Eclipse 3.3 and Mylyn 2.0

The Eclipse IDE just keeps getting better and better. Now the recent Eclipse 3.3 release and Mylyn 2.0 (formerly Mylar) have taken the Java IDE to the next level. Numerous enhancements in the Eclipse Platform 3.3 have made it easier to write Java code and to build Eclipse plug-ins that provide an integrated user experience. In this SD Times Web Seminar, Mik Kersten will demonstrate how the combination of the Eclipse Java Development Tools and Mylyn’s Task-Focused UI make it dramatically easier to build and maintain large systems. Mik will also discuss how these facilities are being extended to provide the same benefits when working with other kinds of programming languages, such as Ruby and other frameworks, such as Spring. Mylyn is a Task-Focused UI for Eclipse that makes working with very large workspaces as easy as working with small ones. It makes tasks a first class part of Eclipse, and integrates task repositories such as Bugzilla, Trac and JIRA. Once your tasks are integrated, Mylyn monitors your work activity to identify information relevant to the task-at-hand. Mylyn uses this task context to focus the Eclipse UI on the interesting information. This puts the information you need to get work done at your fingertips and improves productivity by reducing searching, scrolling and navigation. By making task context explicit, Mylyn also facilitates multitasking, planning, reusing past efforts and sharing expertise.