Eclipse Orion 18.0

Release Date
Deliverables

The main deliverables for the Orion 18.0 release is a development environment that runs in the browser.  It includes a multi-user server based on Node or Java.

Primary support is for Web programming languages, however any file type can be edited.

Compatibility

Orion aims to provide compatibility for plugins. Plugins written for previous versions of Orion, that use well documented services, will continue to work in Orion 18.0.

Documented server REST API has changed in compatible ways. Existing client code running against previous versions of the Orion server (either Java or Node) will continue to work in Orion 18.0.

No compatibility is provided within Orion server code, on either Java or Node servers.

Internationalization

All client side messages are externalized, and if additional language packs are present they will be used, based on the browser's language settings. Server strings are not externalized and messages from third party libraries used by Orion are not guaranteed to be externalized.

Target Environments

Java8 Based runtime for the Orion Server

Node.js (> v6.11.1) Based runtime for the Orion Node Server

Client Side Browser Support

  • Chrome/Chromium 48+
  • Firefox 45+
  • Edge
  • Safari 9+
Themes

Support LSP

The LSP (Language Server Protocol) investigation has been in a branch for quite some time now. It's time to merge the exploration into the main stream.