Blog Posts

    Videos from Eclipse Day at the Googleplex

    by Anonymous

    The videos from the Eclipse Day at the Googleplex event have now been posted on YouTube. Thanks again to the Google Open Source office for making these recordings available. Enjoy. Eclipse @ eBay (the first couple of minutes is an introduction by myself but then Michael Galpin starts talking) How...

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    Changer la variable ${user}

    by Benjamin Cabé

    Lorsque vous créez une nouvelle classe Java, Eclipse utilise par défaut le template de code suivant pour générer sa Javadoc : [sourcecode language=’java’]/** * @author ${user} * */[/sourcecode] Vous aurez sûrement remarqué que ${user} est remplacé par le login que vous utilisez dans votre OS, et ce n’est pas toujours...

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    Paste Snippet

    by Wayne Beaton

    Try this in Eclipse Ganymede (one of the variants that includes the Java development tools): Copy this text: System.out.println(new Date()); Bring the Package Explorer into focus (make sure that none of the existing projects is highlighted) and select “Paste” from the context menu. JDT will build the project, package, class...

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    Eclipse IDE for Education

    by Wayne Beaton

    I just created bug 239808, Eclipse IDE for Education, as a proposal for a new component in the SOC project. Please add your comments on the bug. While you’re at it, we’re looking for volunteers… The proposal originates from the need to provide a streamlined environment to help first-year undergraduate-level...

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    Java Forum Stuttgart 2008

    by Wayne Beaton

    There’s something about the Java Forum Stuttgart conference that I really like. The conference is a little on the large size (I believe that I heard that there were 1,200 attendees) which gives the exhibit area a really busy feel. Good busy. As a speaker, I can’t say enough about...

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    A Java Rock Star

    by Anonymous

    Congratulations to Mik Kersten for being inducted into the JavaOne Java Rock Star program. The Java Rock Stars are the top speakers, as voted by the attendees, at JavaOne. Mik session was an introduction to Eclipse Mylyn and it seems like he and Mylyn were a great hit. Mik is...

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    But I’m not a Newbie!

    by Wayne Beaton

    If you have a question about some Eclipse project, the newsgroups are your best bet. If you’re not sure what group is appropriate for your question, post it on newcomer. Posters to newcomer are often redirected to other newsgroups, but newcomer is a good starting point since a lot of...

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    The License Decision for the Symbian Foundation – or …

    by Anonymous

    Or I was going titled this blog ‘The GPL is Not a Solution for World Peace’ but I didn’t. Last week’s big news was that the Nokia is going to buy outright Symbian and then open source the Symbian operating system under the Eclipse Public License (EPL) and start the...

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    Stammtisch at the Hotel Krone in Stuttgart, July 3rd.

    by Wayne Beaton

    One of the more exciting things I get to do when I visit Germany is attend one of Ralph’s many Stammtisches (or is that Stammtischae?) For the uninitiated, Stammtisch translates roughly into “regular’s table”. Ralph’s incarnation of the tradition brings members of the Eclipse community together to socialize and network...

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    The best laid plans…

    by Mike Milinkovich

    Some of you might have noticed that when Ganymede was first launched yesterday, the eclipse.org website was reeeaaallllyyyy slow for a little while. By way of explanation, I offer the following: But more seriously, many thanks to Denis, Matt, Nathan and Karl for all of their work in getting our...

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