In order to get it to work right, I have to “drop and drag” the files that I want in my classpath/dependencies into my the WEB-INF/lib folder. It works this way. For some reason, when I try to do it the right way Build path → Configure build path → External jars it just doesn’t … Read more
You’re right, Eclipse updating can be horribly slow, regardless of connection speed. From what I can tell, this is because it checks a whole bunch of slow servers looking for updates every time you try and install something. You can disable this behaviour in the “Install New Software” dialog by unchecking the “Contact all update … Read more
The Eclipse (software) page on Wikipedia summarizes it pretty well: Releases Since 2006, the Eclipse Foundation has coordinated an annual Simultaneous Release. Each release includes the Eclipse Platform as well as a number of other Eclipse projects. Until the Galileo release, releases were named after the moons of the solar system. So far, each Simultaneous … Read more