Congratulations [Netbeans team](http://www.netbeans.org/index.html) on the [release of 6.5](http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/NewsItemView?newsItemID=1313). I’ve been using the pre-release versions but as expected experienced some problems that prevented me from using it seriously. I’m excited with 6.5 because PHP has been given first class status and includes what appears to be simple debugging. I’m [downloading](http://www.netbeans.org/downloads/index.html) the full version now so hopefully will have something interesting to report soon. Request for next release – Django support built in. It looks like the [Python Early Access release](http://www.netbeans.org/features/python/index.html) is shaping up and I noticed some of the milestone builds had Django support so hopefully this isn’t a far-fetched request.

**Edit:** I built a simple PHP application and enabled debugging. On Ubuntu it took about 90s to configure it Apache and PHP and voila! I can now debug php web apps. The integrated PHP feature has improved dramatically since the last release. If you’re following the tutorial for Ubuntu configuration please note that the path to xdebug.so may differ depending on which version of Ubuntu you’re using. One of the tutorial videos on their website teaches you [how to create a wordpress plugin](http://www.netbeans.tv/screencasts/PHP-in-NetBeans-IDE-6.5-377/) – what a cool idea.