Feature request for eclipse: put a google link for any error that comes up in compilation. In this case it was a namespace clash, but I had to go out to google the error to work that out. In 100% of the cases where I do not understand what the compiler is saying, I google the error explicitly. Eclipse could save me cut and pasting, formatting, or typing the error out, by putting in a google link in the problems line.
Wisdom from a co-worker; the five stages of eclipse usage:
- Denial
- Anger
- Bargaining
- Depression
- Acceptance
Unfortunately when the cube farm is peppered with sentences like; "C'mon, just work eclipse, please?" It is all too true.
I was trying to install the subclipse plugin for Flash Builder on OSX so I could build Flexcover against Flex 4's SDK. Anyway I updated eclipse first to try and get the Mylyn stuff in and *choke*:
Cannot launch the Update UI. This installation has not been configured properly for Software Updates.
I found these links, this is
the bug against eclipse and this is
a solution from stackoverflow. Unfortunately going to Preferences -> General -> Capabilities -> Classic Update and checking that box did not fix it for me. Still stuck.
Eclipse.ini is in $ECLIPSE_HOME, which in OSX translates to:
/Applications/eclipse35/Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS/eclipse.ini
The eclipse35 folder is where I stored the Galileo build of eclipse.
I have two perspectives that I use in eclipse; one is main trunk - we use svn as our source code repository - and the other is the feature branch perspective. Ears can cause projects to multiply so that every ear is carrying a client, an ear, a parent pom, an ejb project and a ws layer. It can get large quickly. At current count I have 71 projects open in the feature branch.
Even with the M2Eclipse plugin the compatibility between Eclipse and Maven isn't really there. We check in our .project files and our developers use a mix of OSX and Windows with the Mac being the most popular. We still run into issues. Eclipse will happily put the Mac OSX default JVM into the settings which isn't shared properly.
The Maven integration is also frustrating. The m2eclipse plugin is great, but if it doesn't integrate the pom the first time happily then it is an exercise in frustration getting the project to build in eclipse with Maven. It will build fine from the command line which just makes it more frustrating.
One of the things I dislike about software engineering is the amount of time you send debugging tools, environments and doing everything else other than coding. It would be nice if we could just code, but IDEs are sufficiently complex, and build tools are sufficiently complex that this is nearly impossible. Too much time is still spent trying to work out how to get to the point where you can just code.
Sometimes it feels like the IDE and Build Tools are just getting in the way.
Edit I didn't express myself clearly enough. I mean it the integration is close enough that it provides genuine benefits, however it is frustrating when it doesn't all slide together as expected and you need to work out why and fix it all up so it is smooth again.
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The articles that have been viewed the most:
Most Popular Restaurants in Phoenix
Phoenix Eats Out is the restaurant review site for
Phoenix,
Scottsdale and
Old Town Scottsdale which lists the modernist and contemporary restaurants, taverns and bars in the greater Phoenix area.
This is the list of the most popular restaurants pages from phoenixeatsout.com that have been viewed the most;
My personal favourite restaurants in Phoenix are
AZ88,
Postinos,
Bomberos with
Grazie,
Humble Pie,
Orange Table,
The Vig,
Fez and others coming close behind. View the complete list with the photo-journalistic style images on
phoenixeatsout.com
Most Popular Hikes in Arizona
Arizona is an outdoor state and has lots of hiking in the city and around the state. Phoenix is unusual for most cities in having several large mountains in the center of the city with great hiking. Anyone who comes to Phoenix has to do the
Echo Canyon trail on Camelback and the
Summit Hike on Squaw Peak or Piesta Peak. The views of the city, suburbs and surrounding mountains are wonderful from Camelback and Piesta Peak.
For more experienced hikers there is the McDowell Mountains in North Scottsdale that has several difficult and strenuous hikes in
Tom's Thumb and
Bell Pass. Alternatively, you can hike the highest mountain in Arizona. At 12,600 feet
Humphrey's Peak is a long and difficult hike.
Alternate Australian Constitutions
Between 2004 and 2009 this site,
southsearepublic.org, was a constitutional blog based on scoop which focused on Australian and global constitutional issues.
One of the strongest aspects of it was the development of constitutions by those involved in the blog. These constitutions are the outcome:
The constitutions were built using principles from Montesquieu's separation of powers, the enlightnment's universal political rights and the ancient Athenian technology of sortition and choice by lot.
Archives For South Sea Republic
South Sea Republic started in 2004 as an Australian constitutional blog in 2004 based on scoop software. It was an immigrative outgrowth of Kuro5hin. The archives for each year since then;
The articles are ordered by views.
Who Is Cam Riley
I am an Australian living in the United States as a permanent resident.
I am a software developer by trade and mostly work in Java and jump between middleware and front end.
I originally worked in the New York area of the United States in telecommunications before moving to Washington DC and
working in a mix of telecommunications, energy and ITS. I started my own software company before heading out to
Arizona and working with Shutterfly. Since then I have joined a startup in the Phoenix area and am thoroughly enjoying myself.
I do a lot of photography which I post on this website, but also on flickr. I have a photo-journalistic website which lists
the modernist and contemporary restaurants in phoenix. I have a site on the
Australian Flying Corps [AFC] which has been around since the 1990s and which I unfortunately
lost the .org URL to during a life event; however, it is under the
www.australianflyingcorps.com URL now.
The AFC website has gone through several iterations since the 90s and the two most recent are
Australian Flying Corps Archives(2004-2002) and
Australian Flying Corps Archives(2002-1999) which are good places to start.
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