Eclipse IDE

From Students to Eclipse IDE Contributors: Growing the Next Generation of Committers

Wednesday, August 27, 2025 - 09:15 by Thomas Froment
Over the summer, students from the Computing Talent Initiative partnered with CodeDay to contribute to the Eclipse IDE. For many, this was their very first experience working on a large-scale open source project. Their contributions, reflections, and persistence show how mentorship and community support can transform curiosity into impact. This...

Code4Health Hackathon: Empowering Southern Africa’s Youth to Improve Healthcare with Open Source

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 - 12:16 by Thomas Froment
How can open source tools empower young developers to reimagine healthcare in their local communities? The Code4Health Hackathon set out to explore exactly that: From 14–18 May 2025, high school students from across Southern Africa came together online for this event organised by the Girls Coding Academy in partnership with...

Why Eclipse Open Source Development Tooling Matters at Embedded World 2025

Tuesday, March 4, 2025 - 13:21 by Thomas Froment
If you plan to attend Embedded World 2025 Conference from March 11-13, 2025, don’t miss the opportunity to engage with the Eclipse Foundation and the Eclipse Open Source Development Tooling ecosystem. For years, Eclipse IDE & platform (RCP) based development tools have played a pivotal role in the embedded systems...

Why Open Community Experience 2024 is a Must-Attend Event for Software Professionals

Thursday, September 5, 2024 - 12:31 by Thomas Froment
It's undeniable that today's software innovation stems from the Open Source community. Celebrating 20 years of the Eclipse Foundation, the EclipseCon has evolved into the Open Community Experience (OCX) . This rebranding reflects the foundation's expansion beyond developer tooling into diverse domains like real-time embedded systems, Dataspaces, Java ecosystems (Adoptium...