Jsp Editor Eclipse Plugin Download
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PDE provides a single form-based multi-page plug-in manifest editor that manages all plug-in files: MANIFEST.MF, plugin.xml, fragment.xml and build.properties. The plug-in manifest editor is used as though a single file is being edited; while, PDE handles the task of writing the data to the different files on disk.
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An editor contributes to the org.eclipse.ui.editors extension point, and, in practice, the class implementing the editor is typically a subclass of org.eclipse.ui.editors.text.TextEditor. The simplest way to familiarize yourself with the Eclipse editor framework is by creating a new plug-in with a sample XML editor (use New > Plug-in Development > Plug-in Project > ... > ... > Plug-in with an editor). This will provide you with an editor supporting syntax color highlighting, Content Assist, hover help, and more. Also be sure to check out Chapter 11 of this book, which describes an HTML editor framework. Both the XML and HTML editors show how to design and arrange your code in manageable packages.
I'm wondering whether bndtools would be a more appropriate build
system for Eclipse plugins for us compared to Tycho. Problem is: I'm
not sure how to go about using it for Eclipse plugins...As far as I can tell, bndtools is itself built with bndtools, so I've
been trying to use that as an example. I've checked out bndtools from
its GitHub repository, and used "Import Existing project" in Eclipse
to import the checkout into my workspace. I've also discovered the
'build' and 'p2' Ant targets, which seem to build everything.So far, so good. But I can't figure out how to run Eclipse with the
bndtools in my workspace. Obviously, I could run a full build and
install the result into an Eclipse, but that's not a practical way to
do plugin development.Are there any instruction on this? Specifically, I can't work out:
* Should I try to run using OSGI Run, or using the usual "Eclipse Application"?
* If the former, which .bnd file should I try to Run?
* If the latter, how do I get Eclipse to recognise each project as a bundle?I'm also puzzled by the cnf project.
* Is there supposed to be one per workspace?
* Does it have to be called cnf?
* Can I have my own project in the same workspace as bndtools itself?I found "Launching Eclipse Applications" on the bndtools wiki, but it
didn't really answer my questions.Thanks
Martin
Many thanks for your email and for trying bndtools!Yes bndtools can be used for Eclipse plug-ins and RCP applications,
with one big caveat. Currently there is no support for editing
plugin.xml, i.e. extensions and extension points. You have to use a
plain XML editor and keep referring back to documentation, which is
very painful compared to PDE's rich editing support. I hope I can
improve this in the future, perhaps by forking PDE's editor and making
it work in the context of a bndtools project. But then again the
extension registry is becoming less important in Eclipse, for example
Eclipse 4.0 has decreased its reliance on extensions significantly, so
I may not bother.To run an OSGi framework from bndtools you use the "OSGi Run" launch
type, usually by selecting a .bndrun file. Because running Eclipse
requires various platform-specific bundles, there are separate .bndrun
files for each platform: look for the bndtools..bndrun
files. You'll notice however that these each includes
bndtools.shared.bndrun, which lists all of the cross-platform bundles
and other common settings.The "Eclipse Application" launch type comes from PDE. Please ignore it
when using bndtools.The cnf project is a configuration project for the bnd workspace. It
contains things like shared settings for bnd, and the local repository
of bundles that are available for building and running. The reason for
putting this stuff in a project is so that it can be shared across a
team using version control. Unfortunately it cannot currently be
renamed, it must be called cnf. If you want that to change, please
raise a bug report against bnd ;-)Finally, yes you certainly can create other projects in the same
workspace as bndtools.I hope this helps.Regards,
Neil
You're right that the PDE manifest editor pops up when you open a
plugin.xml, even outside a PDE project. However, try using it for a
minute and you'll discover it's not really worth bothering with. None
of the support for extensions works, because the editor can't see any
of the available extension points or their schemas.Still, at least it doesn't throw NPEs any more, which is what it used
to do in this scenario...Regards.
I tried again tonight. Took me a while to figure out that "in the
workspace" means actually in that directory, rather than just be open
as a project. I had to copy the checkout into the workspace and
import it from there.Now I'm back to "Could not find framework org.eclipse.osgi, version 0".Lets say I've checked out to $HOME/bndtools, how should I import into Eclipse?
