CollabNet Desktops for Eclipse and Microsoft Visual Studio

Unify Access to all CollabNet Enterprise Applications from Eclipse

The CollabNet Desktop -- Eclipse Edition unifies access to all functionality available within the CollabNet Platform:

• CollabNet Subversion: access your CollabNet Subversion repositories and perform all Subversion-related activities directly from the graphical Eclipse client. In addition, the CollabNet Desktop includes a powerful merge client that takes advantage of the merge tracking features that are available with CollabNet Subversion.
• CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise: work with trackers in CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise directly from the Eclipse client. Define custom queries that focus on the artifacts you need to work on or need to monitor.
• CollabNet Enterprise Edition: work with the issue tracking repositories from all of the projects in your CollabNet Enterprise Edition site. In addition, access the issue trackers at any of the publicly-accessible community sites that run CollabNet Community Edition such as tigris.org, java.net, openoffice.org and netbeans.org.
• CollabNet CUBiT: access your CUBiT manager node and dynamically provision and access hosts in your CUBiT deployment. In addition, you can access all CUBiT functionality directly from Eclipse, such as assigning profiles, monitoring activity etc.

Empower developers with rich client-based tools

Experience increased productivity from the ease of use delivered from a rich graphical client. Includes advanced capabilities such as highlighting changes that have happened in an artifact since it was last viewed, as well as drag and drop support for file attachments and integrated spell-checking. CollabNet CUBiT users will appreciate the power of having their SSH tunnels managed for them automatically by the CollabNet Desktop - Eclipse Edition.

Merge changes easily

The CollabNet Desktop - Eclipse Edition includes a powerful Subversion merge client that simplifies the process of merging changes between branches. CollabNet users can even perform merges based on change sets, which are represented as tracker artifacts.

Organize using the Mylyn task-focused framework

• Create artifact queries that are focused on the information you are interested in seeing.
• Queries are automatically refreshed and you are notified of changes to new or existing artifacts.
• Activate an artifact to focus the Eclipse UI on the task being worked on. Changes made to files are automatically organized into Subversion change sets which allows the developer to work on multiple tasks at the same time as needed.
• Association to artifact is maintained in Subversion history and the associated artifact(s) can be opened from the history view.

Increase Team Productivity

• Team members work in their tool of choice and/or the tool that is most appropriate for their job function.
• Information flows between tools automatically, reducing effort and increasing reliability.
• Rich desktop-based tool provides enhanced ease of use allowing team members to perform many functions more efficiently.

Accelerate time to market

Efficiency gains from using a focused tool translate to time and cost savings. In addition, when combined with other CollabNet Integrations, such as the CollabNet Project Tracker Connector to HP Quality Center, information between your teams can be shared more quickly and delivered to the user in their native tool environment.