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AJAX development requires deeper knowledge in JavaScript and there is a slightly different set of features in different browsers. There are also technologies created out there called JavaScript libraries – such as Ext JS and Yahoo User Interface – and JavaScript toolkits – such as Google Web Toolkit (GWT) and DOJO – that can help you ease the burden. Basically, the libraries’ role is to speed up development for the client side and take care of the browser compatibility holdups. Further, the toolkits offer even more infrastructure providing support for the development and deployment phases.

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I’m fortunate enough to spend a good part of my days writing code in an IDE and I believe that we can always be more efficient even if that means reaching the mouse less frequently.

I’m an earlier Eclipse user, and throughout the years I’ve learned a lot of helpful shortcuts. Most of them are very popular like the ctrl+s to save and F3 to open declaration. Here are my top 10 not so popular shortcuts available in Eclipse 3.x and by consequence IBM Rational Application Developer 6 (RAD) and newer versions.

These shortcuts not only allow me to navigate easily through the source code, but also helps me stay focus on the code I’m writing and making refactoring a second nature, which by the end of the day tends to improve the overall quality of the software.

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