Helios Annual Release Train available for download.
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With 39 different project teams, over 33 million lines of code, and work of 490 committers, Helios 2010 Release Train is designed to make it easier for users of Eclipse technology to adopt new versions of Eclipse projects. Some highlights include Linux IDE package; Eclipse Marketplace Client that provides app-store experience; support for Git; support for JavaScript Development Tools project; and new features in Eclipse Xtext 1.0, a framework for creating domain specific languages.
Original Press Release:
Eclipse Helios Annual Release Train Has Arrived
OTTAWA, -- Today the Eclipse community delivers its annual release train, a
coordinated release of the major Eclipse projects. For the seventh year in a row, the 2010 release train, code named Helios, arrives on time and is available for download.
The Helios release is the largest release train produced by the Eclipse community, including 39 different project teams, over 33 million lines of code and the work of 490 committers. The release train makes it easier for users and adopters of Eclipse technology to adopt new versions of Eclipse projects.
Some highlights of the Helios release include:
- A new Linux IDE package makes it easier for Linux developers to use an integrated tool chain for building C/C++ applications for the Linux operating system.
- Eclipse Marketplace Client provides developers an 'app-store' experience to easily discover and install new Eclipse plug-ins.
- Support for Git, a popular distributed version control (DVCS), is provided by the new Eclipse EGit and JGit projects.
- The Web Tools Platform project has introduced support for creating, running, and debugging applications written for the latest Java EE Specifications (Java EE 6) including, Servlet 3.0, JPA 2.0, JSF 2.0, and EJB 3.1.
- Improved support in the JavaScript Development Tools project (JSDT) for JavaScript developers, including a JavaScript debug framework that allows for integration of JavaScript debuggers, such as Rhino and Firebug.
- Eclipse Xtext 1.0, a popular framework for creating domain specific languages (DSL), introduces 80 new features, including improved performance and scalability by up to 30 times previous versions.
- Eclipse Acceleo 3.0 implements the OMG Model-to-text specification and provides tooling for example-based design of code generators.
Visit www.eclipse.org/helios for more information.
Press Contact: Ian Skerrett, Eclipse Foundation, ian@eclipse.org, tel: +1-613-224-9461
