Opinion: Eclipse Fails to Meet the Enterprise Java Developer's Needs

When Eclipse was first introduced, it was lauded for introducing not just an IDE but also features that promoted good development practices. Key among these were on-the-fly compilation, a stricter compiler, and most importantly, refactoring. Since then, the Eclipse community has rested on its laurels and done nothing significant to improve the IDE. Eclipse has failed to see the architectural directions that Java application development has taken. In doing so, it has let down the many Java developers who use it