And should I been aiming to have workspace/bndtools/cnf? Or workspace/cnf?Also, is it better to try the released version, or to build master and
install that?Martin
SonarLint is an Eclipse IDE plugin that works like a spell checker. This plugin analyzes your code, detects potential bugs and helps you fix quality issues during development. The SonarLint plugin provides you with instant feedback for the most commonly used languages, including Java, Javascript, and Python.
SonarLint relies on a set of rules, SonarRules, which include PMD, CheckStyle and Findbugs rules, to name only a few. This means that this plugin is basically a one-stop-shop. In addition, the plugin integrates with SonarQube or SonarCloud, enabling you to use their quality profiles with which your app should comply.
While, unlike Maven, Gradle is not natively integrated with Eclipse, this plugin enables you to work seamlessly from the IDE in any case. Develop, import and run Gradle projects with the same convenience as the natively supported Maven projects.
Importing or creating Gradle-based projects works brilliantly thanks to this plugin. Additionally, the support for editing .gradle files is an important feature, regardless of whether you are using Groovy or Kotlin DSL (domain-specific languages).
The Snyk plugin for Eclipse scans your dependencies, builds up a dependency tree and checks for any known vulnerabilities. The Snyk plugin offers broad language support within Eclipse, including Java, Scala, JavaScript, .NET, Ruby, and more. When a vulnerability is found, the plugin provides you with information about the vulnerability and even offers possible fixes when available.
I personally like the fact that the integrated view shows me where the vulnerability comes from and how many layers deep it is. Most of the time the vulnerability originates from an indirect dependency, and it would be difficult to find. Now I can analyze if I need to fix the problem with a newer version if that is available or I might choose to exclude the dependency altogether. When a vulnerability is found, the plugin provides a link to the Snyk website, which provides insights on the vulnerability severity and other important information. It helps me make good decisions about my project.
EGit comes with multiple views so you can perform all sorts of Git actions in a nice and easy way without having to know the git commands by heart. Operations like easy branching, reverting a single file and an interactive diff view are just a few of the things that make this plugin worth a shot.
Spring Tools 4 is an integration kit for Eclipse. It is a toolkit that is built to support you with your Spring-boot enterprise applications. Smooth integration with Spring Initialzr enables you to build up and run a Spring Boot application in a few easy steps. It helps you navigate through Spring-specific code to better understand and tweak your Spring Boot application. On top of that, the plugin helps with some smart Spring Boot-specific code completion and runtime information from the running app.
If you are developing with Spring Boot in Eclipse, this integration gives you the tools to run and monitor your app all from inside your Eclipse IDE. The Spring Boot-specific code completion is very helpful. In my opinion, installing this plugin is a no-brainer, and it just makes Spring Boot development in Eclipse a lot easier.
This plugin gives Java developers the ability to decompile their class files in Eclipse. With this functionality, developers can debug class files without having the source code present. This plugin integrates popular decompilers likeJD, Jad, FernFlower, CFR and Procyon in your Eclipse IDE. According to the docs, the plugin is based on the popular (delisted) "Eclipse Class Decompiler" Plugin, but members of the open-source community enhanced it by removing all code which might compromise your privacy or security. The Enhanced Class Decompiler is a nice and handy tool that has proven to be useful.
Unfortunately, Eclipse doesn't contain a decent JSON editor by default. This plugin helps you with this shortcoming. With the JSON Editor, you can create and edit JSON files in a developer-friendly way. Features like text folding, validation, adaptable syntax highlighting and adaptable formatting are a great help when working on JSON files.
Personally, I am a particularly huge fan of the tree view provided by the plugin. It makes the navigation of large JSON files easy. Finally, the plugin also detects duplicate keys which is yet another useful feature.
The problem with this is that when Eclipse doesn't know what to dowith a given file, it opens it with the so called "System Editor",which actually is... whatever your OS says it is, hence the "rollingdice effect". I don't think you can tell the OS to use Eclipse as thedefault editor (though I didn't try; anyway I wonder why anyone wouldactually want to do it), so you have two alternatives: either installan eclipse plug-in to manage the kind of file you want to edit (likee.g. pyDev for python), or go to Window > Preferences > Editors >File Associations and associate your file extensions to the built-intext editor in Eclipse.
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