IDE Version 0.0.79

SPIDER

Professional Eclipse-based development environment for SICStus Prolog. Debug, profile, and analyze your code with powerful visual tools.

IDE Features

Source-Level Debugging

Step through your code with breakpoints, variable inspection, and call stack visualization.

Execution Profiling

Find performance bottlenecks with detailed profiling. Visualize where your program spends time.

On-the-fly Analysis

Real-time error detection, determinacy checking, and code quality analysis as you type.

Refactoring Tools

Safely rename predicates, extract code, and restructure your codebase with confidence.

Syntax Highlighting

Full Prolog syntax highlighting with customizable color themes and bracket matching.

Code Coverage

Visual code coverage analysis to ensure your tests exercise all code paths.

System Requirements

Prerequisites

  • Eclipse IDE

    Eclipse IDE for Java Developers (latest version recommended)

  • Java Runtime

    Java 11 or later

  • SICStus Prolog

    Version 4.3 or later (4.10.1 recommended)

Full Requirements

Installation

Step 1: Install Eclipse

Download and install Eclipse IDE for Java Developers from eclipse.org.

Step 2: Install SPIDER Plugin

In Eclipse, go to Help → Install New Software and add the SPIDER update site. Follow the installation wizard to complete setup.

Step 3: Configure SICStus Path

Set your SICStus installation path in Eclipse preferences under Window → Preferences → SICStus.

SPIDER Resources

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