Using the E4 spies to debug your Eclipse application

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Eclipse E4 spies now ship inside the PDE feature so launching with the PDE target gives immediate access without extra installs; select the spies in the launch configuration and a dedicated window appears. Included tools: model spy (inspect and edit live model layouts and IDs), context spy (browse context tree and injection keys), events spy (capture UI topics), CSS spy (inspect widgets and apply CSS fragments), bundle and preference spies (bundle state, who defines a preference). Custom spies load via the spy extension point. Some probes have recent bugs (context/preference stack overflow) but are usable.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:55Overview of E4 spies
3. 3:36Installation and usage
4. 7:33Bundle spy
5. 9:37Model spy
6. 19:46Context spy
7. 26:49Event spy
8. 30:04CSS spy
9. 32:23Preference spy and extension

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