What do you need?

Eclipse 3.2 is required for Callisto. There is no upgrade path from previous versions of Eclipse.

• The Eclipse Platform Runtime Binaries

  Eclipse SDK

  The Eclipse Platform Runtime Binaries provides base integrated development environment (IDE) functionality, but without support for any specific programming languages or tools. From the Platform Runtime Binaries, you can connect to the Callisto Discovery Site to install the features you need.
• Optional features available via the Callisto Discovery Site
  • C/C++ Development tools (CDT)

    CDT

    The CDT provides advanced functionality for C/C++ developers. Combining the CDT with the Platform Runtime forms a first-class C/C++ IDE.

    Tutorials and Help

    • Installing and using the C/C++ Development Tools
    • CDT Tutorials...
  • Data Tools (DTP)

    Data Tools

    Data Tools provides tools for accessing, viewing and manipulating databases and other data sources.
  • Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF)

    Eclipse Modeling Framework

    EMF is a modeling framework and code generation facility for building tools and other applications based on a structured data model.
  • Graphical Editing Framework (GEF)

    Graphical Editing Framework

    The Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) allows developers to take an existing application model and quickly create a rich graphical editor.
  • Graphical Modeling Framework (GMF)

    Graphical Modeling Framework

    The Eclipse Graphical Modeling Framework (GMF) provides a generative component and runtime infrastructure for developing graphical editors.
  • Java Development Tools (JDT)

    Java Development Tools

    The Java Development Tools (JDT) provides tools that support the development of any Java application, including Eclipse plug-ins.

    • Test First Development using Eclipse
  • Java EE and Web Tools (WTP)

    Java EE and Web Tools

    The Eclipse Web Tools Platform (WTP) extends the Eclipse platform with tools for developing Java Enterprise Edition and Web applications.

    • Building and Running a Web Application
    • Adding Java Persistence API (JPA) Support to a Project
    • More Web and Java EE Tutorials...
  • Reporting Tools (BIRT)

    Reporting Tools

    BIRT is a reporting system that integrates with your application to produce compelling reports for both web and PDF.

    • Building a Simple Report with BIRT
    • My First Report
    • More BIRT Tutorials and screen casts...
  • Test and Performance Tools (TPTP)

    Test and Performance Tools

    The Eclipse Test and Performance Tools Platform (TPTP) Project provides an open platform supplying powerful frameworks and services that allow software developers to build unique test and performance tool, both open source and commercial, that can be easily integrated with the platform and with other tools.

    Suggested reading

    • Using TPTP Logging and Monitoring Tools
  • Visual Editor (VE)

    Visual Editor

    The Eclipse Visual Editor (VE) project is a vendor-neutral, open development platform supplying frameworks for creating GUI builders, and exemplary, extensible tool implementations for SWT/RCP.

Tutorials and Help

• Installing the Eclipse SDK
• Installing Features from the Callisto Discovery Site
• Installing and using the C/C++ Development Tools
• Installing and Using the Eclipse Web Tools
• Installing BIRT
• Installing and using the Eclipse Visual Editor