In this article, we compare the Eclipse Theia IDE with VS Code. We focus on the scenario of using these technologies as a basis for custom extensions as well as for the implementation of a domain-specific tool. So if you wonder which of the two ecosystems/platforms you should build your custom tool chain on, keep on reading!There is quite some confusion going on when looking...
Read MoreIn this article, we provide an overview on how to extend the Eclipse Theia IDE with custom extensions. We will show how to create a Theia extension, how it is structured and how to develop it by adding your own features. Please note that there are two ways of extending the Eclipse Theia IDE, one being extensions, the other one being plugins. This article is...
Read MoreIn this article series we provide an overview of how to get started with Eclipse Che. In this first part, we will describe how to easily install it and launch your own instance of Eclipse Che. If you are interested and want to try out Eclipse Che and see it in action, keep on reading. In case you are wondering what Eclipse Che is, please...
Read MoreThis series of articles describes how to get started with the Eclipse Theia IDE. In this particular article, we provide an overview about the Git support of the Eclipse Theia IDE. Please see previous articles on how to launch Theia, or how to use the Theia IDE and for a quick introduction of Theia.The default Git support in the UI of Eclipse Theia is quite...
Read MoreYou want to build web-based, browser-based or cloud-based diagram editors for your graphical (modeling) language? You want to migrate an existing diagram editor to the web? Keep on reading!In this article, we will introduce the Graphical Language Server Protocol / Platform (GLSP), which has recently been created as an Eclipse project. If you are familiar with the language server protocol (LSP), you might have an...
Read MoreIn this article series we provide an overview on how to get started with Eclipse Theia and Che. In this particular article, we describe how to install and use VS Code extensions/plugins in the Eclipse Theia IDE and Che.In case you are wondering what Eclipse Theia is, please see here for an introduction to Theia and here for the relationship between Theia and Che.Let us...
Read MoreThis article series describes how to get started with the Eclipse Theia IDE. In this article, we focus on how to add new features to Theia by adding extensions and/or plugins. Please see this article for a comparison of Eclipse Theia extensions and Theia plugins and here for a quick introduction of Theia. In pure Theia, there are four ways of adding new functionality, which...
Read MoreIn this article, we compare Eclipse Theia plugins with Theia extensions, with Che-Theia plugins and with VS Code extensions/plugins. In case you are wondering what Eclipse Theia is, please head over to our introduction to Theia. In previous articles, we have described options on how to launch Theia and how to use its basic features, in this article, we will focus on how to add...
Read MoreThis article is part of a series where we provide an overview on how you get started with Eclipse Theia, how to run/launch it and how to customize and extend it. In case you wonder what Eclipse Theia is, please see here for an introduction. We described several options on how to launch Theia in the previous article, in this article we continue with the...
Read MoreIn this article series we provide an overview on how to get started with Eclipse Theia. More precisely, we will describe how to easily launch your own instance, how to use Theia as an IDE, how to customize which extensions and plugins your Eclipse Theia instance includes, and how to add your own extensions and plugins (including VS Code plugins). In case you wonder what Eclipse...
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