How to test Eclipse plugins?

Question

What would be the best means/tools for testing an Eclipse plugin? Are there some tools for testing the GUI features of an application created with Eclipse plugins?

Answer 1

You should try to keep GUI tests to a minimum since they are slow to run and takes time to create. If your code is well structured in a Model-view-controller pattern then the GUI specific code should be minimal.

Thats the theory in a perfect world atleast. Until we get there, I prefer to use SWTbot