Eclipse is a multi-language Integrated development environment (IDE) comprising a base workspace and an extensible plug-in system for customizing the environment. It is written mostly in Java. It can be used to develop applications in Java and, by means of various plug-ins, other programming languages including Ada, C, C++, COBOL, Fortran, Haskell, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, R, Ruby (including Ruby on Rails framework), Scala, Clojure, Groovy, Scheme, and Erlang. It can also be used to develop packages for the software Mathematica. Development environments include the Eclipse Java development tools (JDT) for Java and Scala, Eclipse CDT for C/C++ and Eclipse PDT for PHP, among others.

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3 ways in which Java modules will change the…

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The top 11 Free IDE for Java Coding, Development…

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9 tools to help you with Java Performance Tuning

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5 tools to help you write better Java Code

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What we love and hate about Java IDEs –…

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Alex Marshall
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Indenting your own code

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