Tips and Tricks in Eclipse Java debugger

Eclipse IDE is one of the most well-liked IDEs for developers working across many domains and languages, with more than two decades of releases, a large developer community, and a variety of plug-ins & extensions.It is especially well-liked in the Java ecosystem because it offers a stable environment for creating, executing, and debugging applications.

Debugger plays a vital role in application development. The extensive features of the Eclipse IDE help its users to be more productive in their day-to-day work. Every quarter, a new version of the IDE is released with more enhancements and new capabilities. However, frequently we find that the developers do not reach the productivity potential offered by these new features due to a lack of awareness of these features.

The purpose of this session is to highlight the powerful debugger capabilities, share valuable tips & tricks and enable developers to utilize the IDE to its full potential highlighting features of Eclipse Java Debugger. The session will also highlight some features of Eclipse java debugging, ie.
- Debug shell
- Debug View
- Java debugging interface (JDI)
- Toggle tracepoints
- Breakpoints
- Breakpoints view & customization
- Trigger breakpoints
- Console
- Java thread management
- Snippet

The only pre-requisite for the attendee is to have a basic familiarity with Java.