Eclipse News

The Eclipse Foundation today announced the winners of its inaugural Eclipse Community Awards. Winners were selected by the Eclipse community and were honored at an awards ceremony last night on the opening day of EclipseCon 2006. The awards honor individuals and products that have helped further the reach of the Eclipse community and extended the ecosystem.

The Eclipse BIRT Contest is about encouraging creative use of BIRT. Perhaps, you've built an extension, or, you have a report that is remarkable for its stylistic elements. You could win a Sony PSP by exercising your creativity and sharing the details.

Callisto M5 Build is now available for download here
Submit bugs on Callisto and win some great prizes. Find out more here.

In this new article, Kit Lo describes how you can use language packs to localize the language of Eclipse.

Today is the last day for voting in the Eclipse Foundation Elections. Deadline for voting is 4:00 pm EST.

The Eclipse Community Awards are approaching fast, make sure you vote today to have your voice heard! The deadline for voting is February 28th.

In this new article, Valentina Popescu describes how you can use the TPTP Profiler to identify bottlenecks in your Java application.

In this new article, Anthony Hunter, describes the tabbed properties view that was moved to the core platform with Eclipse 3.2M5.

Join us for EclipseCon in Santa Clara, March 20-23rd. The Program Committee has put together an outstanding program of keynotes, tutorials, technical and business talks. With the addition of short talks and posters, you'll see and learn about an impressive array of projects, initiatives and ideas from the people building and implementing the technologies. BoFs, lunchtime tabletopics and many more special events will give you the opportunity to explore important Eclipse themes face to face with fellow members of the Eclipse community.

Rich Client Tutorial Part 1-3 by Ed Burnette (SAS) Updated February 2006

Voting for the Eclipse Foundation Board Representative Elections for the committer and add-in provider communities begins on February 13th. Please review the candidates' statements and participate in discussions on the eclipse.foundation newsgroup (news, html).

The Eclipse Test & Performance Tools Platform (TPTP) Project delivers improved integration with BIRT and WTP in its latest release, TPTP 4.1.0.1, a maintenance release of 4.1.

The Eclipse Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of the Open Source Pavillion at EclipseCon 2006, March 20-23 in Santa Clara, CA. The Open Source Pavilion will showcase open source projects that support and complement the spirit of the Eclipse community. Business Objects is a co-sponsor of this new addition to EclipseCon.

Actuate, BEA Systems, Business Objects, Compuware, HP, IBM, Serena and Sybase to Provide Highest Level Support to Eclipse Community Event

The Eclipse Foundation today announced that Actuate, BEA Systems, Business Objects, Compuware, HP, IBM, Serena and Sybase have signed on as Gold Sponsors for EclipseCon 2006, the annual conference that brings together the Eclipse community. Gold Sponsorship is the highest level of sponsorship for the conference. The third annual EclipseCon will be held at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, Calif., March 20-23, 2006.

Introducing the GMF Runtime by Frederic Plante (IBM) January 2006

Eclipse Forms: Rich UI for the Rich Client by Dejan Glozic (IBM)January 2006

Draft: Eclipse Platform Technical Overview July 2001 (Updated December 2005 for Eclipse 3.1)

The Eclipse Foundation and some member companies are hosting a four city seminar series focused on using Eclipse in the enterprise.

This is the last week for the lowest registration prices.