Appendix A.2 - Resources

Eclipse.org

• The Eclipse Project - The primary platform and its tools
  • Platform - Frameworks and common services
  • JDT - Java development tools
  • PDE - Plug-in development environment
• The Eclipse Tools Project - Secondary tools for Eclipse
  • CDT - C/C++ development tools
  • COBOL - A fully functional COBOL IDE
  • EMF - A Java/XML framework for generating models
  • GEF - Graphical editor framework
  • Hyades - Framework for automated software quality tools
  • UML2 - Framework for UML 2.0 modeling tools
  • VE - Visual editor; Framework for creating GUI builders
• The Eclipse Technology Project - Eclipse-based technology
  • AJDT - AspectJ development tools project
  • Equinox - Platform run-time configurations for Eclipse
  • ECESIS - Eclipse Community Education Project
  • Generative Model Transformer - Tools for model-driven software development
  • Koi - Fine-grained collaborative services framework
  • Stellation - Configuration management system (SCM)
  • WSVT - Web service validation tools
  • XSD - An XML schema reference library
• The Eclipse Web Tools Platform Project - Web tools for Eclipse

Eclipse Plug-in Central

A site dedicated to supporting the growth of the Eclipse community by helping developers locate, evaluate, and acquire plug-ins that can help them deliver their projects faster, better, and cheaper. Eclipse Plug-in Central (EPiC) adds value by offering marketplace updates, reviews, ratings, news, forums, community listings for products and services, and support for the Eclipse Foundation.

Eclipse plug-in site

A site containing lists of plug-ins sliced and diced by category and hit count (a very rough popularity statistic). Each plug-in has a short description, a place for anyone to comment, statistics, and a link to the plug-in’s home page.

Eclipse wiki wiki

A wiki wiki site containing information about Eclipse gleaned from newsgroups, mailing lists, and the like. The availability of this site is unreliable, but when available, it contains a wealth of information.

EclipseCon

The Web site for information about the EclipseCon technical conference.

ANTLR plug-in for Eclipse

A plug-in providing support for the parser generator ANTLR, including an editor and builder.

Bugzilla plug-in

Proof-of-concept for integrating Bugzilla into Eclipse. Looks promising, but we have not tried it.

Coloring editor

A free syntax color highlighting editor for Eclipse that uses JEdit’s syntax highlighting mode files. There are several other projects and plug-ins on this site, including cSpy and a widget/plug-in inspector.

Eclipse Easter eggs

A list of links and resources for Eclipse, plus a page of Eclipse Easter eggs for fun.

IBM Alphaworks on Eclipse

A site filled with Eclipse-related technology and articles from the IBM Alphaworks labs.

IBM Eclipse research

A source of information regarding IBM grants and programs centered on Eclipse-based technology.

PHP plug-in for Eclipse

An open source plug-in providing support for PHP, structured query language (SQL), HTML, and Jtidy.It includes syntax highlighting, command completion, and a preview of pages.

QNX’s Momentics

An IDE build on Eclipse for writing code around a real-time OS. We have never used it, but others have recommended it.

QuickShare: XP programming for Eclipse

A lightweight code sharing plug-in for XP-like pair programming in a distributed environment.

Sangam: XP programming for Eclipse

Another code sharing plug-in for XP-like pair programming in a distributed environment.

Wiki editor for Eclipse

Build your own local wiki pages using this wiki editor integrated into Eclipse. Provides syntax coloring, link traversal, wiki spaces, and more.