Eclipse is an open source software project dedicated to providing a robust, full-featured, and commercial-quality platform for developing and supporting highly integrated software engineering tools. Excepting the small Eclipse runtime kernel, all the platform components are plug-in tools integrated seamlessly through predefined extension points. The platform supports deliverables throughout the development and maintenance life cycle.
Index Terms:
Eclipse, open source software, integrated development environments
Citation:
Zhihui Yang, Michael Jiang, "Using Eclipse as a Tool-Integration Platform for Software Development," IEEE Software, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 87-89, Mar./Apr. 2007, doi:10.1109/MS.2007.58