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High velocity refactorings in Eclipse

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Emerson Murphy-Hill,

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eclipse '07: Proceedings of the 2007 OOPSLA workshop on eclipse technology eXchange

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1328279.1328280

Published: 21 October 2007 Publication History

Abstract

In Eclipse, and in most other development environments, refactorings are activated by selecting code, then using a menu or hotkey, and finally engaging in a dialog with a "wizard". However, selection is error-prone, menus are slow, hotkeys are hard to remember, and wizards are time-consuming. The problem is that as a consequence, refactoring tools disrupt the programmer's workflow and are perceived to be slower than refactoring by hand. In this paper we present two new user interfaces to Eclipse's existing refactoring engine: marking menus and refactoring cues. Both are designed to increase programming velocity by keeping the tool out of the programmer's way.

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High velocity refactorings in Eclipse
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Development frameworks and environments

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