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Eclipse Scout is a framework to implement modern business applications. It substantially reduces development time for both client and server software in a service oriented environment. The Scout framework includes an application model, a reference implementation, proven development functions and strong tooling support.

Join the Scout team for an overview of the project, the development of a small demo application, Scout key concept (e.g. separation of UI and GUI in Scout to support SWT, Swing and web front ends), and an outlook to current ideas regarding Scout on Eclipse 4.

Total running time is 39:49

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Tycho is a set of Maven plugins and extensions for building Eclipse plugins and OSGI bundles with Maven. Eclipse plugins and OSGI bundles have their own metadata for expressing dependencies, source folder locations, etc. that are normally found in a Maven POM. Tycho uses native metadata for Eclipse plugins and OSGi bundles and uses the POM to configure and drive the build. Tycho supports bundles, fragments, features, update site projects and RCP applications. Tycho also knows how to run JUnit test plugins using OSGi runtime and there is also support for sharing build results using Maven artifact repositories.

Total running time 56:23 NOTE: first couple of minutes of the recording were omitted in error.

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SMILA is an extensible framework for building search solutions to access unstructured information in the enterprise. Besides providing essential infrastructure components and services, SMILA also delivers ready-to-use add-on components, like connectors to most relevant data sources. Using the framework as their basis enables developers to concentrate on the creation of higher value solutions, like semantic driven applications.

The SMILA team has created a series of videos on the project for developers and decision makers. They cover topics such as how to develop an application with SMILA, documentation, what SMILA can do for your organization.

Jeff McAffer, Project Co-Lead for the EclipseRT project, speaks about some of the runtime-related talks and activities planned for EclipseCon 2011, as well as what he's looking forward to at the conference.

Total running time 08:21 minutes

The Eclipse Virgo project provides a modular open source application server based on OSGi. The project is a donation to the Eclipse foundation of the dm Server open source project developed by SpringSource (VMware). Virgo provides a standalone kernel which may be used on its own or configured to create custom server types. Virgo Web Server integrates the Gemini Web container on top of the kernel to support standard WAR files and modular webapps comprising OSGi bundles.

In this webinar, we'll explore the key features of Virgo such as: repositories, deployment plans, regions, Equinox console extensions and administration console. We'll demonstrate the Eclipse-based tooling and the runtime facilities of Virgo. We'll also cover the current status of the project and how you can get involved.

Total running time will be approximately 1 hour, 06:08 minutes

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Dali Java Persistence Tools simplify the development of Java SE, EE and OSGi bundle applications that use the Java Persistence API (JPA) to interact with relational data. Dali has added comprehensive JPA 2.0 support to the existing JPA 1.0 support in Helios, as well as specific support for the EclipseLink 2.1 Helios release. This demo will show some highlights of the new features available now in the Helios release.

Total running time 18:29 minutes

The Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) has long provided a code generation facility capable of emitting everything needed to get started with building a complete application for EMF-based domain models. It includes a GUI from which options can be specified and code generators can be invoked, to produce a model API, edit support, unit tests and a sample editor.

With the Helios release of Eclipse, this facility moves beyond the boundaries of the Eclipse platform, and desktop applications in general, by adding support for the Rich Ajax Platform (RAP) and Google Web Toolkit (GWT). This session will demonstrate EMF's support for these application runtime platforms and highlight differences in the code generated for each.

This presentation was recorded as part of the Helios In Action virtual conference.

Total running time 23:20 minutes

Ian Bull, component lead for Zest and the Eclipse Visualization Framework and committer on the Equinox p2 project, presents the top 10 features in Helios he is most excited about.

This presentation was recorded as part of the Helios In Action virtual conference.

Total running time 25:36 minutes

With the Eclipse community expanding its offerings in the Runtime space (EclipseRT), many developers are interested in figuring out what this means and how they can leverage EclipseRT projects like Equinox, Jetty and EclipseLink. Join Jeff McAffer, the RT PMC and Equinox co-lead, for a review of EclipseRT projects and the new features they bring to Helios.

This presentation was recorded as part of the Helios In Action virtual conference.

Total running time 26:06 minutes

The Eclipse Communication Framework (ECF) is a framework for supporting the development of distributed Eclipse-based tools and applications. It can be used to create other plugins, tools or full Eclipse RCP applications that require asynchronous point-to-point or publish-and-subscribe messaging. This demo shows what's new in ECF for Eclipse 3.6, the Helios release.

Total running time 20:33 minutes

This video shows what's new in RAP 1.3, which will be shipped within the Eclipse Helios release (3.6) train. What's shown in the video is just a part of all the new stuff within RAP 1.3. Visit the project's website for more information: http://eclipse.org/rap.

Total running time 04:15 minutes

Scala and OSGi both aim at very important concerns in software development: ease of use and reduced complexity. Scala operates at the programming language level, and OSGi at the higher level of a module system. Hence it is natural to combine those two to get the best out of both. This is also straightforward, because Scala compiles to "usual" Java bytecode and offers full interoperability with Java. OSGi is agnostic with regard to the programming language, because it works only with the compiled artifacts and the metadata in the bundle manifest. Hence it is time for OSGi on Scala.

The new Eclipse project ScalaModules aims at Scala based OSGi development. The mission of ScalaModules is to employ the power of the Scala programming language to ease OSGi development.

Of course using Scala for OSGi is itself beneficial, because of the great simplifications Scala brings compared to Java. But ScalaModules also makes use of the additional possibilities offered by Scala, mainly the chance to create a Domain Specific Language (DSL). Therefore with ScalaModules your code will be more intuitive and concise or less verbose and less involved compared to Java-based OSGi development.

Join project lead Heiko Seeberger for a look at this new project and what it has to offer.

Total running time will be approximately 38:55 minutes

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The advantages of loose coupling and explicit dependency management are generally accepted and the technologies that provide these characteristics have become more valuable. While modularization of both infrastructure and applications has always been a desirable thing, Java EE applications have traditionally been bound to a full-blown application server. The Enterprise Modules project (nicknamed Gemini) is a new Eclipse project that undertakes to provide a collection of Java EE-based technologies as a suite of independent modules.

