Useful Eclipse Plugins + shortcut keys

Here is a list of plugins and their usefulness:

• MyEclipse -- Is a heavy wieght champion among plugins.Has lot of good features that makes it good as well as bulky. It sucks lot of memory.

Swing Tools

• jigloo -- Very good, clean and free Swing code generator. Makes swing development like VB.

Code Analysis:

• pmd

Javascript:

• jsEclipse

• Teniga_Javascript_Editor

Miscellaneous

• Mylyn --- Connects to task repository and eases task managemnt.Also standalone support
• JadClipse --Uses Jad to decompile class
• jautodoc -- Very useful for quick API documentation.
• junitBuilder -- Generate Junit automatically for classes..Saves time
• moreunit - a must have for junit. http://moreunit.sourceforge.net/org.moreunit.updatesite/
• phpeclipse -- Good for PHP developers.
• VelocityWebEdit -- Cool velocity template validation and edit tool
• patternbox -- very useful for building regular expressions quickly.
• xmlbuddy -- neat small and simple xml editing tool.
• subclipse --SVN plugin
• NTail - tail for eclipse http://www.certiv.net/
• Eclipse HttpClient -- is a Rich HttpClient Plugin with stunning user interface and build on top of the famous Apache HttpClient
• Jar class finder - give a class , it will find the jar where it belongs to.

http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/jarclassfinder/download MDA tools/plugins ---These have the ability to generate j2ee code automatically based on model driven architecture

• andromda

AJAX Plugins

• aptana

DB Modelling

• Clay modelling tool DB_Modelling_jp.azzurri.clay

Short Cut keys : CTRL+E for switching editors.Ctrl + F6 to navigate between the open editors, CTRL+ F11 for executing last command. Refactoring ALT +SHIFT+R --rename variable ALT + SHIFT + M -- extract method Indentation CTRL + I -- correct indentation individually. CTRL + SHIFT + F -- whole page format. Creation: CTRL+ N. I found it much easier to press ALT + E (extend) to add extended class and ALT + A (add interface) to add interfaces in the new class wizard. My class will then come out with empty overridden methods and correct imports. Search CTRL+Shift+G, which searches the workspace for references to the selected method or variable. 5 stars. Agility F3 Go to a type declaration CTRL + SHIFT + UP(DOWN) -- move up or down to the next member CTRL+T on an interface name...This list the implementation of the interface. Very useful. 5 stars CTRL+. and CTRL+, Move to one problem (i.e.: error, warning) to the next (or previous). Ctrl-F6 is a great way to jump around between open editors. CTRL+F7 to switch views...Verrrry useful CTRL+F8 to switch perspectives. Ctrl-O in a class definition brings up Quick Outline. Start typing a member name and hit return once it’s unambiguous. Combined with Open Type this is a lightning fast way to go to any method in any class.ctrl-o ctrl-o to show inherited members too! Less typing

I think of Quick Fix as a tool for writing code, not something that just corrects accidental errors. Instead of trying to type perfect code and using Quick Fix only when you make a mistake, try intentionally leaving out code, then using Quick Fix to add it in. For example, call a function that isn’t defined, passing in all the arguments you want to to take. Use Ctrl-1, Enter to create an empty version of the function with all the right parameter types. I also like Quick Fix for creating casts. I assign an expression to a variable without a cast, then use Quick Fix to add it in.

Instead of declaring a variable and then assiging the value of an expression to it, try just writing the expression, then use Quick Assist – Assign to Field (Ctrl-2 L) to generate the declaration. The variable name will be highlighted and the drop down gives you several reasonable alternatives to use for the variable name. Tab again to get to the type to choose an alternative. For example if you had new ArrayList<String&gt;() and used Assign to Field you might choose List<String&gt; from the list of type alternatives.

More here : http://eclipse.dzone.com/news/effective-eclipse-shortcut-key

More here : http://rayfd.wordpress.com/2007/05/20/10-eclipse-navigation-shortcuts-every-java-programmer-should-know/

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