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Re: [jdt-dev] New contributor introduction – Eclipse JDT

Hi Vikash,

Welcome to the Eclipse JDT community. In addition to what Suby shared, you may also find it useful to look at the general entry point for new contributors to the Eclipse IDE ecosystem, set up by our community mentors: https://github.com/eclipse-ide

It gives a broader view beyond JDT and can help you understand how the different parts of the IDE fit together.

For more instant interactions and quick questions, feel free to join the Matrix chat as well: https://chat.eclipse.org/#/room/#eclipse-ide-general:matrix.eclipse.org

Best,

Thomas

On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 2:33 PM Suby Surendran via jdt-dev <jdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Vikash,

Happy to hear that you are interested in contributing to Eclipse JDT.

JDT consists of three main areas:
  • JDT.Debug  - which focuses on the debugging capabilities of the IDE
  • JDT.UI - which provides the UI and visual implementations
  • JDT.Core - which includes the compiler, code formatting, code assist, and related infrastructure

You can choose any of these areas based on your interests. To set up the development environment, you can use Oomph to setup the workspace( https://github.com/eclipse-platform/.github/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#creating-an-eclipse-development-environment) or check the documentation of the respective repositories.


For beginner-friendly issues, you can filter issues using the label good first issue in the respective repositories.

Feel free to reach out on the mailing list if you have questions while setting things up or exploring the codebase. Looking forward to your contributions.

Thanks,
Suby

From: jdt-dev <jdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Vikash Kumar via jdt-dev <jdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, 6 February 2026 at 5:53 PM
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] [jdt-dev] New contributor introduction – Eclipse JDT

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i JDT team,

My name is Vikash Kumar Sinha and I’m a Java/Spring Boot developer interested in contributing to Eclipse JDT. I’ve recently joined the mailing list and I’m currently setting up the development environment and exploring the JDT codebase.

I would like to start contributing with beginner-friendly issues and would appreciate guidance on where to begin.

Looking forward to learning and contributing to the project.

Best regards,
Vikash

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