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Stanko Kovacevic
Stanko Kovacevic

Reputation: 150

Combining Eclipse for Java EE and CDT

I'm currently using separate Eclipse packages for Java EE and C/C++. Problem is that i have to download every plugin that is language agnostic (i.e. Git) twice. I'm aware that i can simply use Help->Install New Software in Java EE Eclipse package to add CDT there, but is that a good idea?
In other words, if i use one Eclipse package for multiple languages, is there some drawbacks, bugs or other kinds of bad things that could happen, over simply using separate package for every language?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 612

Answers (1)

Subodh Joshi
Subodh Joshi

Reputation: 13512

I will really recommend use the Java part and the C++ part into two different eclipse projects. I don't think that it will work properly otherwise.Also, I think you will use one eclipse version with multiple plugins tends to make eclipse very messy.

Problems occur because sometimes

  • Plugins are buggy
  • Plugins are incompatible with each other.
  • Different plugins rely on different versions of another one (indirectly incompatible).
  • Plugins don't work the way the rest of the tool does
  • There are just too many plugins to choose from - you don't need most, and the ones you need can be hard to find.

How to add different programming languages to Eclipse (C++, C#, Java)

Upvotes: 3

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