Eclipse Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Reviews & Insights

Score9 out of 10

390 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

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.

Reviews

15 Reviews

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

Easy To Use, Start Building with Eclipse !!!

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

December 29, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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.

Nikhil Puniyani

Senior Software Engineer In Test in Information Technology at EPAM Systems (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

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Free doesn't mean lacking in features

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

November 13, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Eclipse for developing the software. The software is developed in JAVA with a usage of Spring, Hibernate and some other frameworks. As we can choose from 2 IDE products within our IT department, it can be used by whoever decides to use it. It addresses business problems connected with our software.

Pros

Free of charge
Customizable
Plugin integration
Easy to use

Cons

Sometimes freezes
It would be great to have some built-in code replacement feature

Likelihood to Recommend

As Eclipse is free of charge, my organization saves the money for license purchases. Even though the product is free, it does not mean it lacks features as code completion, plugin integration, all of these work well. I like the fact I can open multiple projects in project explorer, and I have them accessible all in one place without the need to open a new window.

Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology (Information Technology & Services company, 201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

8 years of experience

Easy to use but a versatile IDE

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

October 15, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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.

Ejaz Hussain

Ps Consultant in Information Technology at Genesys (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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If you want productivity choose another IDE

Rating: 1 out of 10

Incentivized

October 11, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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.

Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology (Information Technology and Services company, 1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

My Take on Eclipse

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 10, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is used across the whole organization as a tool for any Java-related development. It speeds up and solves development mechanisms at my organization in order such as allowing users to easily perform Proof of Concepts around multiple technology stacks around Java and as well the faster development process helps as well.

Pros

Stacks of integrated features.
Easy predictors for development.

Cons

Documentation.
JavaDoc integration.

Likelihood to Recommend

It speeds up and solves development mechanisms at my organization in order such as allowing users to easily perform Proof of Concepts around multiple technology stacks around java and as well the faster development process helps as well. Predictors for development based upon the choice of language. Multiple variants of specific development stacks.

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology (Information Technology and Services company, 10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

10 years of experience

Eclipse IDE- easy to use and free!

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

December 12, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I was a developer for a startup based in Houston. I used the Eclipse IDE to mainly develop Java applications. The Eclipse Software Development Kit(SDK) includes Java developers is meant for Java developers like me. It is free and open-source software. It also helped me develop applications in other programming languages via plug-ins. It really benefited our company as being the one IDE that supports programming in multiple languages.

Pros

Great framework for building Java applications.
Tons of great tools to add on it.

Cons

Running off and building something when the user doesn't ask it to.
Loses its way often/glitches which can require a restart.

Likelihood to Recommend

Eclipse IDE is just as useful as any other IDE's on the market. One good thing about Eclipse IDE is free to use. It is extremely fast and flexible, and is very powerful for refactoring when working with several projects. However, Eclipse IDE misses many features compared to, say IntelliJ, but it does have a huge array of plugins delivering capabilities that aren't necessarily available with any other platform.

Sudha Govindaraju

C# Programmer in Information Technology at IdeaQuest (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees)

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1 year of experience

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Eclipse review

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

November 28, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Eclipse is used across my organization. Code Completion is the main feature, instead of digging through documentation you should be able to tab your way through methods and save yourself a lot of writing.

Pros

Global Find and Replace is no replacement for good refactoring support, that starts with renaming functions, variables, classes.
Syntax Checking, helping you out with writing correct code while you type.

Cons

Pressing ALT+F8 to start a transaction (like SE11 for data dictionary) takes forever, if it has to “search” for it.
(Implicit) Enhancements are impossible.

Likelihood to Recommend

The only REALLY nice and productivity increasing feature (for me) I have found so far: using quick fix to create a new method. Can’t activate an include used in more than one main program.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (Information Technology and Services company, 501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

Eclipse-Developer Tool

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

May 4, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have been widely using eclipse IDE for developing various Java and J2EE applications in our organizations. We also use it for developing other scripting languages like javascript, widgets and other programming languages. But we mostly use it for Java applications. Eclipse also has had the capability to configure mobile based plugins/extensions for Android and iOS and to develop applications for mobile use. Eclipse has eased a lot of development and fast-tracked the development effort which directly increases the productivity of code and speeds up the delivery process.

Pros

Eclipse's latest version like neon, Zuno has inbuilt maven plugins where we can leverage the code integration and check in with various source control management tools like SVN, Github etc.
As said earlier, Eclipse also has the capability of extending plugins that are required for Andriod and iOS mobile applications.
The best I could say is it provided a lot of shortcuts for development like providing different Java API in front instead of the developer being typing.

Cons

I think it needs improvement in GWT applications.
More support for mobile simulation is required for iOS-based applications.

Likelihood to Recommend

Eclipse is well suited for all Java-based applications. And mostly for developing major J2EE applications. Its very good for Java beginners to Java professionals. It has a lot of inbuilt tools which ease developer life. For instance, if you need a web service skeleton for testing purposes that can be achieved within minutes. Eclipse has very good debugging tools that ease code debugging. Though eclipse provides tools for other programming languages like C, C++, visual studio it is not well versed in that area.

Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology (Information Technology and Services company, 1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

9 years of experience

Easy to install, open source essential developing tool

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

February 26, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Eclipse is used in my organization by me and by all the web developers that work here, except for one that prefers brackets. I am not sure about other departments using the same software, but I assume they use it as well. We use is basically to edit the code in the websites we manage, which are a section of the school of medicine.

Pros

Color coding, I love it.
The eclipse forums where you can ask for help.
The templates that come with it. Really helpful.

Cons

The start time when first initiated.

Likelihood to Recommend

To edit pieces of code is really helpful because lame online editors are boring and they usually don't come with a debugger. It's nice as well for learning as you can start from scratch really easily, or use one of their cool templates. This saved me some money and so much time when starting a new project.

Angel Machon

IT Support Specialist in Information Technology at Yale University School of Medicine (Research, 5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

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A review has no name

Rating: 5 out of 10

Incentivized

January 30, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use eclipse within my department to research the most efficient web development programs and henceforth create the best strategy going forward.

Pros

Code Completion
Refactoring
Syntax Checking

Cons

It has a steep learning curve
A sophisticated IDE is not the best tool for beginning programmers within an organisation.
It will not fix bad code, practices, or design

Likelihood to Recommend

It provides exceptional resource management capabilities.

Verified User

Strategist in Research & Development (Research company, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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