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Support for Latest Java
Supports Java 25 and provides the necessary tooling for development.
Improved Java Development Tooling
New option for direct Javadoc access from annotation hovers, support
for markdown specific syntax in the Javadoc formatter, quick fix to
convert eligible classes to Java records and an option to drag and
drop variables and expressions into the debug shell.
Proven Extensibility
Features a huge variety of platform plugins that will ease the
addition of new functionality: check the
marketplace
Improved Platform
Monitor specific UI scaling now the default for SWT on Windows with
modern
PerMonitorV2
DPI awareness, new native PDF generation
support in SWT and improved console view icon that updates based on the
active console selection.
Free and Open Source
Free and open source released under the terms of the Eclipse Public
License 2.0.
Improved Plug-in Development Tooling
New option in PDE launch configuration to display the resolved bundle
list for plugin and feature based applications.
Community-powered
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Testimonials
Renesas have been using the Eclipse IDE platform and C/C++ Development
Toolkit for many years as the basis of our own IDE product. We joined the
Eclipse IDE Working Group because it is a great way to get proactively
involved in the IDE and make contributions to keep the platform active
and thriving.
The Eclipse IDE Working Group enables Renesas to more easily make a
contribution when we have limited committers working on the projects that
we use. Sponsoring the working group also gives us an avenue to further
contribute and invest in these projects. The Eclipse IDE Working Group
gives us insight into the future direction of the IDE and gives us the
opportunity to influence the future plans which will affect our own
commercial product and business interest.
- Mark Goodchild, at Renesas
Sigasi has been a proud user, contributor, and consumer of Eclipse IDE
for over 15 years. We’ve built our legacy with the IDE through JDT’s
great Java support, and have been building our flagship Sigasi Studio IDE
on the Eclipse platform. The IDE - in combination with many other great
Eclipse technologies such as EMF and Xtext - has propelled us forward and
gave us a tried and tested framework to build upon. The IDE is well
known, supported, loved, and used in our sector and is the baseline of
our product suite.
- Titouan Vervack, at Sigasi
Our goal is to make Spring developers around the world as productive as
possible when working with Spring in the IDE of their choice. Hundreds of
thousands of them use Eclipse and the Spring Tools extensions for Eclipse
for their daily work. It is their backbone while working on (oftentimes
business critical) Spring applications world-wide. We joined the Eclipse
IDE WG in order to contribute back to the ecosystem, to support ongoing
development of the Eclipse IDE, and to foster collaboration among others
with similar interest in this IDE.
- Martin Lippert, at VMware
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