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| Feature | Status | Quality | |--------|--------|---------| | Syntax highlighting | ✅ Works | Basic, no semantic highlighting | | Code completion | ⚠️ Partial | Limited to built-ins & current file. No deep inference from third-party libs. | | Code navigation (Go to definition) | ❌ Poor | Works only within same file. Cross-file fails often. | | Refactoring (rename, extract) | ❌ None | No Python-specific refactoring. | | Debugging | ⚠️ Basic | Step, breakpoints, variable watch. But slow, unreliable with modern frameworks. | | Unit testing (unittest/pytest) | ❌ No native support | You can run externally, but no GUI integration. | | Linting (PEP8, pylint) | ❌ No | No built-in or plugin. | | Virtual environments | ❌ Manual | Must reconfigure interpreter path each time. | | Jupyter/Notebooks | ❌ No | Not supported. | | Django/Flask support | ❌ No | No project templates, no run configurations. | | Type checking (mypy) | ❌ No | — | | Package management (pip) | ❌ No | Must use terminal externally. |

Specify the path to your python.exe (or your Jython installation). Developing Python Projects in NetBeans netbeans python

if you are encountering one. Let me know which of these would be most helpful. book/JythonIDE.rst at master · jython/book - GitHub | Feature | Status | Quality | |--------|--------|---------|

The momentum stalled when acquired Sun Microsystems. Oracle shifted the focus of NetBeans back to being a "Java-first" tool. Cross-file fails often

While NetBeans is renowned as a powerful IDE for Java, its versatility extends to supporting other languages, including Python. Using NetBeans for Python development offers a robust, mature environment, particularly for developers who work in mixed-language environments or leverage Jython to integrate Python with Java applications.

Features a dedicated NetBeans Python debugger.

(2022–2024) focuses on Java, Gradle, Maven, and PHP. Python is not mentioned in release notes.