What Eclipse IDE must learn from other IDEs to survive?
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Eclipse IDE currently loses ground to IntelliJ IDEA, VS Code and cloud tools like Gitpod because onboarding and day‑to‑day workflows feel slow and fragile: cloning/import shows extraneous branch prompts, Gradle/Maven import often leaves a broken workspace, and startup doesn't auto‑build or surface README. UI theming and responsiveness suffer from a flickering UI/theme engine and too much work on the UI thread. Marketplace looks dated with ~1500 extensions and 1500 plugins but 40% at risk; JetBrains spends ~$400M/yr on R&D. Concrete fixes: faster one‑click project setup, containerized dev support, curated marketplace, user testing and paid product management.
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