The Eclipse I.D.E

The Eclipse IDE is one of the best Open source integrated development environments available for free download. It has one of the largest modular plug-in systems which means it can pretty much handle most languages as well as modelling frameworks such as UML as well as language frameworks such as Zend Framework and Cake PHP.

You can also read the official explanation for the Eclipse IDE below:

Eclipse is a multi-language software development platform comprising an IDE and a plug-in system to extend it. It is written primarily in Java and is used to develop applications in this language and, by means of the various plug-ins, in other languages as well — C/C++, Cobol, Python, Perl, PHP and more.

The initial code base originated from VisualAge. In its default form it is meant for Java developers, consisting of the Java Development Tools (JDT). Users can extend its capabilities by installing plug-ins written for the Eclipse software framework, such as development tool-kits for other programming languages, and can write and contribute their own plug-in modules. Language packs provide translations into over a dozen natural languages.

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