Tasktop extends the task-focused interface technology in Eclipse Mylyn. This technology was developed by Dr. Mik Kersten and Dr. Gail Murphy at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. As part of the task-focused interface research, a peer-reviewed study was conducted that demonstrates with statistical significance that programmers code more and click less, getting more done. See the following resources for more information about the study and the research foundations behind the task-focused interface.

    Using task context to improve programmer productivity by Mik Kersten
and Gail Murphy
Foundations of Software Engineering conference paper describing the productivity study
   
    Focusing knowledge work with task context by Mik Kersten
PhD thesis describing the foundations of the task-focused interface
   
See more resources about the research and technology behind the task-focused interface.


A public example of the impact of task-focused programming is the Eclipse Mylyn project itself. Using standard industry statistics, Ohloh estimates that Mylyn developers have been 10 times more productive than the industry average. For reference, this is approximately twice as productive as the Eclipse Project, which is staffed by world class software developers.

Task-focused programming is fully supported by Tasktop Pro and guaranteed to provide productivity gains.