Eclipse 3.6M4 – Tiny nice things

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Lars Vogel

I personally believe that little things make a difference. Eclipse 3.6 is going to be great for new (and perhaps also for experienced) plugin and RCP developers.

Especially I like in the Eclipse 3.6M4 release:

-consoleLog included per default in a new launch configuration
RCP with a View

I believe the solution of Bug for -consoleLog will solve the most common problem with getting started for new Plugin / RCP developers. Also the update of the PDE RCP templates will hopefully guide new developers in using commands instead of actions.

The change in Bug for -consoleLog was also a community decision, which is a good example that Eclipse does consider user feedback.

Thanks to all involved parties and the Eclipse community for these changes. :-)

Update Unfortunately Mail Template was not part of M4.

About Lars Vogel

Lars Vogel is the founder and CEO of the vogella GmbH and works as Eclipse and Android consultant, trainer and book author. He is a regular speaker at international conferences, With more than one million visitors per month his website vogella.com is one of the central sources for Eclipse and Android programming information.
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One Response to Eclipse 3.6M4 – Tiny nice things

  1. Chris Aniszczyk says:
    December 12, 2009 at 8:24 pm

    Feel free to file bugs against the PDE team, especially the templates.

    We like when it comes with patches ;)

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