ECLIPSE PLUGINS:

  • AnyEdit http://andrei.gmxhome.de/anyedit/links.html
  • Log4E http://log4e.jayefem.de/
  • CheckStyle http://sourceforge.net/projects/eclipse-cs

ECLIPSE CONFIGURATIONS:

Project -> Properties -> Java Build Path

 Source
            Tab Enable "Allow output folders for source folders" Set
            "Spellcast/src" output folder to "Spellcast/build/classes" Set
            "Spellcast/test" output folder to "Spellcast/build/test-classes"
            Set "Default output folder" to "Spellcast/does-not-exist"

Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Code Style

Set Conventions for variables names for "Parameters" and "Local Variables" to: Prefix List: the,new,an,a For "Fields" remove new from the list.

ECLIPSE BUGS:

Extend Eclipse to understand the {@inheritDoc} feature.

In Javadoc comments remove trailing spaces for empty lines.

In help for "JDT JUnit integration" the hyperlinked for "Creating JUnit tests" incorrectly links to "Inlining a method".