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Eclipse

Eclipse, for most people who use it, is an Integrated Development Environments (IDE). Although it is well-known as a Java IDE, it can be used as an IDE for other languages.

Features

(Note: These features applies to Eclipse + JDT. Features for other languages may vary.)

  • Code completion – Shows a list of properties and methods when you type in an object’s name
  • Automatic error checking – Highlights compilation errors and warnings
  • Automatic compilation – Compiles the program as soon as you save
  • Built-in CVS support – checkout, update and commit functions can be done in the IDE

System requirement

  • No installation necessary – just decompress the files
  • Eclipse platform (not SDK) and JDT together takes about 40 MB of disk space. More will be used if you install other plug-ins.

Commonly used Plugins

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