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• When contributing to the KIELER user interface, be sure to respect the Eclipse User Interface Guidelines. By the way, Hallway Usability Testing is a great way to make sure users understand the UI you're designing. Just draw a sketch of your dialog design on a piece of paper, visit a few offices and ask people what they think of your design, how they would use it, and whether they understand it. You're almost certain to discover a few problems with your design that you wouldn't have discovered until after you've written a whole lot of code.
• The core parts of KIELER can be and are used outside of the Eclipse framework. To that end, be as platform-independent as possible.
• We have established certain standards for exception handling.
• Feel free to use our utility classes. They are found in KIELER's core projects, particularly kieler.core and kieler.core.ui. If you have written code that you feel could well be part of the KIELER core, tell your supervisor about it.
• When creating new plug-ins, we have special conventions to be adhered to, summarized in the BLA and the BLA.