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The support for textual programming languages is excellent in modern, web-based IDEs, such as Eclipse Theia and VS Code. The hugely popular language server protocol (LSP) and its integration with the Monaco code editor enabled lifting great code editing experience to the web. However, what about diagram editors and graphical languages? Such diagram editors play a key role in domain-specific tools, modeling suites, and low-code...

We are happy to announce the Eclipse Theia 1.25 release! This release contains 48 merged pull requests and we welcome eight new contributors. In this article we will highlight some selected improvements and provide an overview of the latest news around Theia. You don’t know about Eclipse Theia, yet? It is the next-generation platform for building IDEs and tools for the web or desktop, based on...

We are happy to announce the Eclipse Theia 1.24 release! This release contains an amazing number of 78 merged pull requests including a major update of the Monaco code editor! In this article we will highlight some selected improvements and provide an overview of the latest news around Theia. You don’t know about Eclipse Theia, yet? It is the next-generation platform for building IDEs and tools...

Do you want to migrate your existing Eclipse RCP (Rich Client Platform) desktop application to a modern web-based technology stack and run it in the browser? Is Eclipse Theia maybe the next generation Eclipse Rich Client Platform and therefore a good technology to replace Eclipse RCP for  your project? Let’s have a detailed look at this question! In its early years, Eclipse was an extensible IDE...

Do you wonder what platform to use when migrating your existing Eclipse desktop tools to the web/cloud. Is Eclipse Theia the next generation of the Eclipse IDE and Eclipse Tool platform? In this article, we take a close look at Eclipse Theia and whether it can be considered a worthy  successor of Eclipse desktop. The Eclipse Tool Platform is the underlying framework for all Eclipse IDEs,...