V elocity has nowadays gained a lot of respect in web development and you will for sure find this language in most of the places. In such a scenario, if the language is not detected by Eclipse then that becomes a huge drawback and also difficult to work. There are scads of plugins available but I used Veloeclipse and it is working good. So you can as well go ahead and try this velocity editor. Steps to install Veloeclipse in your Eclipse: Step 1: I am hoping you have your Eclipse open. Go to Help --> Install New Software. A new window appears. Step 2: In the new window you will find an Add button. Click on it and you will get one more window. Here you will have two options. Fill them as shown. Name: veloeclipse Location: http://veloeclipse.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/update/ Step 3: Once you click OK on the previous screen, you will get a new window which will have an option to select. Select the box and click Next . Step 4: The rest will be done by