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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.
-
-http://www.eclipse.org/
-
-Compare: [KDevelop]
-
-See Also: [
EclipseNotes]
+See also:
+*
[KDevelop
], a native
[IDE
] without
framework ambitions
+*
EclipseNotes
----
-[
CategorySoftwareEngineeringTools]
+CategorySoftwareEngineeringTools
