Blog Posts

Earlier today, in a blog entry titled “ Show Source of Selected Element Only“, author R.J. Lorimer described the “Show source of selected element only” feature. Frankly, it’s a pretty cool feature and I think that R.J. did a bang up job of describing it. However, he missed one important...

In this new Eclipse Corner article, “ Eclipse Workbench: Using the Selection Service“, author Marc R. Hoffmann describes (oddly enough) the selection service provided by the Eclipse workbench, how it is used by Eclipse and how you can use it in your own plug-ins and RCP applications. I used Marc’s...

I just came across this post on John O’Shea’s blog. I think it raises a very interesting point: Unfortunately, Eclipse.org is also starting to exhibit similar cracks. A cursory look at the architectures of many of the top level projects (WTP, STP, TPTP, BIRT etc.) shows the lack of intra-project...

One of the big problems with maintaining any repository of information is that the information can get out of date. You can help. All Eclipse Corner articles are in a CVS repository (dev.eclipse.org/cvsroot/org.eclipse). You can hook up to this repository to gain access to the articles (www/articles). Changes to articles...

Callisto itself is pretty cool. Coordinating the release of ten separate Eclipse projects is no small undertaking and the project teams are doing a great job of it. But what’s cool about Callisto for you? I have my own ideas. Many, many ideas. Too many in fact. I’m curious to...

It is possible (and recommended, in fact) that you develop your RCP application from a target that’s separate from your development environment. By default, when you build plug-ins using Eclipse, you develop against the set of plug-ins that are installed in your development environment. However, using the PDE preferences page...

I am putting together the marketing and press plan for Callisto. An important component of the press plan is to have articles written about the different projects. If you or someone you know, would like to write about the cool new features in WTP, VE, JDT, RCP, etc. let me...

And I should know. I’ve been kicked in the head. A few times. The best part about day three at Linux World was meeting Bill Hilliard from Intel. Bill has a lot of experience with the CDT and was able to educate me as he answered questions about it to...

We just finished up exhibiting at ESC. This was my first ESC, so I really didn’t know what to expect? By all accounts, I think we was a success and we will be back next year. In general, the embedded market doesn’t seem to be as software saavy as the...

I get to join Ian at the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) this week. I spent several hours today walking the exhibit floor looking for Eclipse-based tools and products. They’re everywhere! I am really miffed with myself for forgetting to bring my camera. Just a partial list of companies showing Eclipse-based...