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Eclipse 3.5 Galileo and SVN (Subversive)

October 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Java, Tools

With Subversive being an official Eclipse project (2007) and the recent Eclipse 3.5 Galileo release (2009), you may be wondering why Eclipse still does not have SVN support built-in.
But don’t fuss, because it’s not that hard to configure SVN support (using Subversive) with a few simple steps. This document aims to guide you with the [...]

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Free Alternative to Flex Builder

September 26th, 2008 · 10 Comments · Flex, Tools

It’s been a long time since I last played with Flex. I feel like starting from square one.
This also means that I have a more difficult path ahead of me, with my Flex Builder trial license already expired.
Fortunately, it’s not that hard to setup basic mxml auto complete functionality with a plain Eclipse installation with [...]

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An Eclipse Shirt For Me!

August 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Java, Tools

I got an email this morning (well it arrived last Friday but I read it just today) telling me that I won a free shirt.
Thank you for submitting a review of the Eclipse release to the Ganymede Around the World contest. We have an Eclipse shirt for you! Please send me your:
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Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede) – Managing Extension Locations

June 26th, 2008 · 22 Comments · Programming, Tools

Upon installing Ganymede, I immediately tried looking for the “Manage Configuration” option to install the plugins I have configured in an “Extension Location”. (see Europa screen shots below)
Help > Software Updates > Manage Configuration

Add Extension Location

But to my surprise, that option is no longer available in Ganymede! Instead you need to click “Software Updates” menu. [...]

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Content Assist / Code Completion problem with Eclipse and Netbeans

February 27th, 2008 · 13 Comments · Programming

I’ve had the weirdest problem the other day. It was the first time I went back to using our DELL E1405 after being very comfortable with my company issued D620 (which I now had to surrender to my former employer). Everything was working well until I noticed a simple but very annoying problem:
CTRL+SPACE for Eclipse [...]

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