Archive for December, 2006
EclipseCon 2007 Programme Selection
The EclipseCon programme selection process is an open and transparent process. It is. Really. It says so on the website:
The selection is done in an open and transparent way using the Eclipse open source project rules. Specifically, all submission is done through a modified Bugzilla system (hereafter known as Eclipsezilla). Anyone in the community (including [...]
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I am Eclipse
Since Ian brought it up…
Hey, I’m not a salesman, or a consultant…I’m not egotistical, or vain, or arrogant…and I don’t know Jimmy, Sally or Suzy from HP,although I’m certain they’re really really nice.
I have an Executive Director, not a CEO.I can develop using PHP, Ruby, and C/C++, not just JavaAnd I can do it all [...]
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Eclipse Forum Europe 2007
Today is the last day to get your talks in for Eclipse Forum Europe. Do it. Do it now.
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Mylar as far as the eye can see…
If you haven’t had your fill of Mylar yet (I know I haven’t), check out this interview with Mylar Project Lead, Mik Kersten.
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Five Reasons to Love Mylar: Part Five
Mylar facilitates communication with other team members through the task repository. There’s a handy “Attach context” feature that appears on the task editor that lets you package up your task context and attach it to the task (bug) in the repository. The task context contains the information about the elements that are made visible in [...]
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Five Reasons to Love Mylar: Part Four
Mylar hooks to external task repositories. The Mylar download site offers support for integrating with Bugzilla, JIRA, and Trac. There is a long talk proposal for EclipseCon that intends to discuss (among other topics) integration with XPlanner. I’ve been using the Bugzilla integration to triage Eclipse Corner Article submissions and Phoenix bugs. I’ve just [...]
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Five Reasons to Love Mylar: Part Three
Mylar remembers what you were doing when you switch between tasks. This is pretty closely related to my second reason, but I think it deserves it’s own special spot.
Not only does Mylar keep track of what you’re doing, it keeps track of it on a task-by-task basis. Here, for example, is what my Eclipse workspace [...]
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Eclipse Forum Europe 2007
Eclipse Forum Europe starts on April 23, 2007 at the Rhein-Main-Hallen in Wiesbaden, Germany. I really love this conference, so I’m going to be there.
The call for papers ends on December 18th. Be sure to get your submission in. I look forward to seeing you there!
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Here it comes again
A bunch of my friends and I get together on new year’s day for an annual tradition. This tradition involves using a chainsaw to cut a hole in the ice of the Rideau River (in beautiful, but somewhat chilly, Ottawa), clearing out the ice and then taking turns jumping into the water. Here’s a picture [...]
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Five Reasons to Love Mylar: Part Two
Mylar focuses you on your task. I’m starting to think of this in terms of top down development. I’ve always done software development using a top-down or "needs driven" approach. That is, I’ve always started by building the tests, then the layer being tested, followed by subsequent underlying layers. I tend to do this in [...]
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