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Eclipse Mars includes new Quick Assists (Ctrl+1) for Java developers. Add and remove the parentheses around lambda parameter: Explicitly add the inferred types of the parameters in a lambda expression: Convert from method reference to lambda expression: Or from lambda expression to method reference: The full set of Eclipse Project...

The Error Reporter orovides valuable information to project teams that might otherwise not be captured. The Error Reporter itself has morphed over time to provide a very slick user experience that stays out of your way, inconspicuously opening a tray notification in the lower right hand corner of the screen...

One of the more frustrating things about Eclipse–at least for some users–is that Eclipse doesn’t come with a Java Runtime Environment (JRE). Since Eclipse is itself a Java application, it needs a JRE to run. The intellectual property rules at Eclipse prevent us from including a JRE with the downloads...

My apologies for being late with this announcement. We have four winners in this third and final round of the Great Fixes for Mars Skills Competition. In no particular order, I present the winners… Tony McCrary contributed dozens (maybe hundreds) of new icons to multiple projects. The impact of these...

We have a slick look and feel for the new installer. The Eclipse Installer Take a test drive.

My son has just finished up his first year of software development at college. In a demonstration of what I consider cruel and unusual punishment, his first programming language is C++ and his first development environment is Visual C++. I have to assume that the version of Visual C++ that...

The Git Repositories view (which I tend to add to whatever perspective I’m working in) provides pretty much one-stop-shopping for most of my repository activity needs. The Git Repositories View in Eclipse Mars In this screenshot, you can see a handful of local branches that I obviously need to spend...

You can edit Markdown, along with other types of wiki markup, directly in Eclipse. Here’s a screenshot of the Markdown editor in action: Edit Markdown directly in Eclipse Note the “Preview” tab which will show you what the page looks when rendered. This support is provided by the Mylyn Docs...

We’re pushing hard to make sure that great tools for Gradle are included with the Eclipse Mars release. The following screenshot shows my workspace after importing the Gradle Tooling API using Buildship Eclipse Plug-ins for Gradle. The Buildship project provides tools for Gradle in Eclipse. The Buildship project is producing...

Sorry, I’m a little bit late with this announcement. We have three more winners in the Great Fixes for Mars Skills Competition. In no particular order: Snjezana Peco contributed a couple of Great Fixes, but I’ll focus on the patch provided for Bug 446075: Garbled bold text when used with...