When comparing Eclipse with JSDT vs RedHat OpenShift.io, the Slant community recommends RedHat OpenShift.io for most people. In the question“What are the best IDEs for Node.js?” RedHat OpenShift.io is ranked 18th while Eclipse with JSDT is ranked 19th. The most important reason people chose RedHat OpenShift.io is:
Openshift.io Introduces Spaces, a way to categorize codebases and similar tasks according to a specific project.
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Pros
Pro Provides quick fixes
Eclipse with JSDT provides you with quick fixes every time a warning or error is raised by the IDE. This feature is particularly helpful at places in code where errors were caused by the programmer just being a little "lazy", such as missing out the +
sign between two operands or a variable being out of scope.
Pro Smart Code completion
Just like all other IDEs, Eclipse offers you inline code completion (even with any external JS libraries added to the project).
Pro Free and cross-platform
Eclipse runs on Windows, Linux and Mac, and is totally free of cost.
Pro Code refactoring
Eclipse's refactoring features are quite similar to Webstorm's. It provides almost the same functionalities which include renaming, moving, and member extraction to make your code tidier
Pro Code auto-completion for brackets and parenthesis
This feature is particularly useful when you've added a lot of nesting in your code and you're unable to recall which opening bracket corresponds to which closing one.
Pro Large selection of plugins
Eclipse has a large and active community, which has resulted in a wide variety of plugins.
Pro Highly customizable
Thanks to the large variety of plugins and various configuration options available, Eclipse is very customizable.
Pro Seamless integration with web servers like Apache or Jetty
Eclipse lets you integrate web servers (like Apache or Jetty) into the IDE, which you could use for in-container testing or providing services.
Pro Good integration with git using eGit plugin
Pulling, pushing, staging, stashing, etc., are all available in Eclipse as IDE functionalities.
Pro Spaces for categorizing codebases
Openshift.io Introduces Spaces, a way to categorize codebases and similar tasks according to a specific project.
Pro Online Workspaces
Using a modified version of Eclipse Che, OpenShift.io can provide online, portable workspaces tailored for a specific codebase.
Pro GitHub Integration
OpenShift.io integrates deeply with GitHub for projects, and repositories.
Pro Agile Boards
OpenShift.io includes Agile boards for Tasks and Labeling.
Pro Pipelines for testing apps
By using Jenkins for continuous integration and Openshift Online-hosted environments for testing, the Pipelines provide a seamless way to test apps in varying configurations and specifications.
Cons
Con Uses a lot of memory
Eclipse hogs a lot of memory, although this can be controlled by the IDE start-up ini file.
Con Plugins can be unstable
Though there are plenty of plugins to choose from, they aren't always reliable. Some aren't maintained, bug fixes can be slow, and you may need to download plugins from multiple sources.
Con Support and problem solving is difficult to find
The Eclipse forums have more tumbleweed than users. Stack-overflow also has very little info.
Con Beta has some stability issues
Currently in Beta state, the platform is not recommended for general usage until stable.