A lengthy technical article at IBM's developerWorks Web site discusses Eclipse, an extensible, universal tool platform and general-purpose IDE meant to enable tool developers to integrate their tools seamlessly with other tools. The article focuses on “features,” the unit of Eclipse configuration management that supports product branding.

Features are part of how developers build customized solutions on top of the Eclipse Platform, and are a must-learn for those developing plugins to share with others, according to the story. The article offers suggestions on how to structure features and use the Plug-in Development Environment's support for building features and plug-ins. It also discusses advanced techniques for customizing the behavior of Eclipse.

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