DevTrack Connector for Eclipse Mylyn

Eclipse is the leading IDE for Java developers. It is an open source community whose projects are focused on building an open development platform comprised of extensible frameworks, tools and runtimes for building, deploying and managing software across the lifecycle.

The DevTrack connector enhances Eclipse. It allows DevTrack tasks to appear in the workspace. Using this connector opens many possibilities:

  • DevTrack becomes a remote task repository for Eclipse
  • Users can create new queries against the DevTrack repository
  • Task details are displayed in rich editing mode
  • New DevTrack tasks can be submitted
  • Existing DevTrack tasks can be modified and edited in Eclipse
  • DevTrack tasks can be searched for using keywords in “Task list view”
  • DevTrack tasks support offline synchronization
  • Screenshots and attachments can easily be added to tasks