Debugging your Tipper

After completing your cool new Tipper, you ask yourselves how to test it. As you know we are working in a TDD methodology, so running your pre-written tests would be a good idea.

But it is sometimes easier to check your newly created Tipper in a real environment, i.e. as part of the plugin run by eclipse. That way you can:

• Quickly check test cases, that later can be added as tests.
• Test the Tipper from the user perspective (what markers it creates, etc.).
• Challenge your Tipper with big , real world projects.
• And more!

So how does eclipse allow us to debug our plugin? It opens a new eclipse window, in which the updated plugin (with your Tipper applied), is already installed.

Use our published launch configurations:

• In the Package Explorer, open SpartanizerPlugin folder
• Right click Eclipse Application.launch, then choose Run as...->Eclipse Application
• In addition you can run all of the project's unit tests by doing the same for SpartanizerPluginAllTests.launch

From now on you can access the Run as eclipse application via:

• Right click on the project, then choosing Run as...->Eclipse Application
• Run->Run History->Eclipse Application
• The play button, if it was your last run

Configurations instructions: (In case you want to set your own launch configuration)

• In the eclipse top menu, go to Run->Run configurations...
• Enter Eclipse Application->Eclipse Application
• Choose run an application
• Press Run button at the bottom of the configuration window
• A new eclipse window should be open after a few seconds

Publish a launch configuration:

• In case you want the rest of the project's developers to be able to use the launch configuration you created.
• After entering Run configurations... and setting your launch configuration, and before pressing the Run button, go to Common tab.
• Press Shared file: and choose the location in which you want the .launch file to be saved in.
• Press Apply
• Now any of the project developers can use this launch configuration, just how explained above for Eclipse Application.launch.

Note:

• Any printing you done in your code will appear in the console of the original eclipse window, so you can print-debug if you like to.