This is a plugin for Eclipse that turns it into a Maya IDE. As it is Python-centric, it also requires the pyDev plugin. Features include:
- Send the entire contents of an editor to Maya
- Send a highlighted selection to Maya
- Python and mel scripts supported
- Anything done within Maya's own script editor is also echoed in the console view
- Change the port number of the socket at any time
- Open up documentation for Maya's Python API, Python Commands,
Pymel, Qt, PySide, PyQt and User options
- Get results back from Maya in it's own console view
- Eclipse Helios, Eclipse Indigo and Eclipse Juno supported. Requires PyDev plugin.
For more info, see tutorial here:
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/tutorials/using-tools-scripts/c/using-eclipse-as-a-maya-ide