Sep 21, 2005 12:27 PM
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(Updated Sep 21, 2005 12:27 PM)
Eclipse the programmer IDE that is taking the world by storm as most leading majors in the IT industry are switching to eclipse technology. Eclipse is more than an IDE, its a platform on its own, many applications have been developed using the Eclipse platform. For eg, Azureus, the robust and the best BitTorrent client that I have used is programmed using the eclipse platform. As far as the IDE is concerned it offers more functionality than its similar commercial counterparts could offer. The user friendly UI is the most appreciable thing of Eclipse. The most interesting thing about Eclipse is that it has been completely written in Java without using even a single line of AWT code ( AWT is the API that is used to bring the GUI using Java). The rendering of the GUI is done rather natively that by the JRE which make eclipse faster than its Java based counterparts like Netbeans, JEdit etc. Also eclipse with its plugin-based architecture allows a great deal of flexibility to add new components for different purposes. With this eclipse can also be used for C++ development using the CDT plugin and so on. It also provides many useful features like content-assist, refactoring, quick fix of common errors etc. I would very well recommend to any developer about eclipse. Eclipse being FREE does not mean that there any compromise in the quality of the product. It can be rated as the best IDE ever developed, with a horde of functionality with it.
