Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Eclipse 3.3: New and Improved

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The highlights are:

* Label coloring for Java elements (enable it in Java > Appearance).
* Quick Access (Ctrl+3) for navigating around to a view or preference page.
* Triple click on a line to select the complete line, drag and drop text. This is very handy when using the mouse, but I am not using the mouse that often in Eclipse though.
* The new Java 6 debugging features rock. Introspecting references is really handy when trying to analyze memory leaks or weird object interactions.
* The Plug-in Development Environment is a lot more advanced. Code completion has become something people expect in Eclipse (it's everywhere), and the new user interface looks very nice.
* Specialized downloads for new users. This makes it a lot easier to try out the new Web Tools or C++ development environment. Just download and unzip, and you are good to go.
* No more mucking around in eclipse.ini to prevent perm space memory errors on Sun JVMs. This is now done automatically on Windows.
* Improved maximizing and minimizing (tiling editors is preserved when maximized) improves reduces the amount of useless whitespace.

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