Eclipse 3.6 (June 23, 2010) (Helios - named after god of the sun in Greek Mythology).Eclipse 3.5 (June 12, 2009) (Galileo - named after the great 17th century scientist and astronomer Galileo Galilei).Eclipse 3.4 (June 19, 2008) (Ganymede - named after yet another Jupiter's Galilean moons).Eclipse 3.3 (June 25, 2007) (Europa - named after another Jupiter's Galilean moons).Eclipse 3.2 (June 30, 2006) (Callisto - named after one of the Jupiter's Galilean moons): started annual simultaneous release of all the related Eclipse projects.Eclipse 1.0 (November 7, 2001): based on an earlier Java IDE called VisualAge from IBM.
Eclipse is cross-platform and runs under Windows, Linux and macOS. It also supports C/C++, PHP, Python, Perl, and other web project developments via extensible plug-ins. However, it uses its own Java graphics library known as SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit), instead of Java's Swing/AWT.Įclipse is popular for Java application development (Java SE and Java EE) and Android apps. Eclipse is a desktop app written mostly in Java. Eclipse is a free and open-source Java Integrated Development Environment (IDE), originated from IBM inspired by VisualAge (in 2001), and now maintained by Eclipse Foundation.
