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7 Years of Eclipse

Feb 10, 2009

I saw this presentation today InfoQ. In this video, Erich talks about the Eclipse Way process and how the Eclipse development process evolved over the years. As well, he talks about the importance of …

The first e4 milestone

Feb 10, 2009

Wow, I just saw the new and noteworthy posted for the first e4 milestone. There’s a lot of stuff there! I’m amazed that the e4 team was able to get this milestone out given that a lot of them were …

Tip: The Configure Menu

Feb 8, 2009

In the Eclipse 3.5 release (Galileo), there’s a new way for you to contribute project related actions (e.g., adding natures). Traditionally, people have contributed project related actions at the root …

Migrating your p2 application to Eclipse 3.5

Feb 5, 2009

Anybody building plugins / products / tools based on Eclipse, Milestone 5 is a pretty important time. The API should be stable, most of the features should be spelt out, and the new splash screen is …

Not running. Not Board.

Feb 5, 2009

As you may have seen, Mike posted the nominees for the 2009 elected board members race the other day. The observant reader may also have noticed that my name is not on the list for re-election. I’ve …

Databinding: A Custom Observable for a Widget

Feb 3, 2009

The introduction of the databinding framework in Eclipse 3.3 is with no doubt one of the most useful tools in the hands of the form developer. The ability to transform and validate user input in such …