{"id":21988,"date":"2010-03-18T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T21:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/mylyn-best-practices-bite-sized-chunks\/"},"modified":"2010-03-18T16:01:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T21:01:00","slug":"mylyn-best-practices-bite-sized-chunks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/mylyn-best-practices-bite-sized-chunks\/","title":{"rendered":"Mylyn Best Practices in Bite-Sized Chunks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<div class=\"feature-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/tasktop_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/marctweetfade.png\" alt=\"Mylyn Best Practices in Bite-Sized Chunks\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<div>\n<p>Over the past year I&#x92;ve been working closely with those in the Tasktop and Mylyn community at large to define best practices for task-focused programming and collaboration. My goal has been to share what I&#x2019;ve learned about how the leaders in task management use Tasktop and Mylyn to collaborate effectively. To this end, I&#x92;ve created <a href=\"\/tips\">several articles<\/a> on the major task management topics. My focus on major topics is necessary to communicate the full task management vision, but it also results in longer, more intense in-depth posts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/marcesher\"> <img class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"@marcesher\" height=\"212\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/tasktop_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/marctweetfade.png\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#x2019;ve found the perfect companion series to my in-depth best practices posts. Marc Esher, a thought leader in the Eclipse and Cold Fusion community has been creating an outstanding series of articles on Mylyn best practices in short, bite-sized posts. His content includes <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mxunit.org\/2010\/03\/mylyn-creating-new-issues-from-todo.html\">great text<\/a> and often includes a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mxunit.org\/2010\/03\/mylyn-and-jira-short-tutorial.html\">video walkthrough<\/a> of the feature or concept that he is focusing on. Next coffee break skip the walk (or drive) to Starbucks, grab a home-brewed cup, and spend 5 minutes with one of Marc&#x2019;s posts. You&#x2019;ll save a few dollars and your new-found Mylyn knowledge could save you a few minutes (each day!). Here are Marc&#x2019;s Mylyn posts to date:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mxunit.org\/2010\/02\/why-mylyn-is-indispensible.html\">Why Mylyn is Indispensible<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mxunit.org\/2010\/02\/best-eclipse-menu-youve-never-heard-of.html\">The Best Eclipse Menu You&#x92;ve Never Heard Of <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mxunit.org\/2010\/03\/mylyn-and-jira-short-tutorial.html\">Mylyn and Jira Short Tutorial<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mxunit.org\/2010\/03\/mylyn-and-jira-sharing-context-with.html\">Mylyn and Jira Sharing Context<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mxunit.org\/2010\/03\/mylyn-creating-new-issues-from-todo.html\">Mylyn Creating New Issues<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past year I&#x92;ve been working closely with those in the Tasktop and Mylyn community at large to define best practices for task-focused programming and collaboration. 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