I’m a big fan of NetBeans’s hints supports as proven by my blog posts on Seven Indispensable NetBeans Java Hints, Seven NetBeans Hints for Modernizing Java Code, Creating a NetBeans 7.1 Custom Hint, ...

The beta version of NetBeans 8.1 is now available, the open-source IDE's community announced. This upgrade of the popular Java IDE will support developers working with Java SE 8, Java SE Embedded 8 ...