Support has also been added for the latest version of C++, . A user can specify if the entire project should be built in C++11, or that only individual files be compiled under the new version of the language. Various C++ debugging and code assistance improvements have also been added.

Of course, improvements have also been made to how NetBeans handles Java. For instance, the package view now has a new view mode, called reduced tree, which doesn't show all the subdirectories of package like the tree view does, but reveals an additional layer over the plain list view. Static code analysis capabilities have also been strengthened, according to Oracle.

Other various improvements have been made. Package indexing should now go more quickly, thanks to a parallel indexing engine. The search bar can now do word completion. The interface now allows multiple rows of tabs. NetBeans 7.2 has also been prepped for additional cloud work: The software has been tweaked so it runs more quickly on remote file systems.

should run on any platform that runs the JVM (Java Virtual Machine), and has been tested to work on different versions of Windows, Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X.

(Chris Kanaracus in Boston contributed to this report.)