Erich Styger08/12/12
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Maximize Eclipse Views

As outlined in my earlier post about hiding the toolbar: it is important to me that I have a flexible way to use my screen real estate. There is another thing I need frequently: I’m using a small Eclipse window like this one:

Erich Styger08/11/12
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Show Workspace Location in the Title Bar

A central concept of the Eclipse framework is the concept of a workspace. I’m using multiple workspaces all the time, and in parallel. How can I know which workspace I’m using?

Erich Styger08/10/12
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Switching Source Files in the Eclipse Editor (CTRL+TAB)

A small pop-up window shows all open sources of the Editor View: Pressing CTRL+TAB repeatedly will iterate through the source files.

Veera Sundar08/03/12
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Using Multiple Versions of JDK and Eclipse in Single Machine

On my office laptop, I have installed two versions of JDK. For the office work, I need JDK6 because the internal framework needs it. I’m using JDK7 for my personal projects and exploring the latest and greatest in Java. I have two versions of Eclipse too (one for office work and one is the latest Juno).

Wayne Beaton07/28/12
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Revise the Eclipse Development Process

Over the past couple of years, I’ve established a pattern of regular updates to the EDP. I’d like to consider some more radical changes this time around.

Erich Styger07/26/12
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Customize my Workspace Perspectives

Eclipse and CodeWarrior are great. But as with most great things, they get even better if I can customize it for my needs. As outlined in my earlier posts (Eclipse Full Screen Plugin, Hide and Show Eclipse Toolbar, Maximize Eclipse Views) there is already great flexibility.

Erich Styger07/25/12
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Eclipse Full Screen Mode Plugin

For my earlier post on hiding the toolbar I received a tip for another way which even is better: a plugin to switch Eclipse into full screen mode. Here is how to install it and how it looks…

John Esposito07/24/12
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OCR Helps Data Management More Than You Think

IDC estimates that data will grow 50-fold by 2020, while the number of information containers will multiply by 75. Unfortunately, a lot of that data is still locked away in physical documents; and as a developer in the age of big data, you'll be the one expected to make that data useful. Here's how to make it work.

Dalip Mahal07/23/12
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Debuggers are for Losers

Just as airbags are the last line of defense in a car, a debugger should be the last line of defense for a programmer.

Alex Ruiz07/20/12
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Unveiling of New Terminal plug-in for Eclipse!

At Google we have several interactive command-line tools that we need to invoke from Eclipse. This first release is mostly for users to give the terminal a try. For our next release, we expect to fix all major bugs and have the ability to issue commands from Eclipse.

Erich Styger07/19/12
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Hide and Show Eclipse Toolbar

Screen real estate is important to me. Especially working on a small notebook screen I want to get the most out of it. And I know: all the cool (and fancy) UI items in Eclipse have a price.

Muhammad Khojaye07/16/12
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New Features in Eclipse Juno

Eclipse has recently announced the release of Eclipse Juno which brings new features such as Detecting resource leaks for both Java7 and Java6 etc.

Łukasz Budnik07/16/12
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EclipseLink JPA2 Distributed Cache Coordination

In larger systems where processing of user requests is distributed you need some sort of cache coordination otherwise the results may be incorrect and/or user experience bad.

Erich Styger07/14/12
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Debugging Global Variables

If I’m debugging my application in Eclipse or CodeWarrior, it shows in the Variables view the local and global variables of the current Thread and stack frame only

Erich Styger07/11/12
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Eclipse Local History & Quick Diff

I worked long hours on my project, and it was working well. But after a series of edits, somehow the application was not working the way it should. What did I change to break my code?