Eclipse optimizations

Question

The question dealing with Visual Studio optimizations saved me so much time firing it up and using it I have a hard time going back to Eclipse when I have to do J2EE develop

Answer 1

Eclipse has LOTS of shortcuts, but most of them are not straightforward. E.g.: shift-alt-X, then T to run a JUnit test.

Sometimes you just need to try and see if it works.

I found the editor arrow-key-macros particularly useful, but you need to play with them yourself to understand it: alt+shift+{left,right} to select an expression for refactoring, ctrl+alt+down to duplicate a line, ctrl-shift-{up,down} to jump to previous definition...

The most powerful combinations are usually the alt-shift-something (especially for refactoring).

Look for "eclipse cheat sheets" on google to find some more inspiration.