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 CISO/CTO in the fintech sector with over 20 years of experience in Software Delivery and Team Leadership in multiple industry domains. Master's Degree (MPA) in Public Administration Information Systems and over 10 years of board governance experience for multiple organisations. Full bio is available at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/dingfelder and links available at https://linktr.ee//dingfelder or follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/dingfelder. Andy lives in the Wellington region, New Zealand with his wife and two daughters.
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