Just lost 50% of my project. Why doesn't eclipse save automatically?

@thmnmlst I was so used to Android studio…

Because eclipse sucks balls. Use intellij.

You should have used git brother.. It's fast and easy also.. Rather than keeping a backup in another folder, it's better to keep it on cloud.

@tethys0 There's no such things a "The Cloud", just someone else's computer :p

@ScribeOfGoD Yead dude.. I spoke at a very abstract level..

What's so hard about a periodic ctrl+s? I don't want auto save, it would start to screw up some of my workflows with HMR.

@calmyourtities Use IntelliJ, Eclipse is evil. That's a fact.

Ctrl+s

I use a couple of jetbrains IDEs which save automatically but force of habbit has me hitting ctrl+s periodically. Also version control is great :)

My left hand is programmed to ctrl+s after every single module, and before switching a window lol.

@aaeim haha :D

Deserved it.
Sometimes you have to feel the pain to learn

@tethys0, you need to save stuff to be able to commit it to git.

@calmyourtities Why use Eclipse when you have Android Studio?

@Rishabh112 Android Studio is just based on IntelliJ IDEA.

I'd suggest using local VCS (e.g. git; you can always rebase before pushing). I also use CrashPlan backup which takes incremental backups of my workspace to a local drive and periodically backs up to the cloud for catastrophic situations.

This is a lesson you should only learn once. Fix it now while you hate yourself a little. 😉

BTW, I'm pretty sure there is an autosave plugin for Eclipse.

@Rishabh112 Android studio was just for my app. I'm now working in a separate project.

@Eariel thanks, I'll look for it

Sublime! ♡
Auto saves its buffers (not your files!) to allow restoring edits in case of a crash. These persist through reboots, too ~