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Installing Multiple Eclipse Plugins with Ease

Eclipse is a platform built for plugins. Personally I use over a dozen plugins on top of the vanilla Eclipse distribution. All these plugins greatly increase my productivity throughout the development cycle. However, there is a drawback: when setting up a new IDE, installing all those plugins can be very time consuming.

There are a number of solutions for that. Most of them include a custom Eclipse distribution or more plugins. Now, there's another option: using the new Eclipse Marketplace.

The process is simple: mark your favorite Eclipse plugins and the Marketplace will build a personalized update site containing your plugins. This update site can be used in all versions and distributions of Eclipse without the need to install any extra plugins. Moreover, this update site is public and can shared among teammates and colleagues. This process works great for installing nWire along with other plugins from different sites.

Pulse and nWire: The Perfect Match

Today, we are announcing our first partnership, with Genuitec LLC, the makers of the MyEclipse IDE and Pulse. You can read the full press release here or on our new Press Releases section. Pulse gives Eclipse users the most effective and efficient way to locate, install and maintain multiple Eclipse software profiles (configurations). A free edition is available, as well as more advanced editions.

In simple terms: Pulse is the easiest way for installing and configuring Eclipse distributions. Yes, downloading Eclipse from the Eclipse.org site is a simple task, but that's never enough. Eclipse is a platform built for extensions: the basic pack is just a good start. The task becomes even more demanding in larger teams. Maintaining an up-to-date Eclipse distribution, which is the same for the entire team, including the workspace settings, can be challenging to say the least.

That's where Pulse comes in. It is a true time saver, like nWire. We believe that offering nWire through Pulse is a great added-value for our customers who care about saving time. If you are not familiar with Pulse, it is a great time to try it out.

nWire is offered through the Pulse catalog in two forms: a full profile which can be installed in a single click and an add-on which can be added to a customized profile. More details can be found in our Pulse installation instructions page.

Important Note: For a limited time, Pulse users can purchase a single license of nWire at a 15% discount. A discount coupon can be found when accessing the nWire store from the Pulse Explorer.

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