Introduction to the editions of Eclipse

Write it down! So as not to download at a later time and do not know download that:

The Eclipse IDE for Java Developers is developed for Java

Eclipse IDE for Java EE developers is developed for EE

Eclipse for rcp/plug-in developers is developed for RCP and plug-ins

Eclipse IDE for C + + developers is the classic version of Eclipse Classic 3.3.2 developed for C/s + +

The differences between the editions:
Eclipse IDE for Java Developers is an eclipse platform plus JDT plugin for Java development
Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers should be Eclipse's platform plus WTP plugin for Java Enterprise-class development
Eclipse IDE for C + + developers is Eclipse's platform plus CDT plugin for C and C + + development
Eclipse for rcp/plug-in developers is the SDK for Eclipse, used primarily for plug-in development
Eclipse Classic is the original eclipse, or is mainly used to develop Java

So what is the difference between them, the biggest difference is the title and the size of the package is different. After downloading the extract, you will find that the different versions of Eclipse are different from the files in the Plugins/features directory.

A standard eclipse, add some plugins that JEE development needs, such as WTP,WST, and so on, it turns into "Eclipse IDE for Java EE". The rest is the same. As a skilled eclipse user, whichever you choose, the plugin you need can be easily accessible from the Eclipse website.
Here is a detailed description of the SDK version and runtime binary differences.

· The SDK, which appears to be the abbreviation for Software Development Toolkit, is a developer kit that contains source code.

· Runtime binary is just a run-time environment.

Many times, we need to look at Eclipse Plartform API or class source codes, for the SDK version of Eclipse, comes with the source plugin plug-in, Eclipse will directly link to us, This is very convenient for developers. If unfortunately you use binary runtime,eclipse will prompt you source can not find, need to manually link.

It is also OK to select a package with source. However, it is recommended to go to eclipse to download the corresponding Source-plugin, put in the plugins directory or dropins directory, restart the next to view the source code.

For the previously mentioned download version, Eclipse Classic is a version of the SDK with source, others do not seem to have source, (presumably because of the addition of too many other plugin, save space) need to download. For the 3.7 version, all packages can be found here Http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.7-201106131736/index.PHP, other versions and so on.

Personal general use Eclipse Classic, need other plug-ins, to configure their own

Introduction to the editions of Eclipse