TrustRadius Insights for Eclipse are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.
Recommendations
Users commonly recommend using Eclipse for Java programming and Android development. They believe it is a versatile and powerful IDE that is user-friendly and helpful for any developer. Users also suggest trying out Eclipse to see if it works for you. They recommend becoming familiar with plugins in Eclipse and using it as a de-facto IDE for software development in Java and other top technologies. Additionally, they recommend considering other IDEs for languages other than Java. Users think Eclipse is simple and easy to use, but suggest trying other solutions that may be lighter. They mention that giving Eclipse more memory space can improve its loading time and highlight that it has more plugins than other IDEs. Comparison-wise, users think Eclipse is better than Netbeans and mention that it is slowly improving. Overall, users highly recommend Eclipse for developers and believe you will love it.
Eclipse Reviews
30 Reviews
Enterprises (1,001+ employees)
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We use Eclipse as the main development environment for building software. In my personal case, I use it to develop web applications with Magnolia CMS product. Eclipse has different plugins you can find on its marketplace that allows you to easily integrate web bases solutions. It also supports many different languages and file types.
Pros
Localhost server
Languages support
Code revision
Code suggestions
Cons
Performance
Optimization
Some bugs you find from time to time
Likelihood to Recommend
In my opinion, Eclipse is a well-suited integrated development environment that doesn't lack any particular functionality thanks to its marketplace and the community behind it. You can build any type of software, from web applications to desktop programs, with any tool you choose and Eclipse very likely will be able to handle it. The only negative point of Eclipse is that its performance is not optimal and consumes a lot of RAM from your PC.
1. Eclipse takes care of things like formatting, documentation, packaging, etc, which saves around 20 % of the time so that we can focus on developing actual business logic which helps us to manage time. 2. Using Eclipse is like a day-to-day task for me, as I work in Java it is very simple and convenient to use, it is one of the best IDE I have come across. 3. Simple UI given is very helpful to focus on the more relevant task.
Pros
Easy To Use
Easy To Setup
Excellent Debug Options
Can Add Formatting and documentation
Git Section to maintain the code repository and resolve conflicts
Cons
Sometimes Maven projects are not able to connect to third-party libraries, this issue is very intermediate
Adding some external plugins will make Eclipse very slow and consume a lot of memory
Compatibility with other IDE e.g. Also observes if we import some other IDE project to Eclipse it gives some weird problems.
Likelihood to Recommend
If you started learning any new technology like Java you can start exploring Eclipse as it is very easy to use and very clean UI.
If you want more interaction with some other third-party tool you can compare other IDE's available in the market.
Our platform unlocks the most power from it when users use the full IDE experience, which is powered by Eclipse. Many years ago we had our own UI but developers asked for basics that they expect any IDE to handle - file management, window management, consistent compile-edit lifecycle, etc. Eventually, we realized the best way to get this was simply by being an Eclipse-based product.
Pros
Integration system
Best-of-breed Java development
Flexible interface customizable, yet opinionated
Cons
MacOS support is good-then-bad-then-good
Dark mode is almost there, but not perfect
Lighten up as much as possible its memory usage
Likelihood to Recommend
If the developer is working on a large codebase, in Java in particular, imho there is no substitute for Eclipse, period. If using Maven, the experience will be about 90% there, but frankly Eclipse is the defacto standard, imho, for solid enterprise development. Doesn't look as swanky as VS Code, but that's really just an editor that invokes external tools, let's face it.
Eclipse has been used very extensively all across our development teams for building variety of software products. I consider it to be one of the most reliable & versatile IDE in the market as it has almost every features which a developer would look for. It works & integrates very well with repositories like Github & SVN. It's overall user friendly UI helps developers write the code without any hassle. We were looking for an IDE which can support programming in multiple languages, so eclipse has really helped us in this aspect.
Pros
Support multiple plugins installation.
Simple & easy to use UI.
Support multiple programming languages.
Good debugging features.
Cons
Becomes slow at times when multiple plugins gets added
Intellisense doesn't work sometimes.
Takes a lot of memory when dealing with bigger projects
Likelihood to Recommend
It's an easy to use IDE which fulfills almost every purpose for a developer. For me I would highly recommend using this IDE when working with Java or Javascript programming language. However it supports other languages too with availability of different perspective.
Eclipse IDE is used in the IT department for software development and solutions to problems that arise within the organization on a daily basis.
It is used for the creation of services until the creation of compiled files to be consumed by other processes, it is also used to create personalized libraries that will be consumed by other services or programs.
These softwares can be used throughout the organization for daily tasks that can be presented to users.
Pros
Debugging
Mark of errors
Compilation
Cons
Updating the libraries
The way you find some configurations of the toolkit
Likelihood to Recommend
Being free, it is one of the best IDE for Java programming, it offers you a wide range of plugins that allow you to customize it as you like.
Eclipse is used in [the] software development department by developers that need to write code in Java programming language. As it's an integrated development environment (IDE), it speeds up the code writing and compilation processes by having features that assist with tasks that developers have to deal with daily, like code completion and unit testing.
Pros
Unit testing
Eclipse Marketplace
Code completion
Cons
UI should be modernized and could be more user friendly
Using workspaces could be voluntary
Likelihood to Recommend
[The] biggest advantage of Eclipse is the large amount of installable addon software available for it in Eclipse Marketplace, and it's easy to install them through the UI. It's a great and established IDE with every feature available you would imagine you ever need, but the UI is dated, and more user friendly options exist.
VU
Verified User
Employee in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)
Eclipse is the recommended IDE by default for application development using the JAVA language. We develop Rest APIs and MVC web applications with it.
Pros
Easy to set up
Cons
bad interface
high memory consumption
bad usability
Likelihood to Recommend
To be honest, I don't recommend Eclipse at all. [In my opinion] it's an old IDE, with bad interface, confusing usability, with high memory consumption and there are better, smarter, more feature-rich, and lighter IDEs than Eclipse.
VU
Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)
Eclipse is used in different departments of my organization, mainly in all IT-related departments, where having a trustworthy IDE is a must. Its main purpose is to be a platform to work with Java projects. I use it myself professionally, but I've also used it when learning to program in Java.
Pros
Great IDE for Java programming
Lots of plugins and integrations, as it's open-source
UI is simple so it's easy to find everything you need for coding
The debugger is one of the best I've tried
Cons
When working with bigger projects takes up a lot of RAM and sometimes it crashes
Not so prepared for other languages than Java
Likelihood to Recommend
I think that if someone asked me for an IDE for Java programming, I would definitely recommend Eclipse as is one of the most complete solutions for this language out there. If the main programming language of that person is not Java, I don't think Eclipse would suit his needs[.]
VU
Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)
We use Eclipse-based IDE like QNX Momentics, NXP KDS, and TI's Code composer. This includes R&D and Testing. It provides one single platform to write code, compile, flash it on target, debug, and unit testing.
Pros
Debug.
Compilation.
Support for different build systems like CMAKE.
Easy to get standard plugins from marketplace.
Cons
RAM usage.
Hang issue at times.
Improve support for CMAKE. Currently, it cannot directly import CMakeList file as project.
Likelihood to Recommend
Eclipse is well suited when team wants only 1 IDE to do all the work.
Legacy project with different build system that Eclipse might not support.
