Eclipse Dirigible vs. Eclipse IDE vs. Eclipse Web Tools Platform (WTP) vs. python-sql Comparison Chart

Eclipse Dirigible™ is a high-productivity application platform that provides development tools and a runtime environment. It supports the full development lifecycle of applications by leveraging an in-system programming model and rapid application development techniques. Eclipse Dirigible provides capabilities for end-to-end development process from database modeling and management, through RESTful services authoring using various dynamic languages, to pattern-based user interface generation, role-based security, external services integration, testing, debugging, operations, and monitoring. All the Eclipse Dirigible project's source code and sample applications are licensed under Eclipse Public License v 2.0 and maintained at GitHub. You can develop student projects, test different technologies and scenarios, learn popular programming languages. Eclipse Dirigible provides everything you need for your development project.

The Eclipse Web Tools Platform (WTP) project extends the Eclipse platform with tools for developing Web and Java EE applications. It includes source and graphical editors for a variety of languages, wizards and built-in applications to simplify development, and tools and APIs to support deploying, running, and testing apps. The Libra project integrates the existing tooling provided by the Plug-in Development Environment project and the Web Tools Platform project to work together for implementing OSGi Enterprise scenarios. The JavaScript Development Tools provide plug-ins that implement an IDE supporting the development of JavaScript applications and JavaScript within web applications. It adds a JavaScript project type and perspective to the Eclipse Workbench as well as a number of views, editors, wizards, and builders.