Amazon has now released the AWS Toolkit as a plug-in for the Eclipse Java IDE. The toolkit claims to make it easier for developers to develop, deploy, and debug Java applications using Amazon Web Services. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a collection of web services, which provides companies with an infrastructure in the cloud.

I have been a NetBeans and JDeveloper user for many years. I have used Eclipse on and off but can’t say that I have ever adopted Eclipse as such. Recently downloaded the new NetBeans 6.1 beta and was impressed. I already had the latest JDeveloper and Eclipse on my machine.