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Favorite Eclipse Plugins

Import · Oct 14, 2011 · article

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.

  1. InstaSearch: By far my favorite and most used plugin. InstaSearch does exactly what is says, finds stuff in your workspace really quick.
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  3. Grep Console: Another huge time saver if you frequently search for debug messages in the console. Use your regex powers to style messages.
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  5. Mylyn: See previous post on how I integrate Mylyn with my ServiceNow task queues.
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  7. 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.
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  9. 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.
  10. JarPlug: Quickly view jar file components
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  12. EPIC: Editing and executing Perl scripts
  13. 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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