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- A servlet container plug-in - This will provide us some ease of control (starting, stopping, debugging) over our servlet container from within the Eclipse IDE.
- A Maven plug-in - This will allow us to run Maven commands such as building, cleaning, or packaging from within the Eclipse IDE.
- An SVN plug-in - This will provide the ability to access and manipulate svn repositories from within the Eclipse IDE.
- The WTP (Web Tools Platform) plug-in - WTP provides a large swath of web development abilities from within the Eclipse IDE.
- The DTP (Data Tools Platform) plug-in - DTP provides a large swath of database development abilities from within the Eclipse IDE.
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