My review of Eclipse
October 06, 2021

My review of Eclipse

Xialin Zhu | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Eclipse

It's one of the IDEs that many developers use daily. Most Java engineers use it to write and debug code. It's used across the entire engineering team.

Pros

  • Lots of debugging features
  • Auto-completion saved a lot of time for developers

Cons

  • Extensibility is not as good as IntelliJ
  • It uses more resources than some other IDEs. It becomes pretty slow when the project is big.
  • Debugging features. It really can save a lot of time.
  • Auto-completion when writing code.
  • Plugins that are targarted at specific type of projects
  • It saves a massive amount of debugging time thanks to its abundant features that can help developers find root causes of their problem quickly.
They are both great IDEs and we use both. IntelliJ may have a larger community so there are more plugins available, which means it could be a better choice for some specific types of projects.

Do you think Eclipse delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Eclipse's feature set?

Yes

Did Eclipse live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Eclipse go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Eclipse again?

Yes

It's suitable for almost all Java development work. Despite areas of improvement, it's still one of the best IDEs out there.

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