Apache NetBeans 11.1

PRs merged in Apache NetBeans 11.1:

https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+merged%3A%3E%3D2019-03-01+sort%3Aupdated-asc+

Filtered as is:pr merged:>=2019-03-01 sort:updated-asc (The date might not be quite right, and some things will have been cherry picked.)

Announcements

release schedule: Release Schedule
beta-1 release announcement: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9b4a9d595d80ccf209c503971dd568bedc60f997602ea404da820b2e@%3Cdev.netbeans.apache.org%3E
Artefacts: https://builds.apache.org/job/netbeans-release/413/artifact/dist/
The binary you most likely need is: https://builds.apache.org/job/netbeans-release/413/artifact/dist/netbeans-11.1-beta1-bin.zip
Installers, as mentioned below, are in progress.

Feedback

Join the mailing lists to provide feedback: https://netbeans.apache.org/community/mailing-lists.html

Draft List of Features (Work in Progress)

General

The first Apache NetBeans release outside the Apache Incubator.
Migration, with references to 'Incubator' removed everywhere: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-18261
First release in the new quarterly release cycle, proposed by Neil: Release Schedule.
First release with official Apache NetBeans installers. (Link to be provided here once the installers have been created.)
Apache NetBeans can be built on JDK 11: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1144

Appearance

HiDPI splash screen with product version: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1246
Improve tabcontrol border appearance (HiDPI): https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1284
Improve icon scaling on HiDPI displays, and prepare ImageUtilities for HiDPI icons: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1273

Java

Java editor
- Integration of support for JEP-330: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1171
- Inline parameter name hints for Java: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1247
- Code completion for JEP 325 preview feature for multiple case labels: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1175
- Hint for converting to JEP 325 preview feature for switch expressions: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1193
- Java Migration profiles: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1212 and https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1292.
- "main" is a new shortcut, that does the same as "psvm", i.e., creates 'public static void main': https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1176

- Fixing automatic Jigsaw module name generation: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1274
Graal/Truffle
- Using Graal.js 19.0.0 via Scripting in platform/core.network: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1092
- Separate Truffle source caches between multiple debugging sessions: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1252
OpenJFX samples: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1241

Maven enhancements

Java compiler args, e.g., "--enable-preview", passed to Java editor from Maven: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1173


<build>
   <plugins>
      <plugin>
          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>3.8.0</version>
          <configuration>
              <compilerArgs>
                    <arg>--enable-preview</arg>
              </compilerArgs>
         </configuration>
     </plugin>
  </plugins>
</build>

JaCoCo Maven integration is broken in NB 11.0: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1286
Prevent Maven libraries from being exluded: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1271

Gradle enhancements
- Gradle JavaEE Support: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1215
- Initial support for modular java project in Gradle: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1276
- Java Frontend Application wizard for Gradle: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1154
- Add debugger support for Gradle Web Projects: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1289
- Enable Always show Gradle Build output by default: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1220
- Fixes in the Gradle Java action/replace token providers: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1198
- Polishing Gradle HTML UI: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1279
- Update TestSuites in a Gradle Test Run upon completion: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1254
- Fix startup message re Gradle position info: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1227