Category Archives: plugins

Plugin Release : XPath Workbook (beta)

Posted on February 24, 2009 by sureshkrishna

Last couple of months have been quite hectic with my job and also in my personal life. Effectively this is my first blog entry this year on Eclipse. In the last one year i have been deeply involved creating XML … Continue reading →

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Eclipse Ganymede Release

Posted on July 13, 2008 by sureshkrishna

Yesterday i have written a short blog;  Things i like in Ganymede. In my blog, Ganymede was misspelled which was purely unintentional. I would like to extend my sincere apologies to all the readers and Eclipse for the confusion. Thanks … Continue reading →

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Things i like in Ganymede

Posted on July 11, 2008 by sureshkrishna

Another great release from Eclipse this year with 23 simultaneous projects. I was little bit confused as to 23 vs 24 projects; these two numbers are hovering in different sources. Never the less, i am happy to download and play … Continue reading →

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Save time with Pulse 2.1

Posted on May 14, 2008 by sureshkrishna

Pulse has been of a great help for me personally to manage versions, plugins and to share profiles. It is a great sign of relief to many developers and also corporates as it eased the plugin configuration. Continue reading →

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JFace Dialogs : which one is right for you ?

Posted on March 15, 2008 by sureshkrishna

JFace framework of Eclipse provides many standard and useful dialogs and a framework to build custom dialogs and wizards. When the standard dialogs seems to be too simple for your plugin or RCP developement, one can extend the standard dialogs … Continue reading →

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Eclipse Help vs Cheat Sheets ?

Posted on March 1, 2008 by sureshkrishna

Did you ever got into such an argument from your boss or colleague ? During the documentation time, many categorize the tasks/topics into either of Eclipse Help Content or Cheat Sheets. Depending on the task, domain and business at hand, … Continue reading →

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Are we not supporting WTP-all-in-one downloads ?

Posted on February 6, 2008 by sureshkrishna

WTP project comes with lot of added frameworks and tools for any EE and Web developer. When i tried to download the latest maintenance build, there is no option of the all-in-one package instead there are bunch of other plugins … Continue reading →

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Getting ready for my short-talk at EclipseCon 2008

Posted on January 24, 2008 by sureshkrishna

Happy New Year 2008 to everyone. This is my first blog in 2008. Last year ended with some sadness as i lost my backpack containing laptop, camera and some other important belongings in New York airport. I could not trace … Continue reading →

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Eclipse as a Platform

Posted on December 16, 2007 by sureshkrishna

Eclipse, the ubiquitous platform, has survived another challenge by releasing Europa and the incredible download numbers speak for it’s success. Initially it was perceived as a Java IDE , then a tools development environment, then a Rich Client Platform (RCP), … Continue reading →

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Any recommended strategy for eclipse plugin build ?

Posted on December 11, 2007 by sureshkrishna

I am on a cross-road and i have too many choices to make. My requirement is pretty simple that i need to able to build the plugins and my RCP application via automated build. Our server side product runs on the … Continue reading →

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