Moving from JBuilder 2006 to JBuilder 2007
JBuilder 2007 has almost all of the functionality that JBuilder 2006 has, plus a lot more. One of the difficult things is finding where that functionality is, because the UI is definitely different.
So I have come with a table listing the most common actions I use in my day-to-day Java programming. I personally mainly use the keyboard, so I’ve listed the keyboard shortcuts. For the more mouse-oriented of you, I’ve also listed the menu access. This is not intended to be a complete list, just the actions I commonly do. Hopefully it can help JBuilder 2006 users easily migrate to using JBuilder 2007.
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| Find any class in your workspace/project |
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Probably my most commonly used keystroke |
| Quick Fix/Error Insight |
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Now that I think about, I might use this as much as or more than the previous item. |
| Go to a method/field in a class |
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In JBuilder 2007, you can also press Ctrl+O a second time to show inherited class members. This is a neat feature not in JB2006 |
| Open Declaration / Find Definition |
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| Refactoring |
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This one invokes the context menu with all the possible refactorings. |
| Rename Refactoring |
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I like how you can directly go to a specific refactoring in JB2007. I also use Alt+Shift+C (change signature), Alt+Shift+I (inline), Alt+Shift+M (extract method) a lot, as well as some others. |
| Show JavaDoc for method/class |
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| Find References |
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This does not seem as reliable in JB2007 as it was in JB2006. In JB2007 it seems to sometimes to do a text-search, and seems to turn up false matches for Java fields/methods. I haven’t quite figured out what is going on here. |
| Find References in file |
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| Run |
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In JB2007, this runs your most recently run/debugged configuration. In JB2006, this runs your default run configuration. |
| Debug |
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In JB2007, this debugs your most recently run/debugged configuration. In JB2006, this debugs your default run configuration. |
| Step Over (Debugger) |
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When I first started using JB2007, this and Step Into were the hardest keystrokes to learn. I kept wanting to press the JB2006 keystrokes. |
| Step Into (Debugger) |
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| Quick Step Into (Debugger) | (N/A) |
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I miss this one a lot from JB2006. If you are in the debugger positioned on this line:
someMethod(param1, methodForParam2()); With Quick Step Into, you can go directly to the first line of |
| Optimize Imports |
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| Who Changed this Line? |
You can then hover the mouse over the gutter to view who changed each line. Note that this is how you do it for Subversion. I don’t know how and if this functionality can be invoked for other Version Control implementations. |
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I prefer the JBuilder 2006 way of doing this a lot more — it’s just a keystroke away. Although once you have done it in JB2007, it does present a better overview. |
| Incremental Search |
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I prefer the JB2006 implementation of this — the text you type in is more visible, on top of the editor. In JB2007, it is on the status bar. |
| Find / Replace |
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Well, at least one shortcut is the same! |
Charles
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Posted by Charles Overbeck on December 5th, 2006 under JBuilder |
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December 5th, 2006 at 6:19 pm
Nicely done Charles!
Can we get more of these? ;o)