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Capture screenshot on failing SWTBot tests

Sep 9, 2010

Sometimes functional tests fail. If they do, I not only want to see the test and the error message, I also want a screenshot of the application in the state during the failing test. I was astonished...

What do Scout, EGit, Xtext, p2 and RAP have in common?

Sep 8, 2010

First, they are all Eclipse projects. But I think you already knew this. The second thing they have in common is that they are all part of the Eclipse Stammtisch on September 15th in Karlsruhe...

Help, I'm looking for directions -- Eclipse Active Help

Sep 2, 2010

I know Eclipse ‘Help’ is not a very exciting topic, but today I found myself working with a little known secret of Help. Most people know that you can setup context sensitive help (Press...

OSGi in Dublin

Sep 2, 2010

If anybody is going to be in Dublin next Thursday (Sept 9th), I’ll be talking about OSGi, Software Modularity and Single Sourcing. Details of the event can be found on the course page. If...

An Oscilloscope in the browser?

Aug 25, 2010

Last week Wim Jongman bloged about the Nebula Oscilloscope widget. It’s just an awesome widget for monitoring activity. See Wim’s post to form an opinion yourself. So, for me as a RAP...

RAP 1.4 M1 is out

Aug 20, 2010

After the Helios Release, we are one step closer to Indigo. RAP 1.4 M1 is now available. From the new features, here are my personal top three: We have a new implementation of the SWT Tree widget...