The first Remus release as Eclipse Incubation project is approaching the final stretch. Today I want to mention a feature which is relevant for all developers that are using the Eclipse IDE.

If you use Eclipse you probably spent a lot of time with gathering information by browsing through the code, reading documentation, etc. Often you have to leave Eclipse and browse through an external system, like a Wiki, an intranet or Sharepoint.

With the Remus IDE integration you’ll be able to attach information units directly to resources in your workspace, that means to any file, folder or project. In addition Remus gives you the possibility to embed an information repository into your project  to share your attached information units with other developers. With this approach all relevant information that are required to edit the source-code you’re working on are directly linked to the piece of code. I hope you find this feature useful, if you have questions feel free to use the official communication channels to get help.

An Eclipse project with linked information units

For a detailed tutorial see the Eclipse Wiki at http://wiki.eclipse.org/Remus/IDE_Integration, there is also a screencast which shows this functionality, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xeNkAnEzEk. If you are interested, the Eclipse Foundation is hosting a webinar about the Remus project, for details, see http://live.eclipse.org/node/1005.

Remus can be downloaded via the Eclipse Marketplace, see http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/remus-information-management/.

Whats next?

In the next posting I’ll show you how to connect Remus to your Mylyn task-list to extract data and information from your issue-tracker.