Archive for January, 2009
Jetty at Eclipse
The EMO just posted the Jetty Project Proposal. Jetty is a Java-based web server and implementation of the Servlet Specification and is currently hosted at The Codehaus under the Apache 2.0 license.
The new project, which will fall under the Eclipse RT top-level project, has the following objectives:
Maintain an embeddable release of a HTTP server [...]
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Jeff McAffer discusses the EclipseCon 2009 Runtime Track
Jeff McAffer dropped by the Eclipse Foundation’s Ottawa office on Monday to chat with me about the Runtime Track at EclipseCon 2009. You can listen to the recorded podcast on Eclipse Live.
In the podcast, we chat about the agonizing selection process through which the programme committee managed to whittle down a huge assortment of great [...]
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EclipseCon BoF Proposals
The EclipseCon 2009 submissions system is now open for “birds of a feather” (BoF) sessions.
As in past years, this year we will be giving priority first to Eclipse projects. EclipseCon is a great place to get the team together and do one of those all-important face-to-face meetings in which you can discuss the future of [...]
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Eclipse Slideshow
I briefly mentioned some presentation software I’ve been working on on-and-off for a while a few postings back. Eclipse Slideshow has gotten to the point where others are expressing interest, so I thought it was time to make it available. I’ve been holding back only because there are already two other examples waiting in the [...]
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Ed Merks, EclipseCon 2009, and Modeling
There are many things that I enjoy in this world. It probably goes without saying that among those topmost enjoyable things is watching my sons pick up the loose puck and make a play for the net.
Somewhere close to the top of my list of things that I enjoy comes talking to Ed Merks. Now [...]
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Mobile Embedded Development Conference
FOSSLC & FOSS Factory invite you to attend a free mini-workshop about open source software development on the mobile platform, Mobile Embedded Development Conference, in Waterloo (Ontario, Canada) Wednesday February 4th, 2009 from 5:00pm to 10:00pm.
Experts in their fields, the speakers will introduce the applications they have developed and give mini-tutorials about how to develop [...]
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Mike Squillace and Accessibility in Eclipse
In this podcast (15:21), Mike Squillace, co-Technical Lead for the ACTF project discusses his EclipseCon 2009 Main stage presentation, Eclipse for All: Doing Accessibility Right in the Framework, the Accessibility Tools Framework (ACTF) project, and accessibility in Eclipse in general.
We talk about accessibility in the Eclipse workbench. Mike, who is himself blind, does all of [...]
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The EclipseCon 2009 Emerging Technology track
Bjorn and I represented the Emerging Technology track on the EclipseCon 2009 Programme Committee. Today, we recorded this short podcast discussing the track and some of the talks that you can expect to find at this year’s EclipseCon.
Many (or perhaps most) of the talks on the Emerging Technology track have some connection to one Technology [...]
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Tom Schindl and the Future of Nebula
In this video recorded at Eclipse Summit Europe 2008, Tom Schindl, new co-lead of the Eclipse Nebula project, discusses the future of the project.
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Eclipse Plug-ins, Third Edition
The third edition of “Eclipse Plug-ins” (previously titled “Eclipse: Building Commercial-Quality Plug-ins”) by Eric Clayberg and Dan Rubel is available.
Eclipse Plug-ins provides detailed, practical coverage of every aspect of
plug-in development, as well as specific, proven solutions for the
challenges developers are most likely to encounter. This comprehensive guide
covers the entire process of plug-in development, including all [...]
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