In this webinar, we will describe the relationship between Java EE and OSGi, and discuss what the Gemini project is doing in this area. We will detail its relationship to the standards and highlight the role it is playing in implementing a next generation of Java EE architectures. We will go over the various components of the project and show how they can be used by applications and tools alike.

Total running time 50:00 minutes

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This is an Eclipse Rich AJAX Platform (RAP) demo that shows out-of-the-box features from the Eclipse RAP framework. This demo was built to prove single-sourcing techniques between Eclipse RCP and RAP.

Total running time 05:41 minutes

There is more than Require-Bundle? Other things than the Extension-Registry for extensibility? Bundles can be really dynamic, without restarting the system? Wow, this sounds strange - at least to many Eclipse developers.

This webinar gives a brief overview of what OSGi gives you to implement real modular and dynamic applications, including Import-Package vs. Require-Bundle, OSGi-Services and where to use them in Eclipse-based apps, and more.

Total running time 50:25 minutes

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Cloud computing is one of the hottest topics currently discussed in the IT sector. Although there are many different definitions of the term 'Cloud', providing remote services is at the center of Cloud computing. This webinar will demonstrate how "goodies" from different Eclipse projects can be combined to build applications on Cloud infrastructures.

Together, Equinox and OSGi provide a fundamental infrastructure for defining modules, managing lifecycles and facilitating collaboration between modules. Both are addressing the programming challenges in dynamic, modular and extensible systems.

The webinar will start with a short introduction to Cloud computing. Using the g-Eclipse framework, a distributed, virtual infrastructure will be set-up. Leveraging OSGi and ECF frameworks, a manageable distributed runtime will be started in order to deploy an application dynamically. The front end for the application will be provided with the support of the RAP application. The live demonstration will show how "goodies" from the Eclipse ecosystem can be combined to build a future SaaS platform.

Total running time 53:29 minutes

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Wayne and Lynn talk about what's new and cool at the Foundation for October 2009. This month, they discuss Eclipse Summit Europe, DemoCamps, EclipseRT Days, project plans and the EGit project.

Total running time 09:17 minutes

The p2 provisioning platform has replaced Update Manager as a mechanism for managing Eclipse based applications. While p2 is most notably recognized for managing Eclipse installs, p2 has been designed as a general purpose provisioning platform for OSGi and Eclipse RCP.

In this webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use p2 to manage your own RCP based application. We will present examples of how you can include the p2 provisioning platform in your existing RCP application to support: 1) software installs, 2) system upgrades, and 3) configuration management. In particular, we will demonstrate how you can:

• Make use of the p2 provisioning platform for software management
• Integrate the creation of p2 repositories into your build system
• Reuse the p2 user interface and existing work-flows
• Customize the p2 user interface for your specific needs
• Debug common pitfalls

The webinar assumes a basic understanding of what RCP development is. No prior p2 experience is needed.

As part of the OSGi 4.2 specification, there is a new spec (RFC119) intended to standardize the distribution and network discovery of OSGi services. The ECF project (http://www.eclipse.org/ecf) has implemented the latest available draft and this is included in the Galileo release. Scott will present his open source, open protocol, open provider approach to implementing this spec, show example applications and discuss how others may extend and/or replace the implementation. He'll also touch on some basic issues of distributed services, such as network transparency and 'leaky' abstractions like synchronous remote procedure call (RPC).

Total running time 56:21 minutes

This video was recorded at Eclipse Day at the Googleplex.

OSGi has been gaining a lot of popularity in the software industry as of late. As an Eclipse developer, you should be aware that the Eclipse runtime (Equinox) since version 3.0 has been built on top OSGi and you have been writing OSGi bundles. The goal of this talk is to introduce the Eclipse developer to "OSGi-isms" and to answer some of these questions:

• What's the difference between an Eclipse plug-in and an OSGi bundle?
• Is there more than Require-Bundle? Why do all the OSGi guys scream about Import-Package?
• If OSGi is truly dynamic, why does Eclipse ask me to restart every time I install something?
• What's up with OSGi services, how do they compare to extensions widely used in Eclipse?

Total running time 1 hour, 01:28 minutes

This video was recorded at Eclipse Day at the Googleplex.

The Eclipse Foundation is presenting 2 webinars on e4, the next generation of the Eclipse platform. In July 2009, Members of the e4 project team released version 0.9, an early alpha release of the e4 technology, and they are looking for feedback and more potential contributors. Watch to learn more about e4 and the committers who are making it happen.

Total running time 1 hour, 22:14 minutes

• Introduction - Mike Wilson (IBM)
• Flexible Resources - Serge Beauchamp (Freescale Semiconductor)
• ...and it's Eclipse too! The Compatibility Layer - Eric Moffatt (IBM)
• Rich AJAX Platform (RAP) - Benjamin Muskalla (EclipseSource)
• Toolkit Model - Hallvard Traetteberg (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
• Q&A

For full abstracts see http://www.eclipse.org/community/e4webinar/abstracts.php.

Thanks to Adobe for contributing their Adobe Acrobat Connect product to host these webinars.

Wayne and Lynn give the latest Eclipse news for August 2009. Topics covered are the AJAX Tools Framework (ATF) project, e4 along with the e4 webinars and feedback contest, the EGit project, the Eclipse for Silverlight project, the IP Log approval process, an upcoming Eclipse training series, Eclipse Summit Europe and a Maven repository at Eclipse.

Total running time 14:51 minutes

The Eclipse Foundation presents part 1 of 2 webinars on e4, the next generation of the Eclipse platform. In July 2009, Members of the e4 project team released version 0.9, an early alpha release of the e4 technology, and they are looking for feedback and more potential contributors. Watch to learn more about e4 and the committers who are making it happen.

