Archive for October, 2006
HP C/C++ Remote Developer plug-in
HP announced today a new version of HP C/C++ Remote Developer plug-in for Eclipse 3.2. This plug-in, which builds on the CDT, allows you to edit C/C++ code using Eclipse on a Windows or Linux machine while providing you with the ability to compile, run, and debug that code on an HP-UX Integrity or HP [...]
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There’s something about Victoria
Personally, I think Canada is a great country (I am a little biased). And in this great country, there are many wonderful cities: Victoria (British Columbia), IMHO, is the best. Curiously enough, I spent some of the best years of my life there. For the uninitiated, Victoria is a garden city with pretty darned nice [...]
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Eclipse Services and Training
I’ve been spending a lot of my time lately talking with organizations who are building Eclipse applications. Some are building IDEs based on Eclipse technology, others are building their end-user applications using Eclipse RCP. The main focus of these discussions is to try and figure out what sort of help these and similar organizations need [...]
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Plug-in == Bundle == Component
I’m not all that happy with the term “plug-in”. Wikipedia defines the term as follows:
A plugin (or plug-in) is a computer program that interacts with a main application (a web browser or an email program, for example) to provide a certain, usually very specific, function.
A little further down the page, it states:
…plugins generally rely on [...]
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VOIP from RCP
During our recent webinar on Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP), one of the attendees asked this question:
Is it possible to integrate Voice Over IP (VOIP)?
The answer is simple: absolutely! In fact, lots of technology can be integrated with RCP.
The Eclipse Communication Framework (ECF) project is currently working on providing support for VOIP. In the meantime, [...]
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A bike for Channing
Channing Walton is our Eclipse Callisto Great Bugs Competition winner. You can view Channing’s entry into the competition here. Channing’s bug was selected randomly from the set of all nominated great bugs netting him a great “Eclipse Bike” from the good people down at Pecco’s (here in Ottawa).
Apparenly my recent posting shamed Channing into providing [...]
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