Why user documentation should be tested and how to do it

Everyone knows that it is important to test software so that you find any bugs before it goes out to customers. The majority of organisations that develop software have people who spend at least some of the time doing testing their software. Many may also do ‘user acceptance’ testing to check that the software meets [...]

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Useful Searches to add to your Help view

As promised in the previous post, here are the instructions on how to add specific search locations to your Help view. To add new search locations to your Help view, press F1 to display the Help view, and click on the Search tab. Expand the Search Scope section, and click on Advanced Settings to display [...]

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Using the Help view in Eclipse

 The Help View was a new feature in Eclipse v3.1, and toolkits that are built on this technology. You can access the Help view within Eclipse by pressing F1 (or shift+F1 on Linux), click on the question mark in a wizard, or selecting Dynamic Help from the Help menu. The Help view displays context sensitive help depending on [...]

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