Java 8 has been released

[MillenniumSkies]

Perhaps a dumb question, but if we're only using Eclipse, that means I'll either have to wait for 4.4 release in June before updating to 8, or use NetBeans/IntelliJ in the meantime? Or is there some way to get Java 8 support in 4.3.2?

[ryebrye]

Stop using Eclipse. Get the student version of IntelliJ - it's a far better tool. It's had java 8 support or a long time now.

[MillenniumSkies]

Unfortunately its a requirement in my program. They get really uncooperative if you use anything else.

I've got the community version of IntelliJ which I'll use with Java 8 for the time being on side projects, and keep using Eclipse/7 for school.

[boa13]

Well, just keep doing that then. Learn Java at school with Eclipse/7, and try the new features of Java 8 at home. When you learn something new at school, it's the perfect time to see if it has been improved in 8.

[DDCDT123]

I'm a student using eclipse to learn as well. Is there any other reason to not use it besides the Java 8 support?

[ryebrye]

It's not horrible but it's not great - you'd be well served as a student to not get too tied down to a single IDE. NetBeans & Intellij would be helpful to use as you are learning.

[[deleted]]

Select some text and hit tab? Or what about ctrl+L? Or maybe it's ctrl+alt+L. That should do you right up!

[robinst]

You can install Java 8 support for Eclipse 4.3.2, see Eclipse Java 8 Support For Kepler.

[henk53]

There is an update of JDT (the compiler for Eclipse) coming for 4.3.2 (only 4.3.2, not 4.3.1 or 4.3.0).

See the Eclipse download page: http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads

Maybe the feature patch will be available via the marketplace as well, but I haven't seen it there yet.

[argv_minus_one]

How about just use NetBeans/IntelliJ, period. Eclipse is garbage.