Total running time 1 hour, 27:12 minutes

• Introduction to e4 - Kevin McGuire (IBM)
• Application Services - Boris Bokowski (IBM)
• Modeled User Interface (UI) - Kevin McGuire (IBM)
• CSS - Kevin McGuire (IBM) & Kai Toedter (Siemens)
• XML Windowing Toolkit (XWT) - Yves Yang (Soyatec)
• Q&A

For full abstracts see http://www.eclipse.org/community/e4webinar/abstracts.php.

Thanks to Adobe for contributing their Adobe Acrobat Connect product to host this webinar.

Most people who know OSGi are familiar with it as a modularity solution. Surprisingly, if you look at the major app servers using OSGi they all but ignore the Service Layer. However the OSGi Service Layer is a crucial part of writing well decoupled software. Services simplify object oriented programing because they significantly reduce the coupling in a system. However, services are usually understood as being heavy-weight communications-based services as in SOA. Ten years ago, OSGi introduced an in-VM service oriented programming model that provides most of the SOA benefits at virtually zero runtime cost. OSGi combines strong modularity with well-defined, dynamic services. In R4.2, with the addition of Service Hooks, the OSGi service model will become symmetric. It will then support discovery of clients waiting for services as well as providers registering services. This dynamic model works surprising well in a large number of real world use cases. This session will explore why a symmetric service oriented programming model is important and can significantly reduce the complexity of developing large complex systems.

This video was recorded at EclipseCon 2009.

Total running time 40:23 minutes

When reusing existing plugins for something innovative, you're likely to do things the original plugin author has not anticipated. This typically brings about some kinds of compromise:

• You adjust your requirements to what the reused plugins provide. Thus you settle for a different product than you intended.
• Or, you refrain from reuse but develop everything from scratch, settling for much lower productivity.
• Or, you apply some brute force method (like copy&paste) to get your job done, but then you settle for a brittle design, that is a pain to maintain.

With Object Teams it is possible to eat the cake (apply unanticipated adaptations by disciplined aspect bindings) and still have it (sustain a well modularized, maintainable design). OT/Equinox brings this power to the development of Eclipse plugins (Equinox bundles).

This video was recorded at EclipseCon 2009.

Total running time 52:59 minutes

Can I really make my RCP application work in a browser? The Rich Ajax Platform (RAP) was designed to bridge the gap between desktop- and web-development. To achieve this, RAP reuses the RCP development model integrating the largest possible subset of the RCP-APIs.

In this webinar we'll explore the differences between RAP and RCP that are especially relevant to the goal of single sourcing as much code as possible. We'll cover a range of techniques and basic patterns to close the gap between RCP and RAP, for both existing RCP applications and new RCP/RAP projects. We'll take a look at the roadmap for RAP as well as discussing possible steps for integrating the platform into e4.

Total running time 59:11 minutes

Thanks to Adobe for contributing their Adobe Acrobat Connect product to host this webinar.

OSGi has been in the press a lot lately. Everywhere you turn there is some new product or project adopting the technology. From Eclipse to Apache to Spring. From servers to desktops to embedded. OSGi enables the creation of highly modular, dynamic Java-based systems.

Wondering what it's all about? Join book author and Equinox OSGi project co-lead Jeff McAffer and PDE OSGi tooling lead Chris Aniszczyk from EclipseSource for an introduction to Equinox and OSGi concepts and a look at the breadth and depth of technology available in this space.

This mini-course is designed to give you a clear understanding of the essential concepts, facilities and advantages of this key technology. This session will be of use to anyone interested in building flexible systems in Java. It is particularly useful for technical managers and decision makers to help them better understand the overall runtime technology.

The Eclipse Foundation, with help from EclipseSource, held an Eclipse DemoCamp in Ottawa, Canada to celebrate the Galileo release. Four demos were recorded:

• Fleet Management with Eclipse RT Technology - Jeff McAffer, EclipseSource
• Crank Storyboard - Something Cool with Embedded Graphics in Eclipse - Jason Clarke, Crank Software
• Something Cool with Eclipse CDT and Android - Doug Schaefer, Wind River
• EclipseLink and Dali integration in Eclipse Galileo - Tom Ware, Oracle

The Jetty HTTP server and servlet container project has been a successful open source project since 1995. The core Jetty project has now moved to the Eclipse Foundation and is improving its already good relationship with OSGi projects. This talk will be a short introduction to the Jetty project, followed by an overview of the move: what's changing, what staying the same and what's new in the Servlet 3.0 release. A significant proportion of the time will be allocated to Q & A, as we would like to receive feedback and suggestions from the eclipse community.

This video was recorded at EclipseCon 2009.

Total running time 47:30 minutes

SAP hosted an Eclipse DemoCamp in Walldorf, Germany to celebrate the Galileo release. There were 200 attendees and the demos were recorded in 2 parts. This is part 2.

Video 1 - A New View on Tables - a Flexible Framework to Show Tabular Data in SWT Tables and Trees
Michael Scharf (Wind River)
Running time 15:52 minutes

Video 2 - Modeling is Fun!
Achim Demelt (eXXcellent solutions)
Running time 14:32 minutes

Video 3 - Dynamic OSGi Application Using Equinox
Jochen Hiller (Deutsche Telekom AG) & Frank Gerhardt (Gerhardt Informatics)
Running time 15:10 minutes

Video 4 - Equinox Based SOA Security Framework - a Future Eclipse Project
Elmar Eperiesi-Beck (CORISECIO)
Running time 15:29 minutes

Video 5 - Equinox on Servers - an Introduction to the Eclipse Gyrex Project
Gunnar Wagenknecht (AGETO)
Running time 15:21 minutes

Video 6 - Virtual Embedded Devices with OSGi, Eclipse and Flash
Marcus Harringer (MicroDoc GmbH)
Running time 15:32 minutes

Video 7 - TMF Xtext: a Self-Experiment
Guy Philipp Bollbach (itemis)
Running time 19:37 minutes

Red Hat held an Eclipse DemoCamp in Toronto, Canada to celebrate the Galileo release. Five demos were presented:

• Linux Tools Project Happenings, part 1 - Jeff Johnston, Red Hat
• Linux Tools Project Happenings, part 2 - Kent Sebastian, Red Hat
• Linux Tools Project Happenings, part 3 - Elliott Baron, Red Hat
• eHealth Software Production Line - Ioan Salau, Insighteck
• Virtual Project Collaboration via ECF - Remy Chi Jian Suen, Undergraduate of the University of Waterloo

SAP hosted an Eclipse DemoCamp in Walldorf, Germany to celebrate the Galileo release. There were 200 attendees and the demos were recorded in 2 parts. This is part 1.

