The program provides integrated console-like UI for the Java Shell, leveraging the tool editor capabilities.
Java Shell is a new tool included in JDK9 defined in JEP 222 to introduce REPL (read-eval-print-loop) capabilities to Java. Apache NetBeans for Mac is easy to install and use straight out of the box and runs on many platforms including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris. You get all the tools you need to create professional desktop, enterprise, web, and mobile applications with the Java language, C/C++, and even dynamic languages such as PHP, JavaScript, Groovy, and Ruby.
A free, open-source Integrated Development Environment for software developers.