Dynamic Scripting Lands in Europa: A Profile of Eclipse Monkey
Bring the power of JavaScript into your Eclipse workspace and learn how to make the most of it.
by Riccardo Govoni
August 14, 2007
he recent Eclipse Europa release is the culmination of coordinated efforts between a number of Eclipse subprojects. Its major components, such as the Java Development Tools (JDT) and Web Tools Platform (WTP), garner a majority of the interest, but many other Europa projects are worth a try. This article introduces just such an under-the-radar project: Eclipse Monkey, a tool for creating, using, and sharing interpreted scripts (in the JavaScript programming language) that interact with the Eclipse platform.
Don't confuse Eclipse Monkey with the Eclipse Dynamic Languages Toolkit (DLTK) project. The former integrates user-created JavaScript that enrich platform capabilities; the latter extends the set of programming languages supported by the platform with new editors, debuggers, and other development tools.
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