-As I just told you, tools are fundamental in - -2
-software engineering. And I will stress this concept over and - -3
-over, throughout the class. And today we're going to talk - -4
-about a tool that is especially important, which is integrated - -5
-development environments, or IDEs. And you're probably familiar with - -6
-IDEs. So IDEs are environments that give you support for - -7
-your development activities. For example, for writing code, editing code, - -8
-compiling code, and so on. And we will focus specifically - -9
-on one particular IDE, which is called Eclipse. And - -10
-what I'm showing here is the two splash screens for - -11
-two versions of eclipse, Helios and Kepler. Eclipse is an - -12
-open, extensible development environment that was initially created by IBM - -13
-and is now managed by the Eclipse Foundation. And of - -14
-course, there are many other great IDEs such as for - -15
-example, Microsoft Visual Studio or Netbeans. We will be using - -16
-Eclipse because it is open and because it is multi-platform, - -17
-which means that you can use Eclipse - -18
-no matter what operating system we're using. - -19
-So if we consider the most commonly used operating system, such as Mac - -20
-OS, Windows, Linux, Eclipse runs on any - -21
-of these environments. Therefore, no matter what - -22
-you're using, you'll be able to install - -23
-Eclipse, run Eclipse, and follow the class. -- cgit 1.4.1