The next release train of Eclipse is out now! 23 projects now, 18 million lines of code, lots of new and updated stuff. Eclipse 3.4 contains boatloads of cool little things, a new breadcrumb so you can do even more while full-screen, and the very advanced p2 update system. Mylyn 3.0 got some nice updates, Webtools 3.0 had (again) a much needed bugfix round and added nice Javascript editing support, and ECF pushed out the shared editing support.
Unfortunately I don't have time to deep dive into all the new stuff right now, as my work and research time is already focused on other topics. However, it's great to see Eclipse still maintains momentum. Eclipse 3.5 will be out as usual next year, and after that we might see a release from the mysterious e4 project. Eclipse 4 should really bring some new ideas to the platform and the tools. To me, a lot of this stuff sounds pretty crazy. Combined with the stuff I heard at the RSDC though, I am beginning to get the picture. Exciting, but somehow also a bit scary. The IDE as we know it might be an old relic of the past in five years. Then again, some people still use Vi...