The Plug-in Development Environment project and Web Tools Platform project provide plenty of tools for OSGi development and Java EE development, respectively.
Some aspects of system implementation, such as logging, error handling, standards enforcement and feature variations are notoriously difficult to implement in a modular way.
Eclipse Buckminster is a set of frameworks and tools for automating build, assemble & deploy (BA&D) development processes in complex or distributed component-based development.
Eclipse Object Teams adds new dimensions of modularity for extreme re-use while sustaining a crisp architecture that's a breeze to maintain during long-term software evolution. — This is done by extending object oriented programming with the concept of Roles which are grouped into Teams. — The Object Teams Development Tooling supports efficient development using OT/J by seamlessly and comprehensively extending JDT.
Eclipse Mobile Tools for Java™ project creates tools and frameworks to extend the Eclipse platform to support embedded and mobile device Java application development.
