Eclipse Che vs. Python vs. Spring Tools 4 vs. Eclipse Theia Comparison Chart

Eclipse Che makes Kubernetes development accessible for developer teams, providing one-click developer workspaces and eliminating local environment configuration for your entire team. Che brings your Kubernetes application into your development environment and provides an in-browser IDE, allowing you to code, build, test and run applications exactly as they run on production from any machine. Eclipse Che runs in containers. All of the developer tools, the IDE and its plugins are running as containerized services. You don’t have to worry about how to configure them, install their dependencies or keeping them alive - everything is packaged together in the container. Che allows you to establish a centralized configuration for your team’s development environment and technology stacks. Eclipse Che comes with a web-based IDE, based on Eclipse Theia which provides an in-browser VSCode experience complete with the latest tooling protocols.

Spring Tools 4 is the next generation of Spring tooling for your favorite coding environment. Largely rebuilt from scratch, it provides world-class support for developing Spring-based enterprise applications, whether you prefer Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, or Theia IDE. Tailored for developing enterprise applications using Spring Framework and Spring Boot, the new generation of Spring Tools provides world-class development support for your Spring applications. Our tools have deep knowledge of Spring built in. The all-new Spring Tools can be used in various coding environments, ranging from Eclipse as a full-featured integrated development environment to Visual Studio Code and Theia as lightweight code editors. Continue to use your preferred environment and add great Spring tooling to it. The new generation of Spring Tools is largely built from scratch, incorporating modern technologies and developer tooling architectures.