Eclipse News

Write a Review for the Galileo Blogathon

Fri, 26 May 2009 15:00:00 EST

Now that Galileo is out, we want to hear what you think! We will give you a Friend of Eclipse membership or an Eclipse shirt for writing a review of the release. One lucky winner will also win a pass to EclipseCon 2010 or Eclipse Summit Europe 2009!

To enter the blogathon, all you need to do is publish your review on a blog, a newsgroup or portal, and then send us the link to galileo-reviews@eclipse.org. Eclipse is a global community, so feel free to write the review in your native language.

The top 3 reviews will also receive Eclipse jackets and the best review will receive a pass to the next EclipseCon 2010 or Eclipse Summit Europe 2009. These reviews will be chosen by a panel of judges. All entries must be received by July 31, 2009. For full details, see the blogathon page.

Eclipse Galileo Release Now Available

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 9:00:00 EST

For the sixth year in a row, the Eclipse community has delivered its annual release train on its scheduled date. Galileo, the 2009 release train, is the largest ever release from the Eclipse community, comprising 33 projects and over 24 million lines of code. Over 380 committers from 44 different organizations participated to make this release possible.

Eclipse Acceleo Day

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:54:00 EST

The first Eclipse Acceleo Day is being held in Nantes, France on July 10, 2009. Acceleo is a component of the Eclipse Model to Text (M2T) project and the workshop will be an event where users and developers of Acceleo can meet, present their planned extensions, and discuss model-driven engineering.

Topics of interest at the workshop will include MOF-to-Text language, validation with Acceleo, scripting generation, comparisons to other generative engines, and integration of Acceleo in an industrial tool chain. Workshop attendees are welcome to present their work in a 20-minute demo to get feedback from the community. See the event page for participation details.

Eclipse Acceleo Day is co-located with the 10th Libre Software Meeting. The event is free but you must register by July 3 in order to attend.

Announcing Eclipse Day at the GooglePlex 2009

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:52:00 EST

We are pleased to announce the second Eclipse Day at the Googleplex on August 27, 2009 at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA. There is no charge to attend but you need to pre-register.

Eclipse Summit Europe Call for Participation

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:05:00 EST

The call for participation is now open for Eclipse Summit Europe, the Eclipse Foundation’s annual European community event, taking place October 27-29, 2009 in Ludwigsburg, Germany. You are invited to submit proposals in five categories: 1) embedded, 2) IDEs, 3) modeling, 4) runtime, or 5) other new & noteworthy that is of interest to the Eclipse community.

The Eclipse Summit Europe schedule will consist of one day of tutorials and symposia followed by two days of technical and business sessions, so many opportunities are available for you to present your Eclipse expertise to conference attendees. We encourage you to submit early, as proposals will be open to the community for questions, comments and feedback.

Guidelines for submissions are available at http://www.eclipsecon.org/summiteurope2009/submissions. The deadline to submit is August 18, 2009. We anticipate an exciting program at this year’s conference and look forward to hearing from you!

Please note as well that attendee registration will open in July and conference sponsorship packages are already available.

Galileo In Action

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:48:00 EST

On June 26, the Eclipse Foundation is presenting Galileo In Action - a virtual conference where you can interact with project leads involved in the release and see demos of the new features. The annual simultaneous release has now grown to 33 projects with over 24 million lines of code, contributed by committers around the world. With such a large global community, Eclipse wants to bring Galileo to you!

Galileo In Action is free to attend and registering gets you into all 5 sessions:

10:00 am EST - What is Galileo and Why do I Love it?
Presented by Doug Schaefer (C/C++ Development Tooling) and John Graham (Data Tools Platform)
11:00 am EST - Frameworks Showcase
Presented by Scott Lewis (Eclipse Communication Framework) and Pascal Rapicault (p2)
12:00 pm EST - Runtime Showcase
Presented by Tom Watson (Equinox) and Shaun Smith (EclipseLink)
01:00 pm EST - Tools Showcase
Presented by Andreas Buchen (Memory Analyzer) and Roy Ganor (PHP Development Tools)
02:00 pm EST - Galileo In Action
Presented by Jason Weathersby (Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools) and Mik Kersten (Mylyn)

See more details on these sessions.

To attend, register through GoToMeeting.

Eclipse Community Survey Results 2009

Wed, 27 May 2009 16:00:00 EST

The Eclipse Foundation has released the results of the Eclipse Community Survey 2009. The purpose of the survey is to better understand how the Eclipse community uses Eclipse and open source software and how people participate in and perceive open source software.

Eclipse Galileo RC1 Packages Now Available for Testing

Tue, 26 May 2009 09:13:00 EST

The Eclipse Galileo RC1 Packages are now available. Please take the time to download, test and provide feedback on a package.

Write a Review for the Galileo Blogathon

Mon, 25 May 2009 16:03:00 EST

We want to hear what you think of the Eclipse projects that are being released as part of Galileo. We will give you a Friend of Eclipse membership or an Eclipse shirt for writing a review. One lucky winner will also win a pass to EclipseCon 2010 or Eclipse Summit Europe 2009!

To enter the blogathon, all you need to do is write a review about one or more of the projects that are a part of the Eclipse Galileo release. Publish the review on your blog, a newsgroup or portal and then send us a link to galileo-reviews@eclipse.org.

A review will be deemed worthy of a thank you gift, if the content conveys sufficient technical content. We aren't looking for long essays, so 3 to 5 points of what you like or don't like about one or more Galileo projects is sufficient. Eclipse is a global community, so feel free to write the review in your native language. You can also write multiple reviews, however we will only award one item per person. The top 3 reviews will also receive Eclipse jackets and the best review will receive a pass to the next EclipseCon 2010 or Eclipse Summit Europe 2009.

The top 3 and the best reviews will be selected by a panel of judges. All entries must be received by July 31, 2009. For full details, see the blogathon page.

Eclipse Application Developer Day

Tue, 19 May 2009 12:40:00 EST

An Eclipse Application Developer Day (EADD) is being held in Karlsruhe, Germany on July 7, 2009. This full-day event will provide an opportunity for both new experienced Eclipse developers to learn more about the Eclipse platform and how it is being used in every day applications.

The Eclipse Runtime will be featured in many aspects of the program including a joint keynote on Equinox, RCP and other runtime technologies by Jochen Krause from EclipseSource and Harald Mueller from SAP. You'll learn more about the individual Runtime projects in presentations including Christian Campo from compeople on the Riena Project, Benjamin Muskalla from EclipseSource on RAP (Rich Ajax Platform) and Heiko Seeberger from Weigle Wilczek on OSGi. Steffen Becker from FZI will contribute with a talk on modelling.

The call for presentations is open until May 21st so stay tuned for more exciting additions to the program.

Eclipse Application Developer Day is sponsored by andrena objects, the Eclipse Foundation, EclipseSource, FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik, SAP and Silverstroke. Support is also being contributed by Bredex, instinctools and itemis. The support provided by these organizations has made it possible to offer this event free of charge to participants.