10 Effortless Tricks To Speed Up Your Java Development In Eclipse

A small list of basic tips for newcomers to speed up their development in Eclipse.

For advanced users, more tips are available on my blog with dozens of screenshots and detailled descriptions: http://stephanebegaudeau.tumblr.com/post/37318392815/eclipse-java-development-tools

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1. 10 Effortless tricks to speed up your Java development in Eclipse !
2. Code Completion Ctrl +space
3. Never type 100% of your code anymore by using the power of camel case
4. The name of your variables is automatically computed for you
5. Use camel case to select quickly the method to call among all the methods available
6. Ctrl+1 Quick Fix
7. Let Eclipse create local variables, choose their name and realize the necessary import
8. Initialize local variables
9. Assign the result of a method to a new local variable
10. Code Templates
11. Type a complex piece of code thanks to a small template
12. Create your own code templates in a few seconds
13. Ctrl Shift T + + Open Type
14. Find the type that you were looking for and filter the result with camel case
15. Ctrl Alt H + + Call Hierarchy
16. Find out where your code is called from!
17. Ctrl Shift O + + Organize Imports
18. Ask Eclipse to import the necessary types. In case of conflicts, Eclipse will ask you what to import
19. Save Actions
20. Let Eclipse handle boring tasks for you each time you are saving your code
21. Debug Debug Debug !
22. Stop your application on a specific instruction to have a look at the state of your variables
23. Use the Expressions view to track the value of complex expressions
24. Display View
25. Run expressions against the current state of your application to fix bugs easily
26. Scrapbook Page
27. Test your code without having to run your complete application
28. Thanks for watching! More tips and tricks: Blog: stephanebegaudeau.tumblr.com Twitter: @sbegaudeau Obeo 2013