Plugin | Purpose |
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Mongrel | Tomcat integration supporting recent versions of Tomcat. |
Ecl Emma | Code coverage |
PMD and FindBugs | Static analysis. For PMD, I had to use the update site. An install “happened” through Eclipse Marketplace, but I didn’t any of the PMD settings I was expecting. Using the update site gave me what I expected |
Subversive | To access Subversion repositories |
Groovy/Grails Tool Suite (didn’t install) | Groovy project/editor and console. At this time only the Luna version is available. But more Groovy/Grails support is native to Mars so it probably isn’t needed anymore as a separate plugin. |
Eclipse Memory Analyzer | For finding memory leaks. Last year it was in Eclipse MarketPlace. The year before I needed to use the update site. This year we are back to using the update site. |
Freemarker IDE | Freemarker syntax highlighting and macro assistance. Note that it is listed under the JBoss Tool Project. You pick that plugin and then unselect everything except “Freemarker IDE”. The JBoss Tool plugin was in beta on Mars release day. I installed this beta. |
Python | Python plugin/perspective |
Contrast | In the past 12 months, I installed the Contrast plugin for security. I like this one so re-installed it. See my impressions of the Contrast plugin. |
Bytecode Outline | I’ve been looking at bytecode a good fit for the book to make sure I understand why things are happening. This plugin makes it easy. I first tried Bytecode Visualizer but install failed. (The website says there were 25 failed installs with the same dependency problem in the last 7 days). After installing Bytecode Outline, I realized this was the one I had installed for Luna anyway. |
Android Development Tools | I have ADT as a separate install. It will be nice to be able to use my “main” Eclipse for that. |
Optimizer for Eclipse | This is like a freeware ad for JRebel. I tried it out and it told me a couple things of interest like the heap size. And offered to clear my indexes which had been collecting for over a year. |