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| <td> Eclipse defines a platform with all of the plumbing and infrastructure | |
| you need to build most workstation development tools. It includes a resource | |
| management system extensible VCM integration, a native-integrated multi-platform | |
| widget library called SWT, a UI framework called JFace, and a plug-in architecture | |
| for extensibility. Eclipse defines a workbench-style user interface and | |
| view management system, and a set of common domain-independent user interaction | |
| paradigms that tool builders can plug into to add new capabilities. The | |
| platform comes with a set of standard views which can be extended by tool | |
| builders. Tool builders can both add new views, and plug new domain-specific | |
| capability into existing view... and Eclipse is built using its own plug-in | |
| extensibilty architecture - so there are no second-class tools. | |
| <p>The success of Eclipse depends on how well it enables a wide range of | |
| tool builders to build best of breed integrated tools. The Eclipse project | |
| is designed to bring the community of tool builders and Eclipse developers | |
| together to evolve the Eclipse technology to meet the needs of Eclipse | |
| tool builders and their users, so that the vision of Eclipse as an open | |
| industry platform is realized.</p> | |
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| The Eclipse Project consists of three subprojects: the Platform, the Java | |
| development tools (JDT), and the Plug-in Development Environment (PDE). | |
| Together, they form the Eclipse SDK, a complete development environment | |
| for Eclipse-based tools, and for developing Eclipse itself.<br> | |
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