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"Eclipse provides Integrated Development Environment s (IDEs) and platforms for nearly every language and architecture. We are famous for our Java IDE, C/C++, JavaScript and PHP IDEs built on extensible platforms for creating desktop, Web and cloud IDEs. These platforms deliver the most extensive collection of add-on tools available for software developers."

"Notepad++: a free source code editor which supports several programming languages running under the MS Windows environment."

"Free, fully-featured Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for students, open-source and individual developers"