Which version of Eclipse can be used to manipulate TFS files

Question

I need to connect to TFS to edit files, generally they are of the .sql and .cs variant some times I need .aspx also. I do now want to purchase Microsoft visual studio.

So kindly tell me which Eclipse I should install to fulfill my requirement. because there are many type of eclipse available like Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers, Eclipse for Parallel Application Developers etc.

Answer 1

By installing

• Team explorer Everywhere
• and eGit

you get access to TFS from eclipse (both to TFVC and Git repositories). That doesn't add anything to edit T-SQL or C# files. But you can edit them in simple text edit mode. You can use any version of Eclipse as basis, as no version comes with the right plugins you need, but I would recommend to check the free versions of Visual Studio first.

If you want a free version that can edit files created by a paid version of Visual Studio, you can pick from the following options:

• Visual Studio Express (free license)
• Visual Studio Community Edition (free license with restrictions)
• MonoDevelop (free, open source)
• SharpDevelop (free, open source)
• Visual Studio Code (free, cross platform)

Or extend Eclipse with additional plugins to handle other file formats:

• C#: http://emonic.sourceforge.net/
• look in the eclipse marketplace for other plugins for other file formats.