Eclipse IDE

Eclipse was the dominant Java IDE for a decade. While IntelliJ has taken the lead, Eclipse remains critical for legacy enterprise projects and specific industries (Embedded, Auto).

When to Use

• Enterprise Java & Jakarta EE Development: Developing large-scale legacy enterprise systems with Maven and Gradle.
• OSGi Plugin Architecture: Building modular desktop applications on the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP).
• Embedded C/C++ Development (CDT): Developing firmware and embedded systems with GNU toolchains.
• Headless Eclipse JDT Language Server: Powering Java LSP support in modern text editors (Neovim, VS Code, Helix).

Quick Start

# Compile and run project using Maven wrapper outside Eclipse
./mvnw clean compile