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Disabling Ganymede Plugins

In Ganymede, the Manage Configuration option Eclipse users were used to using is gone. Help->Software Updates is for just that now. So how do you go about disabling a plugin now? Well the good news is you no longer have to wait 5 minutes for the Manage Configuration window to load! Ganymede Eclipse now provides [...]

Running JSLint From Within Eclipse Using Rhino

Mikko Ohtamaa provides a nice explanation of how to execute JSLint on a javascript file from within eclipse, using Rhino.

Grails Multiple Datasource Plugin

Burt Beckwith discusses his new plugin – one I’ve been needing for a while!

SVN Log History By User to HTML

Most SVN users who use the command line client understand how to create a log in XML format: svn log –xml -v svn://some/url > svnlog.xml But this dumps the whole log, and I really just want to see a specific user. Plus, I hate XML and definitely do not want to read it. Here is [...]

Top 20 Eclipse shortcuts

Eclipse 3.3 and above shortcuts:- Show Key Assist                         – Ctrl + Shift + L Quick Fix                                    – Ctrl+1 Quick Assist                               – Ctrl+2 Find Text in Workspace              – Ctrl+Alt+G Show Refactor Quick Menu         – Alt+Shift+T Refactoring — Rename               – Alt+Shift + R Refactoring – Extract Method     – Alt + [...]

Gmail Tip

I read this today; I didn’t know you could manipulate gmail addresses in such a way.

Groovy Environment Scripting

Problem: You want to use groovy all the time, but ignorant (but paying) forces keep you writing verbose tedious Java code instead. Solution: Use groovy instead of shell scripts! In large Java development projects, developing in a local environment comes with a maddening list of pulling levers, pushing buttons, and spinning wheels. Many of these [...]

Qemu and DSL HD Install on a Thumbdrive

This is something I’ve always thought would be useful- a small linux distro installed on a thumbdrive. I’m not talking about an in-memory install; not knoppix. I want to be able to boot from within windows, but still save my stuff to the thumbdrive. I’ve used MS Virtual PC and that works ok but I’ve [...]

Manage Eclipse Plugins with Pulse

I’ve heard some good reviews about Pulse.

How to make Java applications compatible with various versions of the Java platform?

How to make Java applications compatible with various versions of the Java platform, more precisely, Java 5 API on J2SE 1.4? The answer to that is an opensource framework called Retrotranslator, it is based on the ASM bytecode manipulation framework. Haven’t tried it yet, but the docs seem promising