Blog Posts

I have been looking around to find references to Eclipse when it was first launched. There is lots of stuff but here are some of the more interesting things: the original press release announcing the eclipse.org consortium thanks to the Wayback machine, the eclipse.org web site, circa Sept. 25, 2001...

I learned how to write software using pair programming and other practices that eventually became known as Extreme Programming. I have to admit that I really miss it as part of my everyday work; unfortunately, I don’t write software nearly as much as I’d like these days. Martin Fowler discusses...

Hobel is having some trouble with Eclipse. In fact, he’s having so much trouble that he’s started a blog on the topic ( eclipse-sucks). While I disagree with his position, he’s obviously having problems hooking himself into the Eclipse world. I’ve been trying to help him out. I even invited...

In a comment to a past blog entry, I was asked today about my Image Viewer plug-in (I blogged about it again here). Specifically, I was asked if the source would be made available. The funny-you-should-ask part is that just today, I spent a little time with the image viewer...

In addition to the Eclipse birthday parties, we are setting up an electronic birthday card and Eclipse Product Wall of Fame. I am hoping this will be a good way for individuals to show their support of Eclipse and to showcase all of the Eclipse based products and services. We...

Josh Reed made it to Antarctica and sent me a picture of his new Eclipse sweater. It is keeping in warm, while sleeping out in -40 degree weather! Josh is keeping a blog about his experiences in Antarctica. It seems like he might be the first Eclipse user at the...

I’ve been meaning to blog about this little feature for a while… The Eclipse Web Tools has a neat little feature in its XML editor. As is expected, if your XML file has a DTD or schema specified, content assist (ctrl-space) will offer suggestions as you type. More interestingly, if...

Inspired by Donald’s post I am going to use a combination of wild hyperbole and question marks in my blog titles for a while. Last December Onno Kluyt kindly asked if I would come and talk about Eclipse at the JCP’s Executive Committee meeting. The last point in my presentation...

In case you haven’t noticed, the Ottawa birthday party is going to be at the Prescott! By pure conincidence, one of my favourite watering holes. Mmmmm…Square pizza…Quarts. RSVP at birthday-ottawa at eclipse.org

Next week we are organizing two webinars. The first will be Mik Kersten, project leader of Mylar, introducing the concepts of the task oriented UI that Mylar adds to Eclipse. This is pretty cool stuff and a great example of the innovation that is happening at Eclipse. If you are...