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Revision as of 12:54, 27 May 2006
What is Eclipse?
Eclipse is a free software development IDE written in the Java language. For many, it is becoming the defacto standard, especially for Java and J2ee development. It can also be expanded to provide robust editing for other languages, like Lua, via plugins.
Why Eclipse?
With the development of the right plugins Eclipse could become a powerful editing tool for the AddOn developer. Currently there is a Lua Plugin that allows for some Lua color-coding, but doesn't take into account any of the WoW objects/functions. A customized Eclipse editing plugin would need to be authored to accomplish this. The Lua plugin is a great starting point for this.
Ambitious AddOn makers who enjoy using Eclipse could even provide templates for creating .toc files, .xml files, etc.
Where can I get it?
Eclipse can be downloaded here: http://www.eclipse.org.
A Java JDK will be required to operate Eclipse. 1.4.2: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html
The Lua Plugin is available here: http://www.eclipse-plugins.info/eclipse/plugin_details.jsp?id=466