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Introducing Eclipse
In This Chapter
Installing Eclipse
Start Using Eclipse
Run with Eclipse
Debug with Eclipse
Refactoring with Eclipse
Eclipse is a modern, extensible, open source Integrated Development Environment
(IDE). This means it is the latest technology for developers, can be customized by
and for developers, and best of all, it is free for you to use. Some surveys (for exam-
ple, at www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=30020) suggest that more
than 60 percent of Java developers use Eclipse as their primary development tool.
Eclipse comes with many important and powerful features, features that you
would expect in a modern IDE. These include a file and project manager, a syntax
sensitive editor, support for code refactoring, interfaces to source control systems,
such as CVS and Subversion, and many others. Eclipse also provides an interface
for plug-ins, which are extensions to the product that anyone can build. Many
plug-ins are available, some for free and others for a fee.
The Eclipse development environment is not just for Java. It is an IDE that can
be used for any programming language. There is even a plug-in that supports de-
velopment for COBOL projects.
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