Video 1 - Welcome (running time 03:52 minutes)
The Eclipse DemoCamp started with a short welcome speech by Hervé Couturier who is the EVP heading Technology Development at SAP. In his speech he underlines the importance of Eclipse and open source in the context of SAP's product strategy.

Video 2 - Welcome (running time 04:55 minutes)
Following Hervé Couturier from SAP, Ralph Müller the representative for Europe from the Eclipse Foundation also did a short welcome speech.

Video 3 - Memory Analyzer & Rap - Single Sourcing in Practice (running time 24:43 minutes)
The first live demo then was delivered by Benjamin Muskalla from EclipseSource and Krum Tsvetkov from SAP. First, Krum demonstrated the power of the Eclipse Memory Analyzer Tool (MAT) and then Benjamin showed a web version of the memory analyzer built using the Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform (RAP) technology.

The amount and diversity of information is growing exponentially, mainly in the area of unstructured data, like office documents, emails, images, audio & video files, blogs etc. Poor data accessibility, user rights integration and the lack of semantic metadata are constraining factors for building next generation enterprise search and other document centric applications.

SMILA (SeMantic Information Logistics Architecture) is an extensible framework for building information management solutions to access unstructured information in the enterprise. Besides providing essential infrastructure components and services, SMILA also delivers ready-to-use add-on components, like connectors to most relevant data sources and some data processing services. Using the framework as basis will enable developers to concentrate on the creation of higher value solutions, like search or semantic driven applications.

I Apart from giving a short introduction to the project, the focus of this talk will be the demonstration of several example use cases which can be realized with SMILA.

This video was recorded at EclipseCon 2009.

Total running time 46:42 minutes

Over the course of the last 5 years, LinkedIn has been built using relatively simple technologies: front end web applications (tomcat/servlet/jsp), backend services (jetty/spring remoting), databases, replication, jms. Although the web site was scaling adequately, LinkedIn had some big challenges to overcome:

• a growing engineering team working on a monolithic code base (albeit modular)
• a growing product team wanting more and more features, faster
• a growing operations team deploying more and more servers
• and more...

In March of 2008, a group of Senior Engineers started a project to explore the best available technologies which could help in building the next generation of the architecture that would address those challenges. The new architecture involved using OSGI/Spring DM as the foundation because it had the right properties we were interested in. The code was migrated to a more modular paradigm using binary consumption.

This session will demonstrate how we integrated OSGi, the pros and cons of the changes, the pain points as well as the migration strategy.

This video was recorded at EclipseCon 2009.

Total running time 41:49 minutes

The OSGi platform provides an attractive foundation for building enterprise applications. However, it lacks a rich programming model for components declaration and consumption. New in OSGi 4.2, the Blueprint Service (inspired by Spring Dynamic Modules project) addresses this gap by offering a proven programming model based on inversion of control, suitable for enterprise (Java) applications.

This talk will provide a tour of the Blueprint Service: we'll begin with an architectural overview, continue with the core features such as creating and wiring modules, lifecycle management and service registry interaction all without being tied to the OSGi API and conclude by looking at the Blueprint Service in action.

This video was recorded at EclipseCon 2009.

Total running time 51:44 minutes

Join us to hear EclipseSource experts Jordi Lopez and Ian Bull talk about the new Yoxos 4. In addition to a live software demonstration, Ian and Jordi will discuss how Yoxos leverages the full power of p2 to enhance the overall experience. A brief review of Yoxos SecureSource, the new certified opensource repository from EclipseSource will also be provided. The session will be followed by a general Q&A.

The Yoxos family of products provides developers with the ability to manage configurations and ensure the integrity of their Eclipse features and toolsets. Find out more about Yoxos for your enterprise on the Yoxos webpages or test drive Yoxos 4 with Yoxos onDemand.

The Eclipse SOA Runtime Framework Project (codename Swordfish) aims to provide an extensible framework that enables developers to create business applications following service-oriented principles. Building upon Apache ServiceMix and Equinox, the Eclipse Foundation's OSGi implementation, Swordfish adds enterprise features such as policy-controlled message processing, dynamic lookup of service metadata using a Service Registry and extensive monitoring and management capabilities, all based on 7 years of SOA experience gained at Deutsche Post. In this talk, we'll introduce the audience to the basic architecture of Swordfish, highlight some of the features and give an update on the current state and the near-term and mid-term plans. Special focus will be laid on the extension points provided Swordfish, including a live demonstration of its capabilities.

This video was recorded at EclipseCon 2009.

Total running time 37:31 minutes

With the release of RAP (Rich AJAX Platform) from Eclipse and GWT (Google Widget Toolkit) from Google, it’s easier than ever before to build AJAX applications using the strong typed Java language instead of the less-sophisticated JavaScript. Which technology is more suited to your needs? Dan Rubel and Mark Russell will review the same application implemented once using GWT and a second time using RAP to compare and contrast the two technologies, so that architects and developers can make informed decisions about which Java-based AJAX technology best suits their situation. Benefits, pitfalls, scalability and best practices of each will be covered. Come, compare and learn!

This video was recorded at EclipseCon 2009.

Total running time 37:27 minutes

In this video Jeff McAffer, EclipseSource CTO, demonstrates how to define, provision and manage remote Eclipse, Equinox and OSGi-based systems using p2 technology. The presentation highlights the extensibility and flexibility by showing a combination of standard p2 function and EclipseSource extensions for remote scenarios. Upcoming videos build on this base and show the use of p2 in server and cloud-based environments.

