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According to the chart listed on the NetBeans Release Roadmap , version 8.2 was supposed to ship in September.  The anticipated release date in the Release Overview section was "end of September."  It was a few days late, but it's here now ! It's great news!  And users should be eager to start using the new goodness like PHP 7 and ECMAScript 2015 (ES6).  However, Windows users may have an extra step in getting the installer working. The bug was first reported in October of 2015. "An error occurred while verifying bundled JVM" on Windows Server 2012 R2 The issue has a screen capture of the error message. Comment 7 holds the key to getting the installer up and running. Use the command line to launch the installer. Use the --javahome option to point to a valid Java installation. Example C:\> \Users\USERNAME\Downloads                     ...

Holding the control key [command key in Mac OS X] in NetBeans will mark functions, methods, and variables with an underline.  Holding the key and hovering over functions and methods will reveal their documentation in a sort of tool tip, if such documentation is available.  This is in addition to opening the documentation panel with the Control + Shift + Space key combination. Function documentation on usage with Control + Hover. The presentation of the documentation tip is available with the Control + Hover event on method definitions as well as their usage.  Oddly however, it's not available with function definitions.  With function definitions, the IDE presents a brief, and unhelpful tool tip just identifying the function and the file it belongs to. Function documentation on definition with Control + Hover.  Note that nothing meaningful is rendered as it is with the usage example. It should be noted, that the details identified here ar...