This is an updated version of http://blog.simpleigh.com/2013/06/some-handy-eclipse-plugins/ for Eclipse Mars.

One of the most exciting features of Eclipse is the plugin ecosystem. Eclipse has been around for ages, and there are plenty of fantastic plugins adding additional programming languages and features. Here’s a list of some I’ve found useful:

Geppetto

Puppet is a great way to automate the configuration of new servers. Geppetto (the puppet maker) is an IDE for this: providing syntax highlighting and integration with the Puppet forge.

• Update site: http://geppetto-updates.puppetlabs.com/4.x/
• Documentation: http://puppetlabs.github.io/geppetto/
• Tick:
  • Geppetto for Eclipse IDE

Json Editor

Support for JSON.

• Update site: https://sourceforge.net/projects/eclipsejsonedit/files/update
• Documentation: http://sourceforge.net/projects/eclipsejsonedit/
• Tick:
  • Json Editor Plugin

Mars Updates

Eclipse provides much of its core functionality via plugins, and there’s plenty available to extend the default configuration.

• Update site: http://download.eclipse.org/releases/mars/
• Documentation: http://www.eclipse.org/
• Tick:
  • C/C++ Autotools suport
  • C/C++ Development Tools
  • C/C++ Unit Testing Support
  • Dynamic Languages Toolkit – ShellEd IDE
  • Eclipse Web Developer Tools
  • Eclipse XML Editors and Tools
  • Eclipse XSL Developer Tools
  • JavaScript Development Tools
  • PHP Development Tools (PDT)
  • Subversive SVN Team Provider [Subversion integration]
  • Web Page Editor
  • … anything else you fancy!

Markdown Editor

Simple syntax highlighting and document outline for Markdown.

• Update site: http://www.nodeclipse.org/updates/markdown/
• Documentation: http://www.winterwell.com/software/markdown-editor.php
• Tick:
  • Markdown Editor

PyDev

An IDE for Python.

• Update site: http://pydev.org/updates
• Documentation: http://pydev.org/manual.html
• Tick:
  • PyDev for Eclipse

ReST Editor

As advertised last post, syntax highlighting makes editing ReStructured Text a lot easier…

• Update site: http://resteditor.sourceforge.net/eclipse
• Documentation: http://resteditor.sourceforge.net/
• Tick:
  • ReST Editor

TeXlipse

Support for LaTeX.

• Update site: http://texlipse.sourceforge.net/
• Documentation: http://texlipse.sourceforge.net/
• Tick:
  • TeXlipse

I hope to update this list as I discover new plugins: feel free to add suggestions in the comments.