Eclipse Che Hotkeys for Eclipse Users

While Eclipse Che carries the same name as the normal Eclipse IDE, it actually originates from a company called Codenvy (codenvy.io, now part of Red Hat).  Unfortunately, many common operations must be done slightly differently in Che.  This is in part because of Che’s big advantage -- integration of Docker containers -- in part because Che runs in a browser, and in part because it was built by different developers.

First, if you are coming from Eclipse, you should go to the Assistant menu and choose Key Bindings.  Then choose the Scheme Eclipse Scheme and Save.

Common Hotkeys and operations

• Quick-Fix (e.g., pull in an import):
  Eclipse:  [Ctrl]-[1]                        Che:  [Ctrl]-[Enter]
• Find definition of class / variable:
          For both environments, [F3] finds the symbol.  You may need to press an arrow
          key afterwards to force Che to show the cursor.
• Show class hierarchy:
  Eclipse: [F4]                                Che: functionality isn’t present
• Run in Debug mode:
  Eclipse:Debug as                        Che: Add a Build option as per HW0 Section 2.5
          For both environments [F5], [F6], [F7] Step Into, Over, and Out; [F8] is resume
• Run program:
  Eclipse: Run as                        Che: Add a Build option as per HW0 Section 2.4
• Set up execution environment:
  Eclipse:  install on your machine        Che: Configure a Stack
• Change project type:
  Eclipse:  it depends                        Che: Click on root project, Project|Update Project
                                           Configuration
• Find project from Terminal:
  Eclipse: cd to workspace                Che: Go to Terminal, cd /projects/{my-project}
• Git commit:
  Eclipse: Team|Commit                Che: Git|Commit

Keypairs and Version Control

You may set up an ssh keypair for your bitbucket repository according to HW0 Sections 1.4 and 2.2.1.  If you ever have Che internally create a keypair, you can get information as follows.  Go to Che’s Workspaces, then click on the gear (workspace configuration), then click on SSH.  You’ll see public + private keys.