Getting started with Mylyn (Eclipse plugin)

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Contents 1 Installing Mylyn 2 Which perspective? 3 Which views? 3.1 Tasks Repositories 3.2 Task List 4 FAQ 4.1 How to add bugzilla to Mylyn 4.2 How to access JIRA tasks from Mylyn

Installing Mylyn

• Install Mylyn using Eclipse's Help -> Software update method:

Remote URL

http://download.eclipse.org/tools/mylyn/update/e3.3/

Which perspective?

To start using Mylyn, switch to the Planning perspective.

Tip: I like to customize the Planning perspective to have the list of tasks on the left side menu.

Which views?

Tasks Repositories

Task List

FAQ

How to add bugzilla to Mylyn

Goto Task Repositories view. Right click. Select 'Add Task Repository'.

How to access JIRA tasks from Mylyn

Using the Help -> Software update, be sure to check 'Mylyn extras' and 'JIRA connector' options when installing Mylynn (see this help page)