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A Zesty Summer

Jul 10, 2009

On Canada’s west coast we have been having an unbelievable summer. While the sunshine (and the beach) have a tendency to lure me away from my computer, there has been so much Eclipse activity...

PDE Build Compile Errors

Jul 10, 2009

Yesterday I spent the day working on examples of how PDE Build can be used to build OSGi bundles. I was setting up builders, copying files from my workspace to my builder, and running builds. Early in...

EPP Download Wizard

Jul 9, 2009

Previously, I blogged about the current state of the Eclipse Packaging Project (EPP) Wizard. I have good news, the EPP wizard is now officially available. The wizard has been embedded in our own...

OSGi, Eclipse and API Management

Jul 8, 2009

Recently, a few people have come to me ask how Eclipse maintains its API and versions. The intent of this question was to see what lessons there are to be learned for other OSGi-based applications. If...

Tracing Keybindings in Eclipse RCP

Jul 8, 2009

When adding keybindings to an existing Eclipse RCP application, it is extremelly helpful to get realtime information about which keybinding registered and to what command handlers it is mapped to. Why...

Integrating BIRT into RAP applications

Jul 6, 2009

Finally I had some time to write down some of my experiences with integrating the Business Intelligence Reporting Tools (BIRT) into a Rich Ajax Platform (RAP) application. I wrote it all down in a...