Eclipse Setup: can it be that easy?
You probably already know – and maybe love - Oomph by now, which is shipped with every Eclipse package since Mars. Oomph is the way to go when it comes to explicitly specifying complex Eclipse and Workspace setups manually. Once set up, Oomph takes care of all your Eclipse provisioning tasks for you.
Yatta Profiles is built on top of Oomph, adding new functionality. Using Yatta Profiles, you get a lightweight mechanism for exporting Eclipse and Workspace setups automatically from your running Eclipse. These setups can be reinstalled with a single click. Additionally, you can just as easily share them with anybody you want as an online Profile.
In my session I will talk about the new features that come with Yatta Profiles. You will not only see how to create and share Profiles. I will also introduce the follower concept of Profiles that turns Profiles into a powerful “social network” of Eclipse setups. Learn how to publish changes to followers who have installed your Profile, or how to create your own Profile on top of an existing one and still consume and republish any updates from it. Furthermore, I’ll present you how we realized the sharing of the entire Workspace Layout and all the Eclipse Preferences. Last but not least, you will learn about the Profiles Launcher - a central point for managing and launching all your Eclipse installations and workspaces.
Frederic Ebelshäuser
