX SDK ( 1.2.1 ) and not to forget; support for Java EE 6.

Since the beta version of NetBeans 6.8 is released with delay, the final version of NetBeans 6.8 can now be expected somewhere in mid-December, instead in the end of November.

More features and update information can be found in the Release Information. You can download Netbeans IDE 6.8 Beta here. ( And is available for Windows, Mac, Solaris and Linux )