Word of the Day: Eclipse

Word of the Day Daily updates on the latest technology terms |August 21, 2017

Eclipse Eclipse is a free, Java-based development platform known for its plug-ins that allow developers to develop and test code written in other programming languages. Eclipse is released under terms of the Eclipse Public License. Eclipse got its start in 2001 when IBM donated three million lines of code from its Java tools to develop an open source integrated development environment (IDE). The IDE was initially overseen by a consortium of software vendors seeking to create and foster a new community that would complement Apache's open source community. Rumor has it that the platform's name was derived from a secondary goal, which was to eclipse Microsoft's popular IDE, Visual Studio. Today, Eclipse is managed by the Eclipse Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation whose strategic members include CA Technologies, IBM, Oracle and SAP. The foundation, which was created in 2004, supports Eclipse projects with a well-defined development process that values quality, application programming interface (API) stability and consistent release schedules. The foundation provides infrastructure and intellectual property (IP) management services to the Eclipse community and helps community members market and promote commercial software products that are based on Eclipse. In 2016, Microsoft announced it would join the Eclipse Foundation and support the integration of Visual Studio by giving Eclipse developers full access to Visual Studio Team services. Oracle donated the Hudson continuous integration server it inherited from Sun Microsystems to Eclipse in 2011 and is expected to donate the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) to Eclipse in the near future. Quote of the Day "Open source is becoming more accessible because enterprises have seen a number of their peers use it and the sky didn't fall in." - Van Lindberg   Trending Terms open source integrated development environment Java Apache Visual Studio Express Java EE   Learning Center Oracle opens Java EE, any takers? The IT industry is discussing where EE might find its next home and bets are split between the Linux Foundation, the Apache Foundation or the Eclipse Foundation. How to choose cross-platform app development tools Cross-platform app development tools provide the ability to create apps that can be delivered quickly to many platforms. Learn how this approach can benefit your company. Open source philosophy goes well beyond software -- and into our lives The open source philosophy is spreading beyond the world of software. Open source advocates at the 2017 Red Hat Summit explained how. The future of Java promises a cleaner, more readable syntax Is Java too verbose? Many tend to think so, which is why Oracle's Java architects are helping to make the syntax of Java more concise in the future. Open source no longer scares the enterprise Open source breaks the rules on corporate procurement, but developers never play by the rules and now open source has sneaked in through the back door. Quiz Yourself This fundamental component of a computer program can be read and easily understood by a human being. a. source code b. object code Answer       Stay In Touch For feedback about any of our definitions or to suggest a new definition, please contact me at: mrouse@techtarget.com   Visit the Word of the Day Archives and catch up on what you've missed!   FOLLOW US About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Whatis.com, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget, Whatis, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2016 TechTarget. All rights reserved.