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Felipe Almeida - 26 Oct 2007 15:15 GMT

does anyone know whether we have to download the full eclipse
version(eclipse classic, ~140MB) or if we can have the smaller
versions(say eclipse for java developers) in order to be able to
install and run the plugins?
thank you

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Andrew Thompson - 26 Oct 2007 15:44 GMT

>does anyone know whether we have to download the full eclipse
>version(eclipse classic, ~140MB) or if we can have the smaller
>versions(say eclipse for java developers) in order to be able to
>install and run the plugins?

I would not normally answer 'IDE questions' but your recent
reply on another thread interested me enough to dive in on
this occasion.

My experience with Eclipse (and plug-ins) is limited, but I
got the idea that the 'minimal' Eclipse was all you needed
to start, then plug-ins could be installed *as required*.

That is part of the elegance of the Eclipse plug-ins.

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Richie Williams - 26 Oct 2007 17:25 GMT

I prefer Eclipse WTP because it has basic Wizards for basic Java components.
It saves time and you don't need to start everything from scratch. Usually I
install
also JBoss IDE plugins.

Of course investingh 53 $ MyEclipse Prof isn't much if you are coding with
Java for living :)

>>does anyone know whether we have to download the full eclipse
>>version(eclipse classic, ~140MB) or if we can have the smaller
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> That is part of the elegance of the Eclipse plug-ins.

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Daniel Pitts - 26 Oct 2007 17:55 GMT

> I would not normally answer 'IDE questions' [...]

You've piqued my curiosity. Something about the way you say that makes
me suspect that you have an aversion to IDEs. Is this true? If so, why?
If not, never mind :-)

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festo - 26 Oct 2007 21:01 GMT

> does anyone know whether we have to download the full eclipse
> version(eclipse classic, ~140MB) or if we can have the smaller
> versions(say eclipse for java developers) in order to be able to
> install and run the plugins?
> thank you

Eclipse Europa is about half that size and it is great!

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