Eclipse3.7（代号Indigo）这个新发布的版中值得关注的10个特性

13年前
Eclipse是一个开放源代码的软件开发项目，专注于为高度集成的工具开发提供一个全功能的、具有商业品质的工业平台。它主要由Eclipse项目、Eclipse工具项目和Eclipse技术项目三个项目组成，具体包括四个部分组成——Eclipse Platform、JDT、CDT和PDE。JDT支持Java开发、CDT支持C开发、PDE用来支持插件开发，Eclipse Platform则是一个开放的可扩展IDE，提供了一个通用的开发平台。它提供建造块和构造并运行集成软件开发工具的基础。Eclipse Platform允许工具建造者独立开发与他人工具无缝集成的工具从而无须分辨一个工具功能在哪里结束，而另一个工具功能在哪里开始。


Eclipse Indigo的重点新特性包括：

  • EGit 1.0提供了与Git版本控制系统的紧密集成。
  • Xtext 2.0使得创建领域专用语言(DSL)变得更加容易。
  • WindowBuilder（Eclipse开发中最流行的GUI开发工具）正式开源并成为Indigo的一部分。
  • 更好地与Maven集成，包括开始的Maven构建和维护pom文件。
  • Jubula提供了Java和HTML的用户界面自动化测试功能。
  • Eclipse Marketplace Client提供拖动安装插件的功能。

After 12 months, 62 projects, 46, 000, 000 lines of code, over 400 committers and 1 Top 10 List: Eclipse Indigo is here (Or use the new Yoxos launcher to install Eclipse from AWS CloudFront).  For the past 10 days I’ve been counting down the 10 most exciting Eclipse Indigo features according to me:

10. Maven and Eclipse
9. Equinox / p2 Improvements
8. PDE Improvements
7. JDT Improvements
6.  Gravatars (and Other Mylyn Improvements)
5. Xtend 2
4. CDT Codan
3. RAP: Bringing Eclipse APIs to Mobile Devices
2. Window Builder

There is a lot of other interesting work happening around Eclipse, such as the Jubula Automated Functional Testing tool, but unfortunately, I haven’t had a chance to work with all this great technology.  I encourage you to try out all these great tools, and if you disagree with my Top 10 List, write your own. 

Now, without further ado, my number 1 Eclipse Indigo feature is: EGit/JGit 1.0.

If you haven’t used a distributed version control system — take some time and learn one now.  Distributed version control systems (DVCS), like Git and Mercurial are one of the biggest game changers in software development in the past 10 years and will become the De Facto standard for revision control sometime this decade. GitHub is already dominating the forges, and if you’re a software developer, chances are you will collaborate with someone using a DVCS before the next Eclipse release (which by the way will be called Juno).

EGit is the Eclipse Git project and it’s intended to bring Git tooling to Eclipse.  EGit is built on top of JGit, an implementation of Git in Java.  There are a ton of new features like

Blame Annotations

screenshot 1441 Top 10 Eclipse Indigo FeaturesStaging View

screenshot 145 Top 10 Eclipse Indigo FeaturesPowerful History View

screenshot 146 Top 10 Eclipse Indigo Features

Commit search and commit explorer (search for past commits)

screenshot 147 Top 10 Eclipse Indigo Features

And my favorite, an Improved Synchronize View

screenshot 149 Top 10 Eclipse Indigo Features

Many of the Eclipse projects will be switching from CVS to Git this year, including the Eclipse SDK.

If you are new to Git, there are several resources available to help you get started. I suggested looking at the book Pro Git, and checkout Alex Blewitt’s Git Tip of the Week. There is also an Eclipse EGit tutorial for beginners.

Thanks to all the EGit / JGit commiters: Chris Aniszczyk, Christian Halstrick, Gunnar Wagenknecht, Mathias Kinzler, Matthias Sohn, Robin Rosenberg, Shawn Pearce, Stefan Lay, Sasa Zivkov, Benjamin Muskalla, Dariusz Luksza, Jens Baumgart, Kevin Sawicki, Mik Kersten, Mykola Nikishov and Remy Suen.

And finally, thank-you to everyone who helped ship Eclipse Indigo on Time and On Budget.  Remember, at Eclipse, Ship Happens.