Eclipse is an widely used editor and a must used IDE for most of the Java Developers. Use of eclipse can be more fun and cool , if you know to use the eclipse shortcuts properly and effectively. What is the use of an IDE if it does the work of a notepad only(Intention is not there to blame notepad at all)? Eclipse provides a set of features in terms of key-shortcuts which make a life easy and save lots of time. Lets discuss some of the frequently used shortcuts of Eclipse.

Assertion in Java is a very useful testing tool.A java developer can add more and more tests in code while developing the application.Assertion use as a safeguard to your java code.In development environment we rely on the debugging and inspect the variables when it hits the break-point.If you are using Eclipse as your development IDE , you have to enable the AssertionError exception to hit the breakpoint on the error in case an assertion fails.This post talk about setting the break point at Assertion fail.

How to create a basic eclipse plug-in
Software Used

Eclipse – version 3.3
Java – JDK 1.5
Operating System – Windows Vista

To create a basic eclipse plug-in launch your eclipse and open new project wizard. To open a new project wizard go to File menu > New > Project .
Select Plug-in Project from the list and click on the [...]