Eclipse IDE for Java

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Eclipse is an open source, and freely available I might add, Java IDE. It is very reassuring to realize that most developers tend to use something that's free and readily available rather than overpriced commercial offerings. This translates to a springboard for people eager to learn programming languages. Starting out and gaining fluency in any programming language is challenging enough without artificial barriers.

Eclipse IDE's also feature other languages such as PHP and C++. For a list of available IDE's go [ here ]

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