Eclipse tutorial
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Eclipse tutorial
Eclipse is an open source, Java-based, scalable development platform.
Eclipse is Java's Integrated Development Environment (IDE), and of course Eclipse can also be used as an integrated development environment for other development languages, such as C, C, PHP, and Ruby.
Eclipse comes with a standard set of plug-ins, including Java Development Kit, JDK.
License
The Eclipse platform and its plug-ins are based on eclipse public licenses (EPL: Eclipse Public License).
Eclipse Public License (EPL) is an open source software release license that is applied by the Eclipse Foundation to Eclipse in an integrated development environment under its name.
Release
Since 2006, the Eclipse Foundation has scheduled simultaneous releases every year. S o far, simultaneous releases have been made mainly in June, and SR1 and SR2 releases will be released in September and February.
| Version code | The platform version | Major release date | SR1 release date | SR2 release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callisto | 3.2 | June 26, 2006 | N/A | N/A |
| Europa | 3.3 | June 27, 2007 | September 28, 2007 | February 29, 2008 |
| Ganymede | 3.4 | June 25, 2008 | September 24, 2008 | February 25, 2009 |
| Galileo | 3.5 | June 24, 2009 | September 25, 2009 | February 26, 2010 |
| Helios | 3.6 | June 23, 2010 | September 24, 2010 | February 25, 2011 |
| Indigo | 3.7 | June 22, 2011 | September 23, 2011 | February 24, 2012 |
| Juno | 3.8 and 4.2 | June 27, 2012 | September 28, 2012 | March 1, 2013 |
| Kepler | 4.3 | June 26, 2013 | September 27, 2013 | February 28, 2014 |
| Luna | 4.4 | June 25, 2014 | September 25, 2014 | N/A |
| Mars | 4.5 | June 24, 2015 | N/A | N/A |