Eclipse

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Eclipse is a very active open source community with over 60 open source projects, but it is mostly known because of its IDE environment for Java. One of the key benefits of Eclipse's IDE environment is the ability for customized plugins to be integrated into the IDE, allowing for a very customizable development experience.

Several major companies (such as IBM) and universities help support the Eclipse platform.

[edit] Projects

Eclipse projects fall under seven different categories:

  • Enterprise Development
  • Embedded and Device Development
  • Rich Client Platform
  • Rich Internet Applications
  • Application Frameworks
  • Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
  • Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Currently, the most popular project is the Web Tools project. SWT is another popular project.

[edit] Plugins

Some popular plugins for Eclipse include:

  • jMATLAB - A workbench for Scientific Computing
  • GWT Designer
  • Spring IDE
  • JFormDesigner - Swing GUI Designer

[edit] See Also

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