first thoughts about eclipse 3.3

Posted on May 29, 2007 by Andy Dingfelder

After my first full week of using Eclipse (having moved away from JBuilder) I thought I would list some of my thoughts:

  • The visual editor sucks.  Jbuilder 2005/6 and Netbeans have eclipse beat here.  I hope this area improves soon.
  • The spell checker finds spelling mistakes, but right clicking the error does not give an “add to dictionary” option.
  • Eclipse feels much faster than Jbuilder 2005, and eclipse 3.2.
  • It is great to be able to do C++ (CDT) and java in the same IDE.
  • Mylyn (formerly Mylar) rocks.  I am able to interact with tasks while developing, a big time saver.  For example, if there is an error in the ide log, you can right click it and add n eclipse bugzilla defect on the fly.

I still need to get Mantis defect tracking set up with Mylyn.

About Andy Dingfelder

Andy is a Technology Manager with over 20 years of experience in Software Development, Project Management and Team Management in Telco, Healthcare and General SDLC. Full bio is available at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/dingfelder Follow at http://twitter.com/dingfelder Andy Dingfelder lives in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand with his wife and two daughters.
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