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CloudFree Free?

Monday, February 2, 2009 - 21:54 by Wayne Beaton
Bug 262232 asks if the CloudFree Server Platform project should change its name. I have to admit, that I’ve never been really comfortable with the name. The purpose of this project, “an open, dynamic and extensible platform for Equinox based server solutions”, does suggest that the project might play some...

EclipseCon BoFs

Monday, February 2, 2009 - 12:21 by Wayne Beaton
If my math skills are up to scratch (and I’m pretty confident they are), we have 72 slots for “birds of a feather” (BoF) sessions at EclipseCon this year. Realistically, we’ll probably lose a few of those slots as we get closer to the big event. As I’ve mentioned in...

EclipseCon BoF Proposals

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 21:39 by Wayne Beaton
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...

Mike Squillace and Accessibility in Eclipse

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 14:10 by Wayne Beaton
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...

Eclipse Plug-ins, Third Edition

Friday, January 2, 2009 - 11:57 by Wayne Beaton
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...