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IBM Development Package for Eclipse
The IBM Development Package for Eclipse contains a ready-to-run Java development environment that consists of the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE) with the IBM Java runtime. You can use this package to develop, test and run your Java applications. Downloads are available for the Windows operating system on Intel 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.
Exploit the big data analytics capabilities of Apache Spark ™. The IBM Development Package for Apache Spark integrates and leverages the IBM developer kit to provide a fast, general purpose cluster computing platform for large-scale data processing.
IBM Cloud
Develop, deploy, and scale Java apps in the cloud with IBM Cloud™. The Liberty for Java runtime, plus a number of Java boilerplates services will have you up and running in no time. Get started for free today.
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