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

There are:

• system optimizations: eclipse.ini
• shortcuts optimizations:
  • Quick Access (Ctrl+3) (the mother of all shortcuts! With it, you can access almost everything in Eclipse)
  • Quick Fix (you should make sure it has a convenient shortcut attached to it)
    
    (that includes Run or Debug configurations available in your workspace since 4.12)
• launchers optimizations : save them with your projects and do not forget to uncheck the option "Delete configurations when associated resource is deleted" in the "Run/Launching/Launch Configuration" preference panel:

And then there are the configuration of:

• project preferences
• perspectives (which you can configure across multiple screens)
• provisioning mechanism p2 (with bundle pools to share plugins across multiple eclipse installations)