| Lots of help with Eclipse [message #140721] |
Tue, 28 February 2006 12:03  |
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Originally posted by: dalroth5.hotmail.com
Good morning everybody.
I'd like to draw the attention of all Eclipse beginners to the excellent
series of articles in Eclipse Corner at:
http://www.eclipse.org/articles/index.php
Some of you may be thinking, "That's lovely, but I don't have the time to
read pages of stuff because (insert your reason here)". I would counter by
saying that Eclipse is a very, very powerful tool for any kind of software
development; and that when something offers you so much power, it's _bound_
to take time to learn. Compare it with a particle accelerator, or an
interstellar spacecraft, or an Internet, or C++: you wouldn't expect to
master any of those from scratch in five minutes, would you? Eclipse is so
VAST that in my humble but outspoken opinion, it really does compare with
those.
Yes, these articles take time to read through, and more time to follow along
using their example code, and even more time to properly understand, but
taking--_making_--the time to do it will pay you BIG dividends in the
longer term. And don't forget that the 'longer term' is tomorrow, and next
week, and next year. You'll probably still be alive by then, and still
working, and still developing code! :)
What I can guarantee will happen, if you make the time to follow any of
these articles, is that somewhere along the way you will find yourself
saying, "Ohhhh-THAT'S how you do that!", and, "Wow! It will even do THAT!".
And even though the 'that' might be something you're not trying to do
_right_now_, one day you will be.
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| Re: Lots of help with Eclipse [message #140764 is a reply to message #140721] |
Tue, 28 February 2006 14:35  |
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Originally posted by: someone.noplace.com
On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:03:14 +0000, Steve Berry <dalroth5@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Some of you may be thinking, "That's lovely, but I don't have the time to
>read pages of stuff because (insert your reason here)". I would counter by
>saying that Eclipse is a very, very powerful tool for any kind of software
>development; and that when something offers you so much power, it's _bound_
>to take time to learn.
If something is well designed then the simple things should be simple to do.
The user should not be forced to manually download plugins simply to enable
syntax highlighting or display leading white space.
Searching for "white space" in the online help gave 9 results, none of which
even hinted at the possibility of viewing white space within the code editor
window. Searching for "python" or "Python" gave zero results, even after
installing the Pydev perspective.
It doesn't matter how powerful something is if the steering wheel is hidden
under the seat.
Mike
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| Re: Lots of help with Eclipse [message #140784 is a reply to message #140764] |
Tue, 28 February 2006 16:36 |
 Jeff Myers
Messages: 489
Registered: July 2009 |
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The functionality and help provided for Python support is the
responsibility of the 3rd party Python plug-in you chose to install. If
you have issues with it, you should raise the issues with the authors of
the plug-in.
- Jeff
Mike B wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:03:14 +0000, Steve Berry <dalroth5@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> Some of you may be thinking, "That's lovely, but I don't have the time to
>> read pages of stuff because (insert your reason here)". I would counter by
>> saying that Eclipse is a very, very powerful tool for any kind of software
>> development; and that when something offers you so much power, it's _bound_
>> to take time to learn.
>
> If something is well designed then the simple things should be simple to do.
> The user should not be forced to manually download plugins simply to enable
> syntax highlighting or display leading white space.
>
> Searching for "white space" in the online help gave 9 results, none of which
> even hinted at the possibility of viewing white space within the code editor
> window. Searching for "python" or "Python" gave zero results, even after
> installing the Pydev perspective.
>
> It doesn't matter how powerful something is if the steering wheel is hidden
> under the seat.
>
>
> Mike
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