One more Eclipse blog for you.
Today I'm sharing my favorite plugins that I've collected since I started using Eclipse about 4 years ago. In order of importance and usage.
- InstaSearch: By far my favorite and most used plugin. InstaSearch does exactly what is says, finds stuff in your workspace really quick.
- Grep Console: Another huge time saver if you frequently search for debug messages in the console. Use your regex powers to style messages.
- Mylyn: See previous post on how I integrate Mylyn with my ServiceNow task queues.
- MailSnag: Occationally I need to test outbound SMTP emails but don't really need to send them to anyone. Just knowing they hit an SMTP server is good enough. MailSnag creates a local dummy SMTP server and allows you to view message format and attachments within Eclipse.
- Aptana: Mainly for the JavaScript, html, css, xml, json editors. I know Eclipse Web Tools have improved greatly and probably include everything I would need, I just haven't taken the time to try them in a while.
- JarPlug: Quickly view jar file components
- EPIC: Editing and executing Perl scripts
- ShellEd: For the rare times when I'm working with shell scripts (left my shell skills back in the DOS days).
Feel free to share anything cool that I missed. I love finding new ways to save time on my routine tasks (stay tuned for some details on my QuickSilver uses).
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