Editor Support for JavaScript, CSS, and PHP 

Take advantage of full syntax highlighting, code completion, pop-up documentation, and error checking for JavaScript, CSS and PHP. The Editor recognizes JavaScript code in stand-alone JavaScript files as well as in HTML, RHTML, PHP, and JSP files (More about JavaScript...). The CSS editor allows you to edit CSS rules and preview the results.

Editor for Ajax-enabled JSF Applications

Built into the NetBeans JSF framework is a collection of Java Server Faces-based, Ajax-enabled user interface components. Using these components, you can build consistent, accessible and dynamic web pages.

Using an Ajax-enabled component is like working with any other component in the IDE: Drag and drop the component, set properties, and customize server-side event handlers. This dynamic Ajax behavior is implemented via Project Dynamic Faces (DynaFaces).

Ajax Toolkit Integration

The JavaScript editor provides code completion and integrated documentation for popular Ajax toolkits such as Dojo, YahooUI, Flickr, jQuery, Script.aculo.us, Prototype, etc. Download your favorite JavaScript toolkits, copy the files into your project, and the editor will automatically recognize them.

Databases 

The Database Explorer works with JavaDB (Derby), MySQL and PostgreSQL out of the box. The Explorer supports any relational database for which there is a JDBC driver, including Oracle, IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, PointBase, Sybase, Informix, Cloudscape, InstantDB, Interbase, Firebird, FirstSQL, Mckoi SQL, HSQLDB, Hypersonic SQL, Micrososft Access.

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