Eclipse supports a wide range of project developments, including C/C++, PHP, Python and Perl via extensible plug-ins. The IDE is cross-platform and runs on Windows, Linux and Mac OS.

It is further classified as an open-source IDE that is mostly developed in Java. The Java IDE is changed into the Python IDE because it is an eclipse plugin. It offers a Python framework through its ...

The Eclipse IDE, popular with Java developers, has displaced Microsoft’s Visual Studio as the most popular desktop IDE in the PyPL Top IDE index of September.