Eclipse Classic

Eclipse Classic is the most recent release from the Eclipse top-level project (it is what has traditionally been the main download on this site). It contains what you need to build applications based on Eclipse technology, including integrated development environments (IDE), and rich client applications using the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP). The Eclipse Classic provides superior Java editing with incremental compilation, the Plug-in Development Environment (PDE), complete source code for the Eclipse Platform, and much more.

If you are building Eclipse Rich Client applications, consider Eclipse for RCP/Plug-in Developers.

What You Need

You will need a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to run Eclipse Classic. A Java 5 JRE is recommended.

Eclipse Classic 3.3.2 (Windows™ users, see this note)
Additional features can be installed from the Europa Update Site via the Update Manager, including:
- Ruby Development Tools (DLTK)
- Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF)
- Graphical Editing Framework (GEF)
- Test and Performance Tools (TPTP)
- Graphical Modeling Framework (GMF)
- Data Tools (DTP)

New and Noteworthy

Eclipse Classic—built using Eclipse 3.3—includes numerous enhancements over previous versions, including:

Improved debugging support, including hyperlink stepping.
A new Quick Access feature (ctrl-3) to enhance IDE navigation.
Support for Mac OSX on Intel and early access support for Windows Vista.
Improvements in Plug-in Development Environment (PDE) to make building RCP applications easier.

For a list of new features in Eclipse 3.3, check out the New and Noteworthy.

Tutorials and help

Adding Features from the Europa Discovery Site (Adding Ruby Development Tools)
Test First Development using Eclipse

Eclipse

What You Need

New and Noteworthy

Tutorials and help

Documentation and Newsgroups

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