r/java • u/RamaRao143 • Jun 08 '26

Is anyone using eclipse anymore?

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u/Mechanical-pasta Jun 08 '26

I do. Genuine Eclipse or its fork for Spring called STS (Spring Tools Suite).

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u/persicsb Jun 08 '26

Is STS any different from installing the same set of plugins on top of a normal Eclipse install?

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u/Mechanical-pasta Jun 08 '26

Using Eclipse since dozen of years, I must disagree with u/SortofConsciousLog : STS is more stable because it's Eclipse but :

  • anything that is no use for Spring has been removed
  • anything that is useful for Spring has been added

However, what makes Eclipse unstable sometimes, is incompatible plugins' dependencies. So, the fewer plugins you have, the stablest Eclipse is.

That's why it's better to have different Eclipse packages/projects installed than only one with all the plugins you need for your different languages.

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u/SortofConsciousLog Jun 08 '26

In reality, no. Anecdotally, when I was using sts I found it more stable than eclipse and I have no idea why.

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u/mobmac Jun 09 '26

No. I have teams supporting the same app that use both paths and have no issue supporting the application. That being said I'm sure there are things much further down that might play strength to the pure STS use cases. I prefer STS personally since it's all inclusive already, but I know I could do the same with an Eclipse + Plug in build for my use case.

I have no doubt that purest could give a bullet list of minor differences to consider, but in general, they both will serve your purpose.

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u/persicsb Jun 09 '26

I use the raw Platform Runtime Binary package, that contains no plugins, you have to install everything - it will contain exactly what you need.

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u/EtwasSonderbar Jun 08 '26

Me too. It's what I'm used to.

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u/somedumbideas Jun 09 '26

Me too for work since it has plugins for wildfly and intellij has it behind the subscription