Total running time 18:47 minutes

The Jetty HTTP server and servlet container project has been a successful open source project since 1995. The core Jetty project has now moved to the Eclipse Foundation and is improving its already good relation ship with OSGi projects. This webinar will be an introduction to the Jetty project, followed by an overview of the move: what's changing, what staying the same and what's new in the Servlet 3.0 release. We would like to receive feedback and suggestions from the Eclipse community as well.

Total running time1 hour, 1:10 minutes

Thanks to Adobe for contributing their Adobe Acrobat Connect product to host this webinar.

Wayne and Lynn discuss the latest happenings in Eclipse for April 2009, with a special emphasis on the upcoming Galileo release. Topics covered in this podcast include Galileo DemoCamps, April webinars, the Jetty project, the Eclipse community survey, the mobile working group and the spring training series.

Leave your comments to let us know how we can improve this monthly podcast from the Foundation!

Total running time 09:14 minutes

Michael Coté sat down with Oliver Wolf from Sopera at EclipseCon this year, to talk about the newly announced Swordfish - Eclipse's SOA project. Having talked about Swordfish before in RedMonkTV, Coté asks Oliver to quickly catch us up since their last discussion. Swordfish has announced their release date (which has occurred since this was filmed), including all the compliance and IP cleaning.

Oliver then gives us a very quick overview of Swordfish, a runtime for implementing SOAs. Coté asks Oliver what Swordfish's general philosophy on SOA is. As Oliver explains, it starts from a decentralized ESB. They then discuss what this decentralization means for Swordfish's various SOA components. Coté then asks how Swordfish came to be and where the project is now.

Getting back to the type of SOA that Swordfish embodies, Coté asks Oliver what types of workloads Swordfish is suited for. Having announced Swordfish at EclipseCon 2009, and presenting more than five sessions on the topic, Coté asks Oliver how it's been received and what people have been asking. Finally, Oliver tells us how Swordfish fits into the overall Eclipse Runtime strategy.

Total running time 10:50 minutes

While at EclipseCon this year, Michael Coté had the chance to talk with Greg Wilkins and Adam Lieber of Webtide. Just the night before Greg and Adam had checked code into the Eclipse Foundation repositories to finish up adding Jetty as an Eclipse project. They start out discussing Jetty’s new Eclipse home. They also explain how Jetty has changed since its start as a small, embedded web server and different scenarios where Jetty can be, and is, used. For example, it's used as a component for application servers and surprisingly, in Android and Windows Mobile phones.

Next up, Coté asks why they choose to dock themselves in Eclipse. Along with this, Greg and Adam talk about the way Jetty is being run in Eclipse as components and how that relates to them being assembled in the existing CodeHaus repository. To close out, Coté asks how Jetty will fit into the general Eclipse Runtime projects and vision.

As a post-script, not too long after we recorded this video, the Webtide folks discovered that Google AppEngine is using Jetty to aid in Java support.

Total running time 09:22 minutes

In this interview from EclipseCon 2009, Michael Coté talks with multi-RedMonkTV guest Jeff McAffer, one of the leads on the Equinox project. Having spoken with him about Equinox many times before, Coté starts by asking Jeff to give an update on what’s been going on in Equinox-land of late. In doing so, they speak about how Equinox is related to the OSGi Enterprise and other specifications. Also, Jeff mentions the p2 and other sub and related projects. Since there’s always great interest in p2, Coté asks Jeff to give us more details on it, especially how it can be used to assemble and deploy different packages of Eclipse components - for example, Eclipse IDE plugins.

Getting back to the server-side aspects of Equinox, Jeff tells us how Equinox has been fairing out in the field. He goes over a long, impressive list of middleware and application server projects and products that are using it. Next, Coté asks what the experience to transitioning to OSGi-driven development has looked like in practice.

Finally, since they last talked, Jeff has moved from IBM, to his own company Code9, and then to EclipseSource. Coté asks him to tell us all about that.

Total running time 21:38 minutes

In this podcast, Jeff McAffer discusses the EclipseCon 2009 Runtime track, OSGi, Equinox, and the state of the Eclipse Runtime Project.

Total running time 19:01 minutes

The amount and diversity of information is growing exponentially, mainly in the area of unstructured data, like emails, text files, blogs and images. Poor data accessibility, user rights integration and the lack of semantic metadata are constraining factors for building next generation enterprise search and other document centric applications. Missing standards result in proprietary solutions with huge short and long term cost.

SMILA is an extensible framework for building search solutions to access unstructured information in the enterprise. Besides providing essential infrastructure components and services, SMILA also delivers ready-to-use add-on components, like connectors to most relevant data sources. Using the framework as their basis will enable developers to concentrate on the creation of higher value solutions, like semantic driven applications.

This webinar will present the SMILA project (emphasizing the integration possibilities), provide the status report about the latest project developments and give a short demonstration of currently implemented features.

Total running time 35:59 minutes

Thanks to Adobe for contributing their Adobe Acrobat Connect product to host this webinar.

Riena is an open source Eclipse project targeted at building client / server applications based on Eclipse technology. Its emphasis is on using OSGi Services everywhere, a transparent web service-based remoting technology and a sophisticated end-user oriented UI.

Riena is currently in incubation with plans to release Version 1.0 at the beginning of 2009.

This presentation will give an overview of Riena and introduce its base concepts:

• Using services and extensions
• Transparent access to local and remote OSGi services
• Easily moving a local component to the remote server (with little to no change on the client)
• A different end-user oriented UI
• Introducing Ridgets
• The new navigation model
• How Eclipse features are used to clearly separate Model, View and Controller
• How Riena uses JFace databinding and validation
• An outlook into the future plans

Total running time 57:26 minutes

Thanks to Adobe for contributing their Adobe Acrobat Connect product to host this webinar.

The Rich AJAX Platform (RAP) team is currently working on a project to make a RAP application more "webbish", in a web2.0 manner. This video shows the current status. A new feature is changing layouts (StackPresentations) on the fly without reloading the application. Another nice feature is the personalized Action Toolbar. Like other Web2.0 Services, RAP is now personalizable by the user.

