What is Eclipse Mylyn?
Eclipse Mylyn is an open-source task and application lifecycle management (ALM) framework for the Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE). It helps developers focus on the task at hand and improve productivity.
Some key features of Mylyn include:
- Task-focused interface - Mylyn provides a task-oriented view that shows only relevant elements like files, tasks, teams etc. for the active task.
- Automatic task context management - Mylyn automatically remembers task context like opened editors, selected resources etc. and restores them when you resume work on a task.
- Integrations - Mylyn provides tight integrations with popular ALM/issue tracking tools like JIRA, Bugzilla, Trac, Hudson etc. This allows seamless synchronization between Eclipse and these tools.
- Team support - Mylyn facilitates sharing task contexts and queries with team members.
By helping developers focus on one task at a time and automating context management, Mylyn aims to improve programming efficiency and reduce task switching overhead. Its integrations connect Eclipse to broader ALM processes.
JIRA, Redmine, Kanboard, Mantis Bug Tracker, Codegiant, ZenTao, Tuleap, Jira Clone, GoodDay, Tara AI, SprintCost are some alternatives to Eclipse Mylyn.