Eclipse Day at the Googleplex: Plug-in Development Tips

[MrY2be]

yeah i know ...

[Elfrania]

People are already complaining slight changes on facebook, imagine how users will feel on their IDEs, platforms, and developmental environment.

[codingkriggs]

Video sections (part 7; final):

Some links (replace * with .):

9:40 Execution environments: wiki*eclipse*org/Execution_Env­ironments

14:58 OSGi Console: ibm*com/developerworks/opensou­rce/library/os-ecl-osgiconsole­/

26:47 Graph Plug-in Dependencies: eclipse*org/pde/incubator/depe­ndency-visualization/

[codingkriggs]

Video sections (part 6):

44:41 API Tooling: In Javadoc, can use, for example, @noextend and @nooverride, and decorate the code, with customizable settings, with warnings or errors.

47:04 Topics not covered: Target Editor, Embedded Rich Client Platform, Rich Ajax Platform.

[codingkriggs]

Video sections (part 5):

40:39 Plug-in Project From Existing Jars: Bundles existing JARs as new PDE projects, ready for reuse.

42:01 Plug-in Spy: Gives introspective information on the workbench, including the active view, the type of the current selection, as well as links to the source code used by that view. Alt+shift+F1.

43:50 Open plug-in artifact: Like Open Type, but in PDE. Can access plug-ins, extension points, extensions and packages. Ctrl+shift+A (I'm guessing, for Windows).

[codingkriggs]

Video sections (part 4):

30:25 Organize Manifest Wizard: Performs certain checks and fixes automatically that keeps the manifest in sync with the project.

32:36 Product Editor: Customizes loading properties and feel of an RCP application, such as customizing splash screens, branding, etc.

37:25 Externalize Strings: Helps set up your PDE contribution to more easily work in multiple locales.

38:18 Adding .qualifier to a version.

[codingkriggs]

Video sections (part 3):

22:11 Conditional breakpoints: attach a boolean expression to a breakpoint to determine if the debugger will stop at the breakpoint or not (in breakpoint properties). Great place for a conditional breakpoint is in BundleLoader.loadClass(String)­. All classes OSGi loads call this method.

25:19 Plug-in Dependencies View: Navigate caller and callee plug-ins for a given plug-in.

26:47 Graph Plug-in Dependencies: Can help find indirect dependency path between two plugins.

[codingkriggs]

Video sections (part 2):

14:58 OSGi Console: add -console to the program arguments of the launch configuration. Issue commands, such as ss for short status of bundles. Can specify port and telnet.

19:26 Display View: execute/inspect code while stopped at breakpoint (has code completion).

[codingkriggs]

Video sections (part 1):

2:55 Target Management: can develop on older versions.

4:02 Plug-ins view: Plug-ins view > Add to Java Search: makes available for such dialogs as Open Type (ctrl+shift+t).

6:30 Error Log: Can sort by session or plug-in, as well as view error logs for launch configurations.

9:40 Execution environments: target a specific environment.

14:13 OSGi Launch Configurations: switch in 3.0.

[hossain911]

lol !!! he's great ..... good job ! as i didn't knew :D

but anyway... nothing to be angry about, you know :p

[mux4fun]

I thought the former comments were overaggressive. Sadly they're right.

He's not able to calm down, what causes to unravel a few disturbing weaknesses - so many otherwise talented people simply suck at presentations...

[sandeepmaloth]

ye know ye know ye know...WTF??