A small list of basic tips for newcomers to speed up their development in Eclipse. For advanced users, more tips are available on my blog with dozens of screenshots and detailled descriptions: http://stephanebegaudeau.tumblr.com/post/37318392815/eclipse-java-development-tools

1. ! 10 Effortless tricks
to speed up your
Java development
in Eclipse

2. Ctrl
+space
Code Completion

3. Never type 100% of your code anymore by using
the power of camel case

4. The name of your variables is automatically
computed for you

5. Use camel case to select quickly the method to
call among all the methods available

6. Quick Fix
Ctrl+1

7. Let Eclipse create local variables, choose their
name and realize the necessary import

8. Initialize local variables

9. Assign the result of a method to a new local
variable

10. Code
Templates

11. Type a complex piece of code thanks to a small
template

12. Create your own code templates in a few seconds

13. Open Type
Ctrl
+ Shift
+T

14. Find the type that you were looking for and filter
the result with camel case

15. Call
Hierarchy
Ctrl +H
+ Alt

16. Find out where your code is called from!

17. Ctrl +
Shift +
O Organize
Imports

18. Ask Eclipse to import the necessary types. In case
of conflicts, Eclipse will ask you what to import

19. Save
Actions

20. Let Eclipse handle boring tasks for you each
time you are saving your code

21. Debug
Debug
Debug !

22. Stop your application on a specific instruction to
have a look at the state of your variables

23. Use the Expressions view to track the value of
complex expressions

24. Display
View

25. Run expressions against the current state of your
application to fix bugs easily

26. Scrapbook
Page

27. Test your code without having to run your
complete application

28. Thanks for watching!
More tips and tricks:
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Obeo 2013