Archive for February, 2008
Stupid Eclipse Tricks
I’ve done this so many times…
Today I downloaded the Ganymede M5 release of Eclipse for RCP/Plug-in Developers and did what I always do:
Create a link of the eclipse executable, using the handy icon.xpm graphic, and drag the combination onto my desktop for easy launching; and
Open the eclipse.ini file and make the following changes:
…
-Xmx1024m
-XX:MaxPermSize=128
Do you see [...]
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Writing a bundle-based server application
Building server-based applications with Equinox is getting easier. The Equinox project’s server team has created a short tutorial that describes how to get a servlet up and running using a handful of bundles on the Equinox framework. The best part is that everything you need to run the tutorial is already included in the [...]
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Services, services everywhere!
I’ve spent a few hours over the last few days reworking parts of my Eclipse Organizer example that I intend to contribute to the Eclipse Examples Project. Mostly, I’ve been working on introducing OSGi Services into the mix. Frankly, I’m totally in love with services. Yes—if I could—I’d marry them.
The Eclipse Organizer is modeled after [...]
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EclipseCon 2008 BoF Schedule is up
The EclipseCon 2008 Birds of a Feather schedule is now available for your viewing pleasure.
There is still space available if you want to schedule a BoF of your own. We’re still taking them on a first-come, first-served basis so don’t wait any longer than you need to.
Be advised that I’ve been taking a careful look [...]
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A very simple report on collected usage data
I’ve put together a very simple report on the data collected so far by the Usage Data Collector (UDC). The report itself is static, as querying the database can get quite expensive. I’ve set it up to show a fourteen day period of results. I haven’t setup an automated process for updating the report yet; [...]
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Command Horse Race
Things are heating up and the excitement is building with the the usage data collector (UDC). It seems that debugging is making a play…
The five most popular commands over the past 14 days are:
org.eclipse.ui.file.save (8436)
org.eclipse.ui.edit.delete (5289)
org.eclipse.ui.edit.text.contentAssist.proposals (4983)
org.eclipse.ui.edit.paste (4645)
org.eclipse.debug.ui.commands.StepOver (4573)
I thought that it might be interesting to show some actual numbers. The value shown beside [...]
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How to install the Usage Data Collector
The Usage Data Collector (UDC) is included in the Eclipse Packaging Project’s (EPP) “Eclipse IDE for…” packages for the Ganymede M4. More specifically, they are included the packages marked “UDC”. You can find them here.
The UDC is included in all the M5 packages. Nightly builds of M5 are available here. The official, “Public Access” [...]
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Most used bundles
A lot more of you are participating with the Usage Data Collector (UDC). We’ve tried to make it very robust, and as low impact on your experience with Eclipse as possible. That said, it’s hard to get things exactly right, so please report a bug if you run into problems.
By far the most active [...]
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It was Wayne’s Fault
Today, as I was looking over the BoF submissions for EclipseCon, I decided to decline one of the redundant submissions (Chris must have hit submit twice). I then hit what I thought was a “commit changes” button. Long story short, Karl is now restoring the database from backups and we’re trying to figure out how [...]
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Too many of us work on the Weekend
It seems that about half of those of us who have opted to submit data gathered by the Usage Data Collector were working this weekend. Working hard it seems: there seems to be, on average, more events gathered per user working on the weekend (there was a bit of a drop on Saturday, but a [...]
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