tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427069094580312550.post6504121848986333933..comments2023-12-23T21:48:09.231-08:00Comments on Code To Joy: At the Corner of Project and RefactorMichael Easterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14799771593145201161noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427069094580312550.post-56990520273157242422007-03-07T19:11:00.000-08:002007-03-07T19:11:00.000-08:00re: create a plugin.Great idea! I have thought abo...re: create a plugin.<BR/><BR/>Great idea! I have thought about it but haven't had a chance to even consider it yet....Michael Easterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14799771593145201161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427069094580312550.post-46475613605627590422007-03-05T06:01:00.000-08:002007-03-05T06:01:00.000-08:00Some great points here, MEaster!Eclipse does have ...Some great points here, MEaster!<BR/><BR/>Eclipse does have lots of stuff, and lots of ways to do the same thing. One of the things I have learned during my experience as a developer (actually something you mentored me on years ago) is that a good keyboard shortcut, while seemingly trivial at the surface, is usually priceless when you find yourself using it more than, say, twice a day. Eclipse has no shortage of them, as you found out in your class.<BR/><BR/>I also agree that talking to peers about the IDE is a great way to learn new stuff. Don’t be afraid to open the dialog. You are certainly going to learn something, and you are certainly going to teach something. When doing team development, I often find that one of us, while observing the other one pilot the IDE, will ask, “Hey, how did you do that?”<BR/><BR/>I am sure your class taught you tons. But when you are ready for some more, I have a challenge for you. This harkens back to one of your other blog entries (Word to the Wise). Try creating a plugin for Eclipse. Or take it one step further and develop an RCP application. One bit of advice before you start reading the online tutorials though: Have a project in mind. The examples range from “Hello world” to sophisticated, so if you have an idea on how to expand the IDE or a simple desktop app you want to implement, start the tutorials with that end goal in mind. This will take you away from the cool things Eclipse can do when you use it as a development tool, but will open new doors to what it can do a platform in general.<BR/><BR/>Good luck and happy Eclipsing!Mike Vennemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05327716952486917452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427069094580312550.post-23052857894918112952007-03-04T10:32:00.000-08:002007-03-04T10:32:00.000-08:00Eclipse is huge. I've never really gotten to know...Eclipse <I>is</I> huge. I've never really gotten to know any of the IDEs that I've used. So I'm really lgad that I took this class.rhyolighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08951912473226031997noreply@blogger.com