Blog Posts

    Eclipse is… Open Source Projects

    by Wayne Beaton

    One of the great things about Eclipse is that–unlike the celestial event and the unfortunately-named movie–everybody gets to see it; regardless of your location on earth, you have access to Eclipse. But, like Linus, some people are confused as to the nature of Eclipse. To try and help people better...

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    Eclipse is… Runtimes!

    by Wayne Beaton

    The brilliance of Charles Shultz never ceases to amaze me. As far back as 1963, he knew that Eclipse was a big deal. But even he had difficulty getting Lucy and Linus to describe Eclipse. This brings me back to my recent discussion of a presentation I do titled “...

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    eWeek Top 25 Eclipse Projects

    by Anonymous

    Earlier this month eWeek published a list of the top 25 Best and Brightest Eclipse projects. Congratulations to all the projects that made it on the list! As with any top ## lists, some worthy projects are missed. What other projects deserved to be in the list?

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    No Gerrit for you…

    by Wayne Beaton

    … at least not yet. Getting support for Git up and running at Eclipse presented us with a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem: in order to make Git first class at Eclipse, we need a quality Git team provider ( Bug 293192); but to create that team provider, we needed...

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    Eclipse is… an Application Framework

    by Wayne Beaton

    Over the past week or so, I’ve been using this blog to capture my thoughts on my “ What is Eclipse?” presentation. To recap, I start this conversation with an expectation that the listener is already familiar with Eclipse as a Java IDE (if they’re not then this is easy...

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    Helios in the Press

    by Anonymous

    Each year we are very lucky to get great press coverage of the Eclipse release, and this year is no different. Interesting to see how the headlines vary by publication. btw, of course we also get lots of blog review too English Register – Heavyweight Helios Crushes Eclipse’s past iProgrammer...

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    Helios: The Train Has Arrived

    by Anonymous

    The Eclipse Helios release is now available for download. Each year I am amazed how the Eclipse community is release on such a predictable schedule. Congratulations to all that help make it happen. Helios is the biggest Eclipse release ever! We have over 39 different project teams participating, more than...

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    Eclipse is… a Tools Platform

    by Wayne Beaton

    My last few blog posts discuss a presentation that I regularly deliver titled “ What is Eclipse?“. As previously discussed, I tend to introduce people to Eclipse by starting with what they already know: Eclipse is a movie about vampires that I have no intention of watching. Eclipse is a...

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    Eclipse is… an IDE Platform

    by Wayne Beaton

    If you’ve just joined me mid-arc, you should probably take a step back and acquaint yourself with what I’m doing here with this little series of posts. I’ll wait… Basically, I’m going through a slide deck that I present regularly as a means of level-setting an audience. Most people seem...

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    Eclipse is… a Java IDE

    by Wayne Beaton

    On Monday, I started a blog arc that will discuss the “ What is Eclipse” talk that I present on occasion. I have delivered this material both standalone and as a context-setting part of a presentation. I’m actually revisiting and revising that presentation as I go through this blogging exercise...

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