Why Eclipse IDE

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Debug Java ( //www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-platform )




Customize perspective, views, hotkey... ( //www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-master1/ )








Customize formatting ( //www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-master3/ )




Refactoring 2003 ( //www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-ecref/ ) :




Integrate SVN/CVS ( //www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-ecl-subversion/ )




Debug PHP ( //www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-ecbug/ )




Debug C/C++ ( //www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-eclipse-cdt-debug2 )




Debug Python ( //www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-ecant/ )




Debug ActionScript ( //swingchen.bokee.com/6028838.html )




Debug ColdFusion ( //www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-cfeclipse/ )




And Ruby ( //www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-rdt/ )




even .NET ! ( //www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-migratenetvs/ )




and more... ( //www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-iphone/ )




Rocks solid on multi-OS : ( //www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-osxjava/ )







Other IDEs which turn out to use Eclipse codebase :

FlexBuilder (Adobe)
Websphere Studio Application Developer (IBM)
JDeveloper (Oracle)
JBuilder 2007+ (Borland)
WebLogic workshop (BEA)
ZendStudio (Zend)
Aptana (Aptana)
PowerDesigner (Sybase)
MyEclipse (Genuitec)
Rational XYZ (IBM)
Parasoft XYZ (Parasoft)
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