Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Eclipse Callisto / Eclipse 3.2
Eclipse Callisto has been released.
This is a milestone in the general sense of the word. Not only does it use the newly released Eclipse 3.2 (released first week of July 2006) as its starting point, but it also makes it easy to take on other functionality.
With 3.2, Eclipse has synced up new releases of a bunch of its other popular features/plugins. So, it is relatively easy to add, say J2EE, web development, or GUI development to Eclipse.
You pretty much do not have to use a beta version of Eclipse to use the latest released version of a feature, or an old version of the feature in order to stick with the latest non-beta version of Eclipse.
The Eclipse IDE has come a long, long way in the past half decade!
There is a an podcast (MP3) about Eclipse in DDJ.
Eclipse Callisto Discovery Site:
Open source powered software has gone from relatively unknown to some of the most efficient and reliable software in just the past decade and a half.
Open source software, especially the ones that are distributed for free, have really changed the face of the programming field. Not just the economics - but also the power that is placed in the hands of software developers.
This is a milestone in the general sense of the word. Not only does it use the newly released Eclipse 3.2 (released first week of July 2006) as its starting point, but it also makes it easy to take on other functionality.
With 3.2, Eclipse has synced up new releases of a bunch of its other popular features/plugins. So, it is relatively easy to add, say J2EE, web development, or GUI development to Eclipse.
You pretty much do not have to use a beta version of Eclipse to use the latest released version of a feature, or an old version of the feature in order to stick with the latest non-beta version of Eclipse.
The Eclipse IDE has come a long, long way in the past half decade!
There is a an podcast (MP3) about Eclipse in DDJ.
Eclipse Callisto Discovery Site:
he Callisto Discovery Site allows you to install any of the projects included
in the Callisto Release from a single location. Instead of downloading each project individually and then installing
them into your workspace, the Callisto Discovery Site simplifies the process.
Open source powered software has gone from relatively unknown to some of the most efficient and reliable software in just the past decade and a half.
Open source software, especially the ones that are distributed for free, have really changed the face of the programming field. Not just the economics - but also the power that is placed in the hands of software developers.
