02 Aug Eclipse Introduction
Eclipse is a cross-platform IDE developed by the Eclipse Foundation. It came in the year 2001 and is currently the most widely used Java IDE. It is used for developing applications in Java, Ruby, C, C++, etc. Eclipse is free to download and released under the Eclipse Public License (EPL). Under Eclipse Introduction, we will discuss Eclipse, its version history, and its features.
Eclipse IDE Version History
Here’s the version history,
| Eclipse IDE | Version | Release |
|---|---|---|
| - | 3 | 2004 |
| - | 3.1 | 2005 |
| Callisto | 3.2 | 2006 |
| Europa | 3.3 | 2007 |
| Ganymede | 3.4 | 2008 |
| Galileo | 3.5 | 2009 |
| Helios | 3.6 | 2010 |
| Indigo | 3.7 | 2011 |
| Juno | 3.8 & 4.2 | 2012 |
| Kepler | 4.3 | 2013 |
| Luna | 4.4 | 2014 |
| Mars | 4.5 | 2015 |
| Neon | 4.6 | 2016 |
| Oxygen | 4.7 | 2017 |
| Photon | 4.8 | 2018 (to be released) |
Features
Here are the features of Eclipse,
Open Source: Eclipse is an open-source IDE, which is freely available. Go to its official website, download and install for free.
Rich Client Platform: Eclipse provides the Rich Client Platform (RCP) for developing general purpose applications.
Eclipse Workbench: It includes views, editors, perspectives, etc.
Extensions: Eclipse has a lot of extensions, which help in integration and support for Python, Android, jQuery, etc.
Plugins: Eclipse supports a lot of plugins. You can also write your own plug-ins using the Plug-in Development Environment (PDE).
Eclipse Marketplace: A universe of extensions and plugins is provided by Eclipse at the Marketplace.
Tools: Eclipse provides tools to help you in analyzing your code, managing, refactoring it, etc. It also has plugins for defect detection, automatically correcting code quality defects, etc
Accessibility: Eclipse takes care of the users with restricted mobility, and partial impairment and provides the IDE access using a keyboard. With that, you can use screen-reader software to hear what is written.
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