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Age of Participation: Nokia Joining Eclipse

Monday, September 19, 2005 - 16:15

We are getting some really good feedback on Nokia joining Eclipse and proposing to lead a J2ME project at Eclipse. For me the announcement is great news for two reasons: 1) to date Eclipse did not have a strong platform for mobile development, now we will have one, and 2) Nokia wants to lead the effort and bring with it Nokia developers, code and 2 million developers on Forum Nokia. I hope we will also see some other major players in the mobile space join the effort.

Who is using SWT?

Monday, September 19, 2005 - 10:41 by Wayne Beaton

If you’re using RCP or even Eclipse itself, you’re using SWT. So… who’s using SWT? Lots of folks are. Ian Skerrett gave some examples of folks using RCP (and SWT by extension) in an blog entry several months back.

Something Borrowed, Something New

Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 14:54 by Mike Milinkovich

I’ve been trying to find the time to write this posting ever since I got back from EclipseWorld. Obviously, in this job I get to see a lot of demos of tools built with Eclipse. A lot of them are pretty cool. Everyone once in a while I see something that just blows my socks off.

At EclipseWorld, I ran into an old acquaintance of mine, Neeraj Sangal. Neeraj and I crossed paths briefly at WebGain, after we were both acquired by that ill-destined company. Neeraj is a serial entrepreneur, and was the brains behind StructureBuilder.

Extending RCP beyond the desktop

Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 14:04 by Wayne Beaton

I guess that the name “Rich Client Platform” should be a tip-off that applications built using RCP technology can extend beyond the desktop. Essentially… if you have a client, it seems that you should probably also have a server.

SWT samples and documentation

Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 16:24 by Wayne Beaton

Check out the SWT site for some screen shots of many of the widgets included with SWT. Be sure to take a look at the snippets page for help on using ’em.

Scavenging, borrowing, and blatantly copying code

Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 13:03 by Wayne Beaton

In my previous posting, I suggested that “scavenging, borrowing, and blatantly copy code” is the staple of modern software development; this is, of course, true. However, there are caveats to consider, both legal and technical.

Time isn’t free

Monday, September 12, 2005 - 10:02 by Wayne Beaton

In response to my Friday posting, RefuX said “Linux is cheap if your time is free”. This statement is, of course, absolutely correct. However a similar statement about the cost of your time can be made about operating systems that you have to pay for.

Eclipse in 64 bits

Friday, September 9, 2005 - 13:06 by Wayne Beaton

I’ve been given this pretty cool Linux desktop system to play with. It wasn’t until I started to download Eclipse 3.1 that I realized it was a 64 bit installation (the Eclipse download page detects the operating system). Cool, I thought. The system even came with a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed, so I was good to go. Or so I thought.

Upcoming Eclipse RCP Book

Friday, September 9, 2005 - 12:18

Today, I had a conversation with the folks from Addison Wesley about the upcoming Eclipse RCP book by Jeff McAffer and Jean-Michel Lemieux due October 17. They pointed out that you can actually pre-order the book on Amazon. RCP is getting lots of interest so I think this book is going to do well.

Welcome Aboard

Tuesday, September 6, 2005 - 13:20 by Mike Milinkovich

We’ve had two new people start working at the Eclipse Foundation this week.

First is Matt Ward, who in Denis’ words, has “…joined the ranks of co-webmaster/sysadmin/person_to_blame at the Foundation…. Matt comes to us with strong UNIX skills, a great attitude and an impressive beard.” I can definitely vouch for the great attitude and the beard.

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