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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. Eclipse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Is there a plug in for Eclipse to get middle mouse click pasting, so I can get some consistency when using it in Linux?

  2. OSGI by DimGeo · · Score: 0, Troll

    Eclipse uses an underlying OSGi framework. Much like the one my company makes.