ECLIPSE IDE Architecture

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Diagram from Chapter 1 of: Eclipse, by Steve Holzner (O'Reilly)

Things to note:

• Plug-in architecture: Add new components to Eclipse installation without recompiling code base
• Easy installation using the Eclipse Software Update Manager (online Help feature)
  
• User Interface automation: decisions made FOR the programmer to support productivity
• Code line auto-completion
• 'Quick-Fix' automatic error detection
  
• Automated software builds