Does Eclipse 2.1.1 supports Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) perspective? I didn't find this perspective when I downloaded eclipse 2.1.1 from eclipse archives website. I've to use this very old version of eclipse because I'm working on a legacy application and it uses some very old eclipse plugins that are only supported in older versions released before the year 2003. Any support regarding this would be highly appreciated.
No. WTP's original code contribution to Eclipse took place in 2004. Prior to that, its contents lived in other commercial products and Open Source projects, and the perspective definition itself and a lot of the associated Java EE support was in an IBM commercial product.
I can't say for sure because this is so old, but I would think it very unlikely.
Eclipse 2 had a different way of describing plugin dependencies which newer plugins don't use, so anything that is not built for Eclipse 2 won't work.
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I'm not able to find the grails perspective in my latest release download of spring tool suite 3.8.2
I've created GRAILS_HOME varialble as C:\grails-2.4.4
path variable as %GRAILS_HOME%\bin
and similarly JAVA_HOME and its path variable.
Still not able to find the Grails perspective in STS.
The Grails support is no longer available for the Spring Tool Suite, at least not the Grails support that we worked on in the past. There was an announcement from Pivotal about the general topic a while ago: https://blog.pivotal.io/pivotal/news/groovy-2-4-and-grails-3-0-to-be-last-major-releases-under-pivotal-sponsorship. This also included to not working on the tooling for Eclipse anymore.
If you want to, you can download the final version of the Groovy-Grails-Tool-Suite from here: https://spring.io/tools/ggts/all. It is version 3.6.4, based on Eclipse 4.4.2.
The marketplace entry that is mentioned in another comment refers to this version of the Groovy-Grails support - and should not be installed on Eclipse versions higher than 4.4.2.
We also do not officially support and work on the Groovy support for Eclipse anymore, but there is still a version available that works with the latest versions of Eclipse.
If you are (or someone else is) interested in taking over those tooling projects, feel free to reach out to us. We would be more than happy to provide some support in taking over those projects.
Looks like this has been dropped some time ago:
http://docs.spring.io/sts/nan/v370/NewAndNoteworthy.html
I want to implement with Eclipse a client server application in Java but I am confused with which Eclipse edition to use. Is Java EE Developers the solution?
Yes, Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers is the right choice. Go for the newest stable version Mars (4.5).
You can find it on the download pages for different operating systems and versions.
theoretically you can develop with any eclipse version which has EE bundles installed, but generally I would use Kepler
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-java-ee-developers/keplersr2
Do I understand correctly that the only version of Scala IDE compatible with Eclipse Luna is Scala IDE 4.0.0 Milestone 3?
I'm not familiar with this Milestone terminology. It seems to be something between stable version and nightly builds. Is it the same as Release Candidate? In old waterfall terminology would it be alpha or beta?
In other words: How safe is it?
If I already have Eclipse Luna and JDK 1.8, and want Scala support, do I really have a choice?
If someone already uses this combination, please share your experience.
And what is really confusing is that when I open Marketplace in Luna it offers 3.0x version.
Go figure...
Yes, 4.0 M3 is the minimum version that supports Luna. The upcoming versions will support Luna as well, but there are no plans to support older version of the Scala IDE on Luna.
Therefore, if you don't want to build an older version of Scala IDE, where you successfully included Luna support, there is no other way than to use 4.0M3+.
Milestones generally are equivalent to beta level I would say. M3 is the version before RC1 and RCs are not far away from final versions.
The milestones should be safe, even the nightlies are because they are already used to develop new versions of the IDE, but especially the nightlies could be broken for some days. For milestones it is more realistic that new features can be broken, but features that worked already in an older final version should be very safe.
The marketspace only offers the final version, if you want a milestone/nightly/RC you need to download it from the Scala IDE homepage.
Not really addressing the issue here, but I will anyways add an answer for people who wants to install Scala IDE(stable version) in Eclipse Luna.
Instead of going to marketplaces, go to
help -> Install new software
copy the version you want to install from
http://scala-ide.org/download/nightly.html
and paste it in the dialog box in Eclipse , press ADD.
It will list down the options,
select Scala IDE for Eclipse and finish.
Scala IDE will be installed in eclipse luna!
Ok here is the question. I don't want to have two eclipses, I just want to have one for c/c++ and Java EE. In the packages comparison link at eclipse.org is a list with the features per package. As can be seen there I think that if I have the "JAVA EE" I just need to add "EGit", "Linux Tools" and "CDT" in order to have both complete packages.
But I ask, is this that transparent? Just add those and that's it?
If this is true, how can I do that? Just add those three to the Java EE I already have? I mean what would be the procedure to achieve this integration?
Yes, that's it. Btw you don't need EGit properly speaking. EGit is for Eclipse integration with Git repositories and has nothing to do with Java and/or C++.
IMHO I strongly suggest you having one Eclipse for Java and another one for C++. This way you can install relevant plugins for each one and not oversaturate Eclipse with plugins, which consume a lot of memory.
I use Eclipse Java EE IDE for Web Developers, Version: Neon.3 Release (4.6.3RC2) on Ubuntu. Here are the steps I installed C++ plugins:
Help > Eclipse Marketplaces..
Find: C++, press Enter
Scroll down to locate Eclipse C/C++ IDE CDT 9.2 (Neon.2)
Click Install
Note: you may see different C/C++ IDE CDT version if you have a different version of Eclipse Java EE IDE
How do I find which Eclipse version I have on my Ubuntu system?
This is what "About Eclipse SDK" says.
Eclipse SDK
Version: 3.5.2
Build id: M20100211-1343
I am not sure if its the Eclipse IDE for Java Developers or the Eclipse Classic version.
What I would like to do is use Eclipse for
Java based Web Application Development
Ant Builds
Deploy using Tomcat
including HTML, CSS Editing
Please help me decide which version I should choose? I would like to upgrade my Eclipse setup from whatever version it is now to a version that supports all the above. Should I go for Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers?
Should I download a totally new version from Eclipse site or can I just ADD necessary features/plugins to my current Eclipse setup.
Please suggest.
See Compare Eclipse Packages for a nice chart
What I would like to do is use Eclipse for (...)
The Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers allows to do what you're asking for out of the box.
Should I download a totally new version from Eclipse site or can I just ADD necessary features/plugins to my current Eclipse setup.
Both would work, although it would be simpler to just get directly the Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers (especially if you don't know exactly what plugin(s) you're looking for). Personally, I don't use the version you can get from the repository but download Eclipse from the official website and install it in user mode.
If you are using Eclipse for only Enterprise Development, then as everybody has recommended I would use the Eclipse Java EE version. If you plan on occasionally using it for other development purposes then I would consider downloading a separate classic version as well.
The reason for this is that everybody is well aware of eclipse's plugin capabilities. Unfortunately, Eclipse can get bogged down with too many plugins or add on tools. What I have experienced is that if you are using it for Enterprise Development(J2EE) it might be a good idea to keep that as a separate environment then your other Java Development. That way you can download the plugins,tools,libraries,etc for your enterprise development, and you can use your classic version for any other development you might need.
The downside is you will have two versions, but this is not a problem granted you do not run them simultaneously.
If you want to play with Web development, then the Eclipse java EE for Developers is for you. It is shipped with components to make Java Enterprise applications to create Enterprise Applications (and bundle it in an Enterprise ARchiver, known as EAR file or Web ARchive, known as WAR file).
The default Eclipse shipping with Ubuntu is the Classic version, and you can add more plugins.
I would recommend, however, to download th eJEE version manually and unzip it and run. Then you have a local installation outside the system files.