Comments on: Eclipse Europa… Too Many Choices…

By: crantok

crantok — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:19:39 +0000

Ha! Two and a half years after you post this and I stumble across it because I’m similarly confused. (I’ve never programmed in Java but want to give Groovy a go and it’s not supported by my favourite editor, Geany.)

I blame the Eclipse website. It’s so visually busy that I didn’t even try to figure anything out there. I googled
difference “eclipse classic” “eclipse ide for java developers”
and this page is the second link. The first link is the page that confused me.

By: Erik Weibust

Erik Weibust — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:10:17 +0000

Howdy Michael,

Thanks for stopping by. Your question can be answered in one sentence or with volumes of books.

Java (SE) is the standard edition of Java. It can be used for all kinds of programming tasks. It is also the core, basis for Java EE. Java EE is the web application framework you would use to develop web applications.

Check out Sun’s robust tutorial site.
http://java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/

Erik

By: Michael Schultz

Michael Schultz — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:28:24 +0000

What is the difference between Java EE and Jave?

I want to build a website with Google App Engine.

Which download is applicable?

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:26:13 +0000

I used to use eclipse, back when it was first introduced. Recently, when faced with the need to write some Java applications, I decided to explore it once again. The download page was incredibly daunting. So after reading this article:
http://www.devx.com/Java/Article/34009/0/page/1
I decided just to download netbeans from the sun website. Now, I appreciate netbeans, and will only download eclipse if I’m forced to use it (by an employer). It seems superior to eclipse (the old one that I was used to, but according to the article above, much is unchanged) in several ways and much more intuitive.

By: Erik Weibust

Erik Weibust — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:34:34 +0000

Thanks Fran… I’m still confused why Eclipse needs an Eclipse version and a Classic version. WTH?

By: fran

fran — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:07:41 +0000

Take a look

i had the same issue until I saw this page.

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/moreinfo/compare.php

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:01:50 +0000

Hi, well i got the same problem when i tried to download eclipse!!!
that’s why i stop by this blog…. i wonder which version is the best for J2ME apps development, actually i dont know….
i think im gonna pick the classic one…

By: mike

mike — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:33:41 +0000

Looks good. I was able to open my workspace from classic 3.1 no problem. And I already noticed a few nice bug fixes in 3.3. Thanks

By: mike

mike — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:32:45 +0000

I was previously using classic 3.1 for java development. I’m wondering if I switch to europa will it be seamless (importing existing projects) and will I be missing anything that I had in classic. Guess I will give it a go & let you know…

By: Ian Skerrett

Ian Skerrett — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:34:19 +0000

I should have mentioned that if you want an Eclipse distro there are a number of organizations providing distros. Yoxos is probably the most comprehensive http://eclipsediscovery.yoxos.com/discovery/rap