Total running time 1:27 minutes

Security is an important concern for applications written on top of Equinox and the Eclipse Rich Client Platform. Spanning areas such as protection of sensitive user data, authentication of platform users and authorization of bundle code, Eclipse has a growing list of features to support important security related use cases. In this session, we will cover the new enhancements related to security in the Ganymede release of Eclipse and Equinox. In particular, we will discuss the following new features:

• Secure storage – protecting sensitive data (e.g. passwords) using encryption
• Trusted Bundles – denying the loading of bundles based on signer information
• Login Framework – integrating authentication of users based on JAAS

The format of the webinar will be a presentation plus some live demos, and will be similar in nature to those presented at the security-related EclipseCon sessions in March. Attendees should be familiar with the fundamentals of Java security and with the core concepts of Eclipse RCP and the Equinox framework. .

Total running time 52:30 minutes

Thanks to Adobe for contributing their Adobe Acrobat Connect product to host this webinar.

This presentation introduces Equinox and its use as a set of building blocks for creating applications. We overview the architecture and technology, and demonstrate many of the building blocks using an example client/server application.

Total running time 17:09 minutes

This demo shows some of the new features in ECF 2.0: screen sharing, url sharing, real-time shared editing, dynamic service discovery and asynchronous file download are covered.

Total running time 08:13 minutes

This presentation will demonstrate the new and noteworthy features in Ganymede related to security. We will first cover the new Secure Storage feature, which allows for the protection of sensitive data such as user passwords. Next we will cover Trusted Bundles, a mechanism for doing authorization of bundles based on the code signer. Finally we will look at the Login Framework, an integration of the Java Authentication and Authorization Service into the Eclipse platform.

Total running time 17:17 minutes

ECF is a communication framework and an increasing set of integrated tools. ECF provides APIs useful for the development of Equinox-based servers, RCP applications, and Eclipse-based development tools. The provider architecture supports the use of existing communications services, such as Google Talk and UI integration with web-based services, and other Eclipse-based tools. For example, for the upcoming Ganymede release, ECF is working on real-time shared editing of source code to support distributed team use cases like code reviews and collaborative debugging.

This presentation was recorded at Eclipse Day at the Googleplex on June 24, 2008.

Total running time 47:55 minutes

Equinox p2 is a component of the Eclipse Equinox project. p2 provides a framework for provisioning Eclipse-based applications. It replaces Update Manager as a mechanism for managing your Eclipse install, searching for updates and installing new functionality.

Total running time 1 hour, 08:26 minutes

Thanks to Adobe for contributing their Adobe Acrobat Connect product to host this webinar.

This presentation covers the new p2 UI and shows how p2 helps users manage their plug-ins and stay up-to-date.

Topics include:

• Overview and installation
• Installation from a local site
• Update of installed software
• Installation through dropins folder

Total running time 11:41 minutes

Plug-ins are everywhere in Eclipse so come learn about how to develop them! Depending on the audience, for the first half of the talk, I will discuss what a plug-in is and what tooling is provided around developing plug-ins. For the second half, I will discuss tips and tricks that can save you time in developing plug-ins and will also talk about some lesser known, but extremely useful, parts of PDE.

This presentation was recorded at Eclipse Day at the Googleplex on June 24, 2008.

About Chris Aniszczyk:
Chris Aniszczyk is the technical lead for the Plug-in Development Environment (PDE) project at Eclipse. Chris also commits on various other Eclipse projects, has the honor to represent the committers on the Eclipse Board of Directors and sits on the Eclipse Architecture Council. Chris's passions are blogging, software advocacy, tooling and anything Eclipse. He's always available to discuss open-source or Eclipse over a frosty beverage.

Total running time 47:34 minutes

In the course of getting ready for the Ganymede launch, Mustafa Isik from the Eclipse Communication Framework (ECF) team, put together a short screencast showcasing the first incarnation of "Cola: Real-Time Shared Editing" for Eclipse. Follow Mustafa and his friend Thomas K. as they lead you through an exemplary shared editing session.

You can enjoy a high resolution version of the screencast by clicking on the HD icon when doing a mouseover (full 720p glory).

Total running time 08:07 minutes

For over a decade now, Oracle TopLink has delivered a premiere Java persistence solution. With the open sourcing of the complete TopLink product in the Eclipse Persistence Services ('EclipseLink') Project, a new era has begun. EclipseLink delivers a comprehensive set of persistence services addressing relational, XML and non-relational data stores through standard interfaces including JPA, JAXB, SDO and JCA. In this webinar, we will introduce the EclipseLink project and its various persistence services, with a focus on its object-relational JPA implementation including a demonstration of how it can be used within various Java containers.

Total running time 53:43 minutes

Thanks to Adobe for contributing their Adobe Acrobat Connect product to host this webinar.

In this podcast, Oliver Wolf introduces the Swordfish project. Recorded in February 2008.

Total running time 08:10 minutes

This video screencast shows a simplified example of Equinox services in action. It shows declarative services being dynamically discovered using a service tracker that updates the user interface to show the services that are available. The example also shows Equinox declarative services and the JFace databinding APIs in use.

Total running time 13:15 minutes

This video screencast shows how dependencies can be created and managed between Equinox Services.

Total running time 06:45 minutes

In this podcast, Benny Muskalla, Rich Ajax Platform (RAP) committer, discusses the RAP project.

Total running time 04:07 minutes

This video screencast briefly describes Equinox services and goes through the steps required to create and run a service using the Equinox Declarative Services (in incubation at the time of recording).

Total running time 08:45 minutes

The Eclipse Rich AJAX Platform (RAP) allows developers to create AJAX-enabled Web applications using the OSGi standard component model. The main advantage of this technology is the ability to share the same Java code base for RCP and RIA applications.

This webinar will teach you about RAP's building blocks and how they compare with RCP, and how RAP fits into the overall Eclipse runtime. Jochen will demo how you can quickly create AJAX Web applications using known Eclipse development methods.

