Digging into the Eclipse Marketplace

TitleDigging into the Eclipse Marketplace
Publication TypeConference Proceedings
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsKrüger, J, Corr, N, Schröter, I, Leich, T
Secondary TitleOpen Source Systems: Towards Robust Practices 13th International Conference on Open Source Systems
Series TitleIFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Volume496
Pagination60-65
Date Published05/2017
PublisherSpringer
KeywordsEclipse IDE, Eclipse Marketplace, empirical study, open source
Abstract

Eclipse is an integrated development environment that can be extended with plug-ins. Thanks to Eclipse’s success, a diverse community has been established with members coming from industry, open-source projects, and others, and a marketplace with more than 1.700 different plug-ins developed. Hence, the question arises how this marketplace is composed: Who contributes plug-ins? Which plug-ins are successful? Are there common characteristics or trends? To answer these questions, extensive investigations are necessary. In this paper, we present (i) an initial approach for corresponding analyses and (ii) preliminary results. Overall, we aim to pave the way for further research addressing, for example, motivations to participate in, or the evolution of, open marketplaces.

URLhttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-57735-7_7
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-57735-7_7
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