GT Spotter is a search tool that is part of the Glamorous Toolkit made by the Glamorous Team. It allows for instantaneous searching of classes, packages, implementors, code, objects, files, examples, and more within an IDE. GT Spotter can also integrate user-defined objects, making it a powerful search tool that goes beyond just code. It aims to provide a unified search workflow within an IDE.

1. GT Spotter
part of the Glamorous Toolkit
made by the Glamorous Team
gt.moosetechnology.org

2. when programming …

3. searching is a pervasive need

4. it’s the job of the IDE to support it properly

5. enter GT Spotter (shift+enter)

6. searching is instantaneous

7. it can search for classes

8. it can search for packages

9. it can search for implementors

10. and more …

11. let’s get back to our class, for a moment

12. once found, you can just jump to it (enter)

13. yet, before you jump, you might want to know if you found the right thing

14. the preview solves that problem (cmd+p)

15. yet, you often want to find a method in the class

16. diving solves that problem (cmd+➞)

17. and you can continue searching

18. or diving

19. like this, senders and implementors become just another case of a unified workflow

20. yes, we know. quite cool. but, that’s not all

21. searching is not limited to classes and methods

22. searching is not limited to classes and methods

23. you can find a local playground page

24. or you can find a remote one

25. but, searching is not limited to code either

26. searching is for objects

27. you can find catalog projects

28. you can find folders

29. dive into zips

30. and find files

31. or, you can find examples

32. indeed, quite cool. but, that’s still not all

33. searching is for any objects … including yours

34. imagine having an address book instance

35. well, you can just add it to GT Spotter

36. preview it

37. and search through it

38. there are more than 100 extensions to GT Spotter

39. searching in and IDE has never been easier

40. or cooler.

41. GT Spotter
part of the Glamorous Toolkit
made by the Glamorous Team
gt.moosetechnology.org