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On Plug-ins and Extensible Architectures

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the not-exactly-frank-lloyd-wright-architecture dept.

gManZboy writes "Developers who want a flexible, configurable, IDE have long preferred plug-in architectures such as Eclipse over what they might view as the bloated, monolithic alternatives. Ever wondered how it all works? Well, ACM Queue just posted an article by someone who has worked on Eclipse since its inception, Dorian Birsan. He gives a great explanation of the Eclipse architecture as well as a thorough analysis of things to watch out for when developing or working with pure plug-in architectures."

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  1. A well written java program ?! by tototitui · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I just read a earlier a long string of bashes around java & Open Office and then this item about Eclipse.

    Let me tell you this.
    A furiously anti-java, C++ist, debianist friend of mine tried it and found it cool for his C++ development !

    It is a living demonstration that all that religious wrath around java is a non-sens.

    Compared to the usual "Java is slow, Swing stinks, it closed source for playmobile developers."

    Eclipse is fast, GTK native, full open-source with a very well done plugin architecture ...

    You even have a full GCJ port for the zealots :
    http://klomp.org/mark/gij_eclipse/