Ashwin Rao on HTML5/NetBeans 7.3

As you may know, NetBeans 7.3 is creating quite a buzz in the community. The 122th episode of the Java Spotlight podcast features an interview with NetBeans Group Product Manager Ashwin Rao. Although he generally keeps a pretty low profile, Ashwin is one of the key folks driving NetBeans forward. He talks with Roger Brinkley about the HTML 5 landscape, the new features in NetBeans such as excellent JavaScript editing capabilities powered by the Nashorn engine on par with the Java editor, support for JavaScipt/HTML 5 frameworks like JQuery, AngularJS and backbone.js as well as enhanced browser integration.

The podcast also covers Java SE 6, Java EE 7, JavaFX and JavaOne India. You can listen to the full podcast here. If you are hungry to learn more about NetBeans 7.3 after you listen to the podcast, you can check out the list of new features and a cool video on the release.