Using Eclipse's "go into" and Perspectives

I've finally started using Eclipse's "go into" functionality. Working with AONS 2, though not a giant project, was starting to get a little confusing; I was finding I was often moving between Java files, Spring configurations and various War resources (mainly JSP's). When you combine the weak checking going on between JSP's, SWF configurations and Java code, my short term memory proves to be quite inadequate. There is nothing worse then doing a build and realizing that I haven't changed a variable name in a SWF configuration file...

So, now working with my own deficiency taken into account, I have a perspective for:

• Java
• Run/Debug
  
• Spring configurations
  
• WAR resources

Using multiple screens to allow me to map (and check) between the various different screens is proving to be a much better option then trying to remember the latest iteration of variable name. It did take a little getting used to: previously I would only switch perspective when absolutely necessary, like when running/debugging. I've got two monitors too so I've configured Eclipse to open each perspective in a new application frame so I can drag them around. I've also made sure to name my task allocated perspectives (WAR Resource, Spring Resource etc).

All this will hopefully be unnecessary one day when all the different parts of a project are tied together with sensible logic checks; regular Spring configurations have been infinitely more usable with Spring IDE, and hopefully this continues with other Eclipse plugins.

As another option, maybe I should try training up my short term and long term memory... I hear memory mnemonics is good for that. One technique they say is to create a mental visualization of a place you've been, but every time I try visualise a mental "place" to put information I come up a little short. Maybe I should spend a little of my lunch time at the national library walking the floors to have a better mental picture....