Archive for January, 2009
Java Source Helper 0.2.1
I updated the Java Source Helper to version 0.2.1 after doing a quick-fix to the code to allow formatting with braces on a single line below the starting block (which would previously only show a starting brace and nothing else). As people format their code differently this will undoubtedly become a future issue in trying [...]
New Java Source Helper Version
I just uploaded version 0.2.0 of the Java Source Helper (+ source) which includes new features, bugfixes and a preference page for controlling aspects of the plugin. To see what’s new, including fresh screenshots, head over to the sourcehelper page located here. Enjoy!
RCP Workspaces
An “Eclipse workspace” is basically a directory where all your metadata preference files are stored (Eclipse specific files, there’s a lot of them). It’s also where your projects are stored, your source files, jars, and so on. It’s useful to have all of this one one place, and Eclipse itself requires it or your workspace [...]
Glazed Lists + SWT Tables == True
If you haven’t heard about Glazed Lists until now, it’s about time you do, because it’s probably the last tables and grid sorting/filtering API you will ever need. It will also be the last time you rip your hair out when someone asks you for a multi-sort-multi-thread-asynchronously-updated-filtered-unique-table (which happens all the time, right?). From here [...]


