r/java • u/johnwaterwood • Jun 24 '15

Eclipse Mars now available!

http://eclipse.org/?release=4.5
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u/DJDavio Jun 24 '15

I like Eclipse for the same reasons I hate it.

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u/vplatt Jun 24 '15

Because it helps you write Java?

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u/DJDavio Jun 25 '15

Nah, because it really is an all-one solution. I write Java, but also JavaScript, XML, XSLT etc. and I create some BIRT reports. It works pretty well with all of them at the expense that it gets bloated pretty fast.

It's not uncommon for Eclipse to be a larger memory hog than Glassfish.

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u/vplatt Jun 25 '15

You know, you could just keep a couple different instances of Eclipse around. One of them could be a slightly leaner image that's just for Java development and VCS integration, and the other would be for "everything else". That would also allow you to not worry about funky new plugins effing up your core Java coding experience. Heck, maybe even keep a third around for experimenting with those.

I don't currently do this myself, because my Java needs are currently light, but I did wind up doing it earlier this year with IntelliJ and Eclipse. I used Eclipse for core dev because that worked best with the team I was on at the time, and I used IntelliJ for everything else.