Different editions of Eclipse IDE

Question

I come from a Win32 .NET background. T

here are different editions of Eclipse including:

Eclipse IDE for JavaScript Web Developers, Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers , ...

I want to create a website with a JAVAEE stack. I want to use Spring, JavaScript, and CSS for my front-end.

Which version should I select?

Answer 1

See "Compare Eclipse packages".

You will get the full content of each Eclipse distribution.

The difference is explained in "What is Eclipse" (emphasis mine).

Eclipse means a lot of different things to different people.
To some Eclipse is a free, state-of-the-art Java development environment.
To others, Eclipse is a flexible environment to experiment with new computer languages or extensions to existing languages.
To yet others, Eclipse is a comprehensive framework that deploys many advanced and modern software design and implementation techniques.

Eclipse is a platform because it is not a finished application per se but is designed to be extended indefinitely with more and more sophisticated tooling.

For any feature you might need, check out the Eclipse MarketPlace, like the one for Spring.
That should allow you to pick any Eclipse distro, and add through the marketplace Spring and all its dependencies.