Eclipse IDE and RCP Platform: Unveiling the Past, Present and Future
summary
Working Group reports new funding (a 2024 platinum membership level) and active investments to modernize Eclipse IDE/RCP; concrete outputs include an inline find/replace PR under development, a high‑DPI multi‑monitor fix already running inside Prevision, and a new lightweight UI (hide icons) option to keep view titles readable. Major performance problem remains—reproduced case: a 45‑minute Quick Outline freeze on a 2,000‑plugin workspace—and work has started on profiling and mitigation. Strategy favors reusing RCP plus LSP for cross‑IDE features and enabling AI integrations (marketplace shows several but no Copilot integration yet).
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Eclipse IDE and RCP intro
- 1:09Key Eclipse tools and contributors
- 3:39Eclipse history and evolution
- 5:54Eclipse IDE state and challenges
- 9:09Eclipse IDE and RCP challenges
- 13:00Modernizing Eclipse UX
- 17:58Onboarding and UI lightness
- 19:43AI and emerging tech in Eclipse
- 23:16Eclipse RCP and IDE ecosystem
- 24:20Future directions and call to action
- 30:26Q&A: Eclipse technical questions
- 33:44Community support and closing
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