Total running time 51:34 minutes

Thanks to Adobe for contributing their Adobe Acrobat Connect product to host this webinar.

This webinar will be an introduction to OSGi: what it is, when you should use it and how to get started learning it.

OSGi is the powerful dynamic framework that underlies the Eclipse IDE and platform, but its use is not restricted to Eclipse. In fact it is used everywhere from mobile phone and vehicle entertainment systems to enterprise application servers. It is, essentially, the module system for Java.

The level of this talk will be introductory and will not assume prior knowledge of either OSGi or Eclipse (although knowledge of standard Java *will* be assumed). Also, we will discuss some aspects of OSGi that are not commonly used in Eclipse plug-in development, for example, usage of the Service Registry. So even experienced plug-in developers should get something from it.

Total running time 1 hour, 03:24 minutes

Thanks to Adobe for contributing their Adobe Acrobat Connect product to host this webinar.

Eclipse as a Rich Client Platform is increasingly mainstream. Organizations from NASA to IBM to major banks and airlines have adopted RCP as a core platform for building their applications. In this talk we look at various current RCP usecases and examples and discuss the synergies with Spring.

Eclipse still has even more to offer in the application space. Eclipse's inherent dynamism and the use of Eclipse on the server are largely hidden gems. Spring has its heritage on the server and has enjoyed some use as a rich client platform. In this talk we look at various current RCP usecases and examples, and discuss the evolution and integration opportunities of these technologies.

An agenda of the topics covered is posted with the recording.

Total running time 47:15 minutes

In this webinar, Brian and Chris will walk you through the basics of using the Plug-in Development Environment (PDE). For the first half, they will discuss what a plug-in is and what tooling is provided around developing plug-ins. For the second half, they will discuss tips and tricks that can save you time in developing plug-ins and will also talk about some lesser known, but extremely useful, parts of PDE.

Featuring special guest, Wassim Melhem of Embarcadero.

Total running time 1 hour, 02:04 minutes

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In this screencast, Ricco Deutscher or the Eclipse Swordfish project walks us through the architecture, intentions, and road-map for the OSGi-tools SOA runtime, Swordfish. As Ricco outlines, Swordfish came about from the desire to benefit from combining the use of JBI, SCA and OSGi. JBI lends a good packing methodology, SCA helps with the execution of service components and OSGi adds in the dynamic functionality needed and helps glue it all together.

Total running time 20:23 minutes

While at the Eclipse Runtime Summit, Michael Coté had the chance to talk with Iona's Eric Newcomer (CTO of Iona, Co-Chair, Enterprise Expert Group, OSGi Alliance, and well respected enterprise coding guy) about the emergence of OSGi as a server-side, or enterprise, technology.

They discuss how OSGi came to be a technology of interest in the enterprise space, and move on to the formation of the OSGi Enterprise Expert Group. Eric goes through a high level list of what the "enterprise" here means: mostly the usual suspects of security, adding distributed functionality, messaging, scalability and performance.

Coté asks Eric about the process that the OSGi Alliance uses and they discuss the interesting role of the full time spec writer that the OSGi Alliance uses. As Eric outlines, there's a process pretty similar to the JCP process, where the deliverables are a specification, a reference implementation and TCKs to verify implementations.

They then discuss the overall idea of componentizing Java - what OSGi bundles and modules seek to do. As the Java world is pretty well split between Sun and OSGi's ambitions here, Eric gives some thoughts on it and a little bit of the historic background between the two parties.

Finally, we end up with a rough road-map for the OSGi Enterprise Expert Group and Eric's thoughts on the Eclipse Runtime Summit.

Total running time 21:25 minutes

In the first part, Jochen gives us an overview of RAP and how it fits into the overall Eclipse runtime.
Total running time 19:34 minutes

In the second part, he shows a few demos using RAP.
Total running time 20:46 minutes

As with other screencasts, be sure to check out fullscreen mode with the video widgets or download a larger sized version of the movie. Check out the RedMonk blip.tv show page for all sorts of options.

In this two part screencast, Michael Coté talks with Andy Smith about the Eclipse SODA project, part of the Eclipse OHF effort.

In the first part, Andy gives us an overview of the device populated network with edge and centralized servers that SODA services. He then explains the Stepstone use-case for in-home medical monitoring devices that serves as an example use of SODA.
Total running time 16:01 minutes

In the second part, Andy demos how the dynamic nature of SODA, provided by Eclipse Equinox, allows for the easy, dynamic deployment and use of remote devices. Also, be sure to check out the A Smarter World for Charley for the Charley scenario mentioned.
Total running time 17:08 minutes

Michael Coté has a screencast, this time around the idea of using Eclipse’s OSGi framework for a back to front runtime. The first installment - in two parts - is on the core of that the Eclipse runtime, Equinox, done by Jeff McAffer.

As a usage note, be sure to check out the full-screen mode in the widgets if you’d like to see a larger picture. There are also many different formats - even audio only - available on the show page.

Total running time:

• Overview - Part 1: 19:43 minutes
• Demo - Part 2: 12:49 minutes

Total running time 8:13 minutes

This interview is about OSGi, the dynamic module system for Java. Our guests are Peter Kriens (OSGi's Technical Director) and BJ Hargrave (OSGi's CTO). We'll discuss what OSGi is all about, and why and in which contexts it is useful. Additionally we are having a look at the different layers of OSGi and where and how they are used. Other questions discussed are: What means dynamicity in an OSGi environment? Where is OSGi used? What’s the future of OSGi? How does OSGi interact with existing middleware solutions? How can I run several versions of the same JAR at the same time? Where are OSGi’s problems?

Total running time 45:23 minutes

The goal of the Eclipse eRCP project is to extend the rich client platform (RCP) to mobile and embedded devices. eRCP allows developers to use the existing Eclipse application model to create software the runs on the desktop and new devices, such as the Nokia S60 or Windows CE devices. In this webinar, Gorkem Ercan, software development manager at Nokia and the leader of eRCP, will introduce the components of eRCP and demonstrate how applications can be built for eRCP.

