What I like about Eclipse 3.4 JDT

In this screencast you are going to see some of the more interesting changes made to the Java development tools for the 3.4 release of Eclipse:

• Extract class refactoring
• New quick assists
• Java editor breadcrumb

The example used is based on Martin Fowler's book on Refactoring.

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Refactoring to Patterns or templates for patterns?

Roman Bosák has published a nice post about rapid implementation of the Singleton design pattern using the Eclipse IDE refactoring tools. Some readers argued that it's much more efficient to use Eclipse IDE templates for implementing design patterns. So, you can see here both approaches, as under 2minutes screeencasts, and you can decide for yourself.

First screencast shows classical (by the GOF book) Singleton implementation using Eclipse IDE refactoring facility (01:10):

This screencast shows a thread-safe lazy-loaded Singleton variant implemented using Eclipse IDE templates (01:40):

For this tutorial we have used materials from:

1. Singleton pattern implementation in 4 steps
2. Double-checked locking and the Singleton pattern

and these books:

1. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
2. Head First Design Patterns
3. Holub on Patterns: Learning Design Patterns by Looking at Code

1. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
2. Refactoring Workbook
3. Refactoring to Patterns

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