PORTLAND, OR -- 06/29/07 --
With the next major release of Eclipse,
codenamed Europa available on eclipse.org today, Innoopract, an Eclipse
specialist and provider of the popular Yoxos Eclipse Distribution announced
a new portal that greatly simplifies the process for creating and
downloading custom Eclipse downloads. The Web 2.0 portal called Eclipse
Discovery enables developers to choose from all 21 Europa projects plus
hundreds of third-party add-ons to create a tailored software bundle as a
single download. In addition, Eclipse, under project leadership from
Innoopract, has made available new standard download packages.
As Eclipse has evolved from a Java IDE into a multifaceted tooling
environment for several programming languages, databases, modeling tools
and much more, the task of finding the "right" set of Eclipse plug-ins for
any given development task has become much more challenging. With the next
major version of the popular Eclipse software now available, developers
benefit from two new innovations in the way they find, evaluate and
download their software from the huge range of available Eclipse projects
and third-party add-ons.
Firstly, under the project leadership of Innoopract, Eclipse has responded
to the requests by developers to reduce the complexity of assembling a
bundle of Eclipse software by introducing four new software bundles called
packages for four different user roles: Enterprise, Java, C and the base
Eclipse SDK platform.
Innoopract has also expanded its own offerings to further meet the demands
of the Eclipse development community. With the company's new portal,
Eclipse Discovery (www.yoxos.com/eclipsediscovery), users are given a Web
2.0 interface to the largest library of Eclipse components or plug-ins
available from which they can quickly and easily create customized download
packages.
Eclipse Discovery is the second generation of Innoopract's "On Demand"
download service based on its Yoxos Eclipse Distribution. Just like the
previous version that has earned high marks from over 10,000 users on
EclipsePluginCentral, Eclipse Discovery lets users configure a customized
integrated bundle of Eclipse plugins. The preparation of the single
download automatically determines and includes all the necessary
dependencies to other plug-ins so that the resulting Eclipse installation
always works right from the beginning.
"Eclipse Discovery is a portal where users can find and download Eclipse
and all the important add-ons from a single location," says Jochen Krause,
CEO of Innoopract and Board Member of Eclipse. "In our newest download
service, we placed particular weight on the interactivity and information
sharing between Eclipse users."
Users of Eclipse Discovery now have more information about what other
Eclipse developers use and value. Users can create and save plugin profiles
and share these with other developers. Plugins can be tagged, commented on
or linked to aid in navigating the huge selection of add-ons. In addition,
there is integration with other community portals such as del.icio.us,
Eclipse Plugin Central and Eclipse Plugins Info. All the information can
be subscribed through RSS feeds.
Eclipse Discovery is available immediately at
www.yoxos.com/eclipsediscovery. The Portal is free to all users. All
Eclipse 3.3 Europa releases will be available today. Registered users can
also download third party plugins as part of their configurations. Yoxos
OnDemand registered users or Yoxos subscription users will be able to login
with their existing login IDs. For more information about Yoxos, Eclipse
Discovery, Eclipse Ajax technology or other initiatives by Innoopract visit
www.innoopract.com.
About Innoopract
Innoopract is a leading provider of solutions for Eclipse management and
delivery. Innoopract supports enterprises in assessing quality, building,
bundling and distributing Eclipse components for tooling and application
platforms. As a Strategic Member of the Eclipse Foundation, Innoopract is
advancing Eclipse in the area of software-as-a-service, leading projects
like the Rich Ajax Platform and the Eclipse Packaging project. With Yoxos,
the popular Eclipse distribution Innoopract helps enterprises take full
advantage of the broad ecosystem of Eclipse tools, plug-ins and platforms.
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