In 2018, a large number of readers were drawn to Java developer tutorials on a variety of topics from RESTful development to continuous delivery with Jenkins CI.

Here's a quick Java Mission Control tutorial to show you how to install the Java Mission Control Eclipse plugin and start a Java Flight Recorder JVM profile run.

Eclipse is an open-source Integrated Development Environment (IDE) supported by IBM. Eclipse is a popular script creator for Java application development (Java SE and Java EE) and Android apps.

Although Eclipse is home to more than 125 open-source projects and sub-projects, eWEEK takes a look at the top 25 Eclipse projects. The list is in no particular order.