How can I get early access to Oracle Java updates, so I can test my RIA and avoid fire-drills when these updates are made public?

Question

Having had our application stop working when customers installed the 7u45 update, we\'re wondering what more we can do in the future to be ready for these updates up-front a

Answer 1

Netbeans 7.4 was just released last night. And one of the new features is Java 8 preview capability. Although this might not help you through each release, at least it could help you get ready for Java 8.

https://netbeans.org/community/releases/74/