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Newer page: version 6 Last edited on Sunday, July 11, 2004 3:38:05 am by AristotlePagaltzis
Older page: version 5 Last edited on Thursday, July 8, 2004 11:21:30 am by DrewBroadley Revert
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-A [OpenSource], [Java]-based, CrossPlatform [IDE]. 
+[Eclipse | http://www.eclipse.org/] is an [OpenSource], [Java]-based, CrossPlatform [IDE]. There are a wide range of plugins for editing and compiling [JavaCC], [XML], [Schema], [C++], and properties files, amoungst others. Most plugins are developed, distributed and updated separately from the framework, which can take a bit of getting used to
  
-Eclipse integrates tightly with [Ant] and various [Java] [Compiler]s and [VirtualMachine]s. It 's not perfectly CrossPlatform (you can't check project files into [CVS] from [Linux], check them out from [Windows], and expect them to work first time ), but is getting close, in terms of both look and feel
+Though [ Eclipse] can be and is meant to be used for a lot of things besides [Java], there are some excellent [Java]-centric plugins packaged with the main distribution, which integrate tightly with [Ant] and various [Java] [Compiler]s and [VirtualMachine]s. They 're not perfectly CrossPlatform (projects checked into [CVS] from [Linux] may not work out of the box when checked out from [Windows], f.ex ), but are getting close. 
  
-There are a wide range of plugins for editing and compiling [JavaCC ], [XML ], [Schema], [C++], and properties files, amoungst others. The plugins are developed, distributed and updated seperately from the framework, which can take a bit of getting used to.  
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-http://www.eclipse.org/  
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-Compare: [KDevelop]  
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-See Also: [ EclipseNotes]  
+See also:  
+* [KDevelop ], a native [IDE ] without framework ambitions  
+* EclipseNotes 
  
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+CategorySoftwareEngineeringTools