FAQ

Is PLMCompanion server addon required?

The core functionality is managed by the server-side addon. Why? Because it is impossible to execute commands platform-agnostic without an external tool which runs on another machine. During implementation, there was a suggestion that we should support the only Linux to be able to connect via SSH or to execute commands directly from IDE on the localhost. But we figured out that external tools will be the best solution.

Is there a plan to implement PLMCompanion as Eclipse plugin

I made a quick research about how Eclipse plugins are being implemented. And it did was not appealing to me. Here is a list of reasons why I would not bother to implement plugin by myself.

1. I am not using Eclipse anymore, and it will not drive me to implement features, which I will not be using. This plugin was started because I was tired of switching between windows, manual command execution, etc.
2. No official support for Gradle. It seems that Eclipse plugins are meant to be implemented "in Eclipse for Eclipse". Intellij IDEA is much better in that regard because you are not forced to use it to implement plugins for Intellij.

I may support anyone who wants to implement the equivalent of PLM Companion for Eclipse, integrate it with the addon and implement "business logic", if you want to start such thing, feel free to contact me