[x3d-public] NetBeans IDE 8.1 Release Information: includes node.js support, X3D-Edit updated

[Don Brutzman]

Updates to Netbeans and Java are tested and deployed...

	https://netbeans.org/community/releases/81/

These features all seem to be working in the latest X3D-Edit.  It will be good to try out the node.js features with the X3D JSON encoding - test reports welcome.

	https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit

> NetBeans IDE 8.1 Information
>
> NetBeans IDE 8.1 provides out-of-the-box code analyzers and editors for working with the latest Java 8 technologies--Java SE 8, Java SE Embedded 8, and Java ME Embedded 8. The IDE also has a range of new tools for HTML5/JavaScript, in particular for Node.js, KnockoutJS, and AngularJS; enhancements that further improve its support for Maven and Java EE with PrimeFaces; and improvements to PHP and C/C++ support.
>
> NetBeans IDE 8.1 is available in English, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Russian, and Simplified Chinese.

> New Feature Highlights
>
> Node.js Application Development
>
>     New Node.js project wizard
>     New Node.js Express wizard
>     Enhanced JavaScript Editor
>     New support for running Node.js applications
>     New support for debugging Node.js applications
>
> HTML5/JavaScript Enhancements
>
>     New support for Gulp
>     New support for Mocha and Selenium
>     New Jade Node Template Engine support
>     New Shadow DOM support via NetBeans Chrome plugin
>     Enhanced support for Grunt
>     Enhancements for AngularJS and KnockoutJS
>     Projects recognized via package.json, bower.json, composer.json

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all the best, Don
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