What's New in Wolfram Workbench 1.1

Here are some of the significant and interesting additions in this release:

• Mathematica Development Perspective
• Version Migration Assistant
• Mathematica Expression Search
• Pattern Find/Replace
• Mathematica Warnings
• Export Wizard
• Testing System
• Quick Fixes
• Launch Configuration
• GUIKit Outline
• J/Link Support
• Add/Remove Comment Toggle

Mathematica Development Perspective

A Mathematica Development Perspective is now provided. This adds Mathematica development options to a number of views.

Version Migration Assistant

The Version Migration Assistant helps you convert code compatible with Mathematica 5.2 for optimized performance in Mathematica 6.

Mathematica Expression Search

You can now also search source files using Mathematica patterns. Go to the Search menu, choose Search, and then select the Mathematica Expression Search tab.

Pattern Find/Replace

Use Mathematica patterns to find and replace expressions within Mathematica source files. Right-click in a Mathematica source file and choose Expression Find/Replace.

Mathematica Warnings

Code warnings now alert you to new-line multiplication errors and are now extensible. You can define patterns to warn against, write warning messages, and create fix patterns, which are then accessible as quick fixes. To add or edit warnings select Window > Preferences > Mathematica > Warnings/Fixes.

Export Wizard

Now included is an Export wizard to help you deploy your projects, whether to an archive file, a file location, or elsewhere. For more information, see the Exporting page.

Testing System

The testing system has been extended with test suites that can run multiple test files from a single launch, and an Expression Comparator to easily locate any parts of the output expression that differ from the expected expression. To open the Expression Comparator, right-click a failed test and select Failure Compare.

New Quick Fixes

A number of new quick fixes have been added, including the ability to use fixes from the code warnings specified in the preferences. Other additions include Assign to local variable, Extract to local variable, and Localize variable. In addition, quick fixes are now user extensible with the new Warnings definitions.

Launch Configuration

The Wolfram Workbench launch configuration has been improved, primarily with the ability to configure J/Link project launches.

Outline for GUIKit

A special outline for GUIKit widgets is now available for better code navigation when editing GUIKit source files.

J/Link Support

Support for J/Link now includes a J/Link project wizard, and Find Definition now also works for finding Java classes. In addition, if a Java class cannot be found in Mathematica source it produces an error. Also, multiple launches of Mathematica and J/Link are now possible; this allows debugging in both languages at the same time.

Add/Remove Comment Toggle

A key sequence for toggling between commented and uncommented code is now available.