Total running time 53:13 minutes

Thanks to Adobe for contributing their Adobe Acrobat Connect product to host this webinar.

The Eclipse Equinox project produces the core runtime used by Eclipse and the reference implementation for both the OSGi 4.1 framework and JSR 291 specifications. This webinar introduces attendees to OSGi and how developers can use Equinox to create component based applications. We highlight several new Equinox features in the Europa release, specifically improvements to the application model, server-side support and launching the runtime.

For code examples, see the File Link for this resource that is type "Other" (zip file). Most of the code for the full demo can be found in the CVS in the Equinox incubator:

• CVS Server: dev.eclipse.org:/cvsroot/eclipse
• Demo Directory: equinox-incubator/demos/app-model/

Total running time 53:10 minutes

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OSGi is being adopted in an increasing number of projects. The spec provides a common model for writing and deploying applications to local or remote computers in modularized form. Instead of creating monolithic applications, the OSGi spec allows the collaboration of many small components. This presentation shows you why a spec like OSGi is crucial, what it really encompasses, Eclipse integration and what the future developments will be.

Total running time 58:23 minutes

Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform (RAP) allows developers to create Rich Internet Applications (RIA) using the OSGi standard component model. The main advantage of this technology is the ability to share the same Java code base for RCP and RIA applications.

In this two-part screencast you are going to see RAP installation process, look and feel of the RAP 1.0 Demo application and creation of the simple RAP plugin:
1) Installation of the RAP 1.0 using the Eclipse Update Manager (01:15)
2) RAP 1.0 Demo application. Creation of the "Hello world" RAP plugin (02:15)

InfoQ recently sat down with Peter Kriens of the OSGi Alliance to learn more about OSGi. Kriens discussed OSGi's origins in the mobile space, it's integration with Eclipse, the current integration work with Spring, and the future R5 specification. He also discussed the ongoing debate over OSGi and JSR 277, and gave his perspective on what an ideal solution would be for modularity at the JVM level.

A transcript is available with the video link

At the Eclipse Marketing Symposium, Coté had the chance to talk with Innoopract's Jochen Krause. They started talking about Innoopract's decision to move to Eclipse several years ago. At the moment, Innoopract is working with Eclipse on the Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform project, or RAP, which Jochen talks about. Then they move onto talking about the component-driven programming model that OSGi enables, along with several "ah-ha moments" for typical developers moving into that style of development. Finally, they talk more about Innoopract's business model, and drill a little deeper into the idea of "sponsored development" for open source projects.

Total running time 15:57 minutes

The Eclipse Communication Framework (ECF) is a framework for developers to build communications into their tools and applications. The framework also includes several exemplary development team tools like Instant Messaging, Chat, File Sharing and Real-Time Collaboration, all integrated into the Eclipse IDE. This webinar will provide an introduction to :

1. the use of the framework to build communications, messaging, and collaboration functionality into Eclipse plugins
2. the customization of the existing applications to fit a team's specific communication needs and development processes
3. the use of ECF for Rich-Client Platform (RCP) Applications, and Equinox-based server applications

Total running time 46:58 minutes

Thanks to Adobe for contributing their Adobe Acrobat Connect product to host this webinar.

In this episode of the Eclipse Member Company Europa podcasts, Genuitec president Maher Masri talks about the Europa release. He says that with Europa, Eclipse continues the "all can win" philosophy providing a platform that benefits both large and small companies. Masri notes that Europa has embraced the OSGi spec so that Eclipse is no longer just a tools platform, but that it is also a runtime application. He finishes with a look at some of the new features coming in the next version of MyEclipse.

Total running time 07:03 minutes

The microService Architecture (mSA) Backplane is an OSGi-based infrastructure that will be the basis for many future software products from BEA. This project has been in development for about a year, and currently consists of about 100 different OSGi bundles that encompass functions such as logging, thread management, HTTP servlets, web services, and transaction management.

In the course of our work, we have learned a great deal about the process of breaking down existing, production-quality software into individual modules, and we have learned how to effectively use some of the best features of OSGi, such as the class loading infrastructure and the service registry. We also continue to be challenged by other aspects of OSGi, such as the security infrastructure and the mechanisms for starting and launching bundles.

In this talk, we will describe the mSA Backplane, and we will concentrate on the lessons we have learned about OSGi in the process of building it. We will assume that attendees are familiar with fundamental OSGi concepts.

Total running time 46:25 minutes

In this screencast, Michael Coté talks with Eclipse Equinox project lead Jeff McAffer about the new version of the Eclipse Equinox OSGi framework in Eclipse Europa. We see a demo of the the new server-side capabilities in Equinox and the development model used. The notion of "modules" and "components" is fast becoming an important topic in the Java world, so it's interesting to see the Eclipse platform's framework moving from the desktop to the server.

For detailed viewing, check out the larger sized video.

Total running time 22:09 minutes

Today, we are proud to announce the next episode in our podcast series for the Europa release: Scott Lewis of the ECF project.

Just as a point of interest, this interview was recorded over Skype with Scott actually using the ECF Skype provider, which has been generating some interest lately. We talk about the Skype provider a bit in the interview and what sort of shape it will be in for the Europa release.

Total running time 21:08 minutes

Eclipse Evanglist Wayne Beaton discusses the present and future of OSGi with Alex Blewitt, Editor-in-chief of EclipseZone, and Neil Bartlett, OSGi enthusiast and author of a series of papers discussing OSGi.

Total running time 07:47 minutes

In this podcast, Jeff McAffer, Eclipse Equinox Project Lead, discusses Eclipse membership in the OSGi Alliance, the factors motivating the adoption of OSGi as the component model for Eclipse, the cool places that OSGi turns up, and the rosy future of OSGi and Equinox.

Total running time 30:13 minutes

Tune in to hear Riyad Kalla and Jeff McAffer discuss the current state of OSGi, Equinox, the Eclipse platform and the Eclipse RCP effort, as well as the future direction of it all.

Total running time 58:10 minutes