1. Eclipse Using Tips
... and tricks
Jay Xu

2. Agenda I
Eclipse Project
Settings Create
Global ~
Import / Checkout
JDK / Web
Container~ Run / Debug
Editor ~ SVN
Complier ~
Export / Import ~

3. Agenda II
Code Assistance
Magic Ctrl+1
Refactoring
Refactoring in Eclipse
Plugins
Install
Update

4. Eclipse
A “Platform”
Based on SWT
Bunch of Plugins
OSGi / Equinox
“Perspective”

5. Global Settings
Always run in background
Show heap status
Show traditional style tabs

6. JDK / Web Container
Settings
JDK
Web Container

7. Editor Settings (Java)
Font
Default Text Encoding
Syntax Coloring
Code Templates
Formatter
Save Actions

8. Compiler Settings
Compiler Compliance
Class File Generation
Errors / Warnings

9. Export / Import Settings
Export / Import Global Settings
Export / Import Formatter
Export / Import Code Template

10. Project
Create a ...
Java Project
Dynamic Web Project
Import a Project
Run a Project ...
as an Application
JUnit

11. Debug a Project
Breakpoint
Watch a Variable
Step into / over / return
Remote Debugging
Thread Debugging

12. SVN
Checkout a Project from SVN
Commit / Update / Revert
Conflict! (diff)
Annotation
Sync with Repository*

13. Tea Break

14. Code Assistance
Override / Implement Methods
Generate Getters and Setters
Generate hashCode() and equals()
Generate toString()
Generate Constructor Using Fields

15. Magic Ctrl+1
Create field
Add unimplemented methods
Generate SID
Quick rename
Surround with try / catch
Convert local variable to field
Generate getter and setter
...

16. Refactoring
What is Refactoring?
Improving the Design of Existing Code

17. Refactoring in Eclipse
Rename (Package / Class / Method / Variable)
Move (Class / Method)
Extract (Class / Method / Local Variable / Constant)
Extract Interface
Inline

18. Plugins
What are Plugins?
How to Install
How to Update
Some Useful Plugins
Subclipse
TPTP
FindBugs

19. Q A