# What is Eclipse software used for?

What is Eclipse software used for?

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- Posted at: almost 4 years ago
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## Comments
### Comment 1

Eclipse is an open-source IDE mainly for Java but it supports other languages too using plugins. It’s used for coding, debugging, testing, version control and overall project management. Because of its plugin based setup, it’s flexible and works for enterprise, web and mobile app development.

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- Posted at: 7 months ago
- Author title: Student at Savitribai Phule Pune University



### Comment 2

Make program using java

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- Posted at: over 1 year ago
- Author title: Opentext Documentum Seconded to Pertamina Hulu Rokan



### Comment 3

Software development

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- Posted at: almost 4 years ago
- Author title: 3x founder, Forbes 30u30


#### Reply 1

Primary use is for developing Java applications,  but it can also be used with other programming language like C, C++ with suitable plugins

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- Posted at: about 2 years ago
- Author title: Java | Spring Boot | Microservices | AWS developer



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