Tools & Methods

Testing Code Generation

Some things lend themselves to TDD better than others. Code generation, it turns out, scores a 10 on this front. (To some people, it‘s heresy to think that...

0 replies - 1003 views - 11/21/08 by Rob Williams in Articles

Single Sourcing, Agility and OSGi

It’s not a typical article title, but from day one of Eclipse Summit Europe these are the three main points I’ve taken away. I haven’t been to ESE...

0 replies - 740 views - 11/20/08 by James Sugrue in Articles

Tasktop Autumn 2008 and Mylyn - An Interview With Mik Kersten

Today, Tasktop release the Autumn 2008 version of the tool, adding Linux and Firefox support. I met with Mik Kersten,Tasktop CEO and Eclipse Mylyn project lead...

0 replies - 461 views - 11/12/08 by James Sugrue in Articles

Hand-written and Generated Code: Never the Twain Shall Meet

There are many tools these days that generate code. Before writing such a tool, stop to consider if you really should be generating code in the first place....

0 replies - 890 views - 10/26/08 by merks in Articles

ArrayContentProvider - A default implementation for IStructuredContentProvider

Today I discovered that JFace provides a nice default implementation for the IStructuredContentProvider - the org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ArrayContentProvider...

0 replies - 685 views - 10/25/08 by Prakash in Tips and Tricks

Programmatically split an editor area to show two editors side by side.

Last time a workmate of mine asked me if it is possible, to programmatically split the editor area of an eclipse RCP application.We all know that if you have...

0 replies - 841 views - 10/20/08 by dmissoh in Tips and Tricks

Service Factory and OSGI Logging Proposal

I've been doing some thinking lately about how can we log different bundles or the same bundle with different versions with different log level. Logging...

3 replies - 2035 views - 10/08/08 by slim.ouertani in Articles

Eclipse GUI Testing Is Viable With SWTBot

For several years I've struggled with the viability of automated Eclipse GUI test frameworks. Now for the first time I've found an approach that works...

2 replies - 1731 views - 09/26/08 by David Green in Articles

The Best JSP/Struts/JSF Development Tool Is Now Free

My previous project was based on Struts 1.x. With Struts, it was always a love-hate relationships. On one end, it was elegant and it turned some of the...