Windows XP - Search in the Explorer is useless

Search in the the Windows XP Explorer does not search properly all the times...

I have faced this so many times, Sometimes it doesn't strike that XP search has some bugs and I end-up searching for that item in so many folders wasting time...

Eclipse Search is much better.... It searches properly and provides the results...

Eclipse Plugin Installation with Callisto Discovery Site

Eclipse is pretty good nowadays in managing the plugins. You can easily install a plugin with all dependencies with the help of Callisto Discovery Site.

Click on the menu Help > Software Updates>Find and Install

>select "Search for new features to install" option
>Click on "New Remote Site" and enter Name and URL of the updatesite

example:

Name: AndroMDA Update Site

URL: http://andromda.org/updatesite

Then, select the site that you just added and don't forget to select "Calisto Discovery Site".

I hear you asking why?... Let me answer you.

The "Callisto Discovery Site" discovers all the dependencies required for the plugin that you are installing (example: AndroMDA IDE) and presents you for the download. on the presented list, you can select all the required packages and install once for all.

I remember the day when I read the pre-requisites of the plugin and download each and every dependencies such as GEF runtime, etc by visiting somany sites and then download the plugin that I require.

"Automatically Select Mirrors" helps you to avoid one more step, the mirror selection :)

Eclipse Tip: Cleaning up Package Explorer view

One day I and my colleague, Mahesh, was trying to avoid the unwanted contents displayed in the Package Explorer view of Eclipse.

Our project contains lot of library jars, which used to occupy whole area of the package explorer. The *.jar files are displayed in the view and a lot of time is spent in scrolling up and down trying to get to the relevant source files. With this handy tip, the *.jars files are hidden in the Package Explorer view and do not get in the way.

1. Open Eclipse "Package Explorer" view
2. Click the inverted triangle in the top right corner of the view window
3. Select "filters..."
4. Choose the elements that you want displayed/hidden in the view. I found hiding the project/external library jars from the display to be useful
5. Click "Apply" button for a cleaner Package Explorer view

Note : This works only in java perspective