Adventures in Web Application Develompent by Phil Duba - Development Tools

FAQU - Just In Time

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:51:00 -0400

Yesterday I got the latest issue of the Fusion Authority Quarterly Updated. This update couldn't have come at a better time for me as we are revamping both our deployment and development environments/processes/tools at my work. Skimming through the articles last night and the train this morning, I, for the most part, have a business need addressed by every single article in this update as well as a reference to point to when others may disagree with what I tell them, ;). Thanks to Fusion Authority and all the authors for putting together a great issue and one that addresses areas of the community not many (or centralized) resources exist.

Eclipse and the Compare With Each Other

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 14:45:00 -0400

Ray Camden released yesterday version 5.9 of his BlogCFC application on which this website runs. I have always struggled with getting Ray's changes into my site, particularly when they affect areas of the application I might have changed to get the layout or functionality (like the inline comments) to what I want. I have used Eclipse's (within CFEclipse, of course) "Local History" to revert back to something I might have done earlier while working on a particular file. Today, for the first time, I used the other option within the Compare file-context menu, "With Each Other". Boy I wish I had discovered this much earlier as it would have made my life easier (and saved some ink) when comparing what changes occurred between the base BlogCFC code base and what I had on my system. It just goes to show, take a few minutes to look at the IDE you use to develop in your particular programming language as you will most likely find something that will make your job easier.

Eclipse Tip - Updated

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:23:00 -0400

I am sure I am not the first to discover this (maybe even the last, but who cares), but the one thing I could never do was tab between open files in Eclipse like I could in other applications using CTRL-TAB or CTRL-SHIFT-TAB (Windows only, obviously). I do use the CTRL-HOME and CTRL-END commands to go to the top and bottom, respectively, of the file I am working in quite a bit. Today, I accidentally hit CTRL-SHIFT-PageUp and all of a sudden, I'm in the file to the left of the one I was working in. Hmmm, so I tried CTRL-SHIFT-PageDown and went back to the one I was originally in. You have no idea how many times I have cursed Eclipse for not allowing the CTRL-TAB window functionality. To find this shortcut, well, lets say I was a little more than glad. To top it off, I have a new ergonomic keyboard that has Back and Forward buttons. While in Eclipse, I clicked them and went in between open files. Wooohooo! Well, like I said, I'm sure I'm one of the last people to figure this out in Eclipse, but hey, even the blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.

Note: I updated this entry. It was CTRL-SHIFT-PageUp/Down. I originally had just CTRL-PageUp/Down. I apologize for not putting in the right keystroke earlier.