Eclipse (software)

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Eclipse IDE running on Windows Vista.

Eclipse is an open-source, free, cross-platform Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and application development framework primarily designed for Java software development, but can be used to develop software in other languages via plug-ins. Eclipse was developed by IBM in the early 2000s, and its is further developed since 2003 by the not-for-profit Eclipse foundation.

## Features[edit]

* Unit Testing
* Syntax highlighting
* Visual GUI editor

## See also[edit]

Eclipse Foundation