Top 10 mistakes in eclipse plug in development

Whats wrong with the snippet? public boolean isNegative(int number) { // use 10 as radix String stringVal = Long.toString(number, 10); char minusSign = stringVal.charAt(0); if(minusSign == '-') return true; //Yes, its -ve number else return false; //Nope, its +ve number } 1

Top 10 mistakes in Eclipse plug-in development Prakash G.R. Eclipse Platform UI Team IBM ISL www.eclipse-tips.com 2

Agenda ✗ Teach Eclipse plug-in development ✗ Educate about the mistakes ✗ Improve the code quality ✔ Just try to keep you awake 3

Top 10 mistakes 10. Not reading the javadoc 9. Not having a default constructor 8. One plugin – do – it – all problem 7. Using 'internal' code 6. Directly setting the classpath 4

Top 10 mistakes contn... 5. Ignoring build.properties 4. Empty dispose method 3. Not honoring monitor cancellation 2. I-am-important contributions 1. Long running operations in UI thread 5

Back to the question public boolean isNegative(int number) { // use 10 as radix String stringVal = Long.toString(number, 10); char minusSign = stringVal.charAt(0); if(minusSign == '-') return true; //Yes, its a -ve number else return false; //Nope, its a +ve number } 6

Back to the question public boolean isNegative(int number) { return number < 0; } 7

Bonus Looking into the details is important, but .. Never, ever loose focus on the bigger picture 8

Questions & Answers 9

Thank you Image Credits http://www.fickr.com/photos/crystaljingsr/sets/72157622354789320/ 10

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Top 10 mistakes in eclipse plug in development

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