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This year's release is called Indigo, and it features efforts from 62 project teams and 46 million lines of code. Every year, Eclipse has put out a simultaneous release of various technologies, providing developers with the latest from different Eclipse projects. The full list of projects can be found at the Indigo website , and individual technologies can be downloaded the Eclipse website .

The Eclipse Foundation announced its sixth annual release train today. This year's synchronized simultaneous launch of multiple Eclipse projects, code-named "Indigo ," is the biggest yet, involving the work of 408 developers and 49 organizations contributing 46 million lines of code to 62 projects. Those projects range from updates of the core Eclipse SDK (3.7) and the Eclipse Runtime (RT) technologies to a brand new functional testing tool and new Object Teams/Java (OT/J) development tooling.

The Eclipse Indigo release train arrived today with a renewed focus on the Java Development Tools platform. And at the top of the list of changes for Java developers is the inclusion of WindowBuilder Pro, formerly a commercial GUI builder from Instantiations and now a top-level project at the Eclipse Foundation, thanks to Google's acquisition of that company and subsequent donation of the code.

The Eclipse Indigo simultaneous release of 62 Eclipse projects and over 46 million lines of code showcases the diversity and innovation going on inside the Eclipse ecosystem. Get an overview of several projects, along with resources to find out more information.

Mentor Graphics has developed Embedded Sourcery CodeBench, a next-generation integrated development environment (IDE) based on the open source GNU toolchain. The technology provides embedded developers with a powerful and easy-to-use tool suite for developing and optimising systems based on a broad range of devices from the most advanced microprocessors to microcontrollers.

Here I talk at Google I/O with Eclipse' top execs about their new web development tool, Orion. More info is here: http://wiki.eclipse.org/Orion

Oracle has donated the code from the open-source Hudson project to the Eclipse Foundation in a move the company hopes will reunite the fractured set of developers supporting the Java continuous integration server effort.
Oracle’s move amounts to an olive branch of sorts to the Jenkins community. Jenkins was originally the Hudson project, but after disagreements with Oracle over the stewardship and control of the project, leaders of the Hudson community called for a vote to change the name of the project to Jenkins.

Oracle proposed today that the Hudson project be transferred to the Eclipse Foundation, complete with code re-licensing under the Eclipse Public License as well as the domain and controversial trademark.
Oracle will continue to lead the project, along with Sonatype who have been instrumental in migrating the Hudson plugin system towards a JSR 330/Dependency Injection style of representation. However, the move to the Eclipse Foundation has also interested others, such as VMware and Tasktop, who have been invited to participate as committers on the project.

Nokia's strategy to connect the next billion people and make it easier, faster, and more affordable for them to access the internet begins with a new proxy web browser for a fast, affordable web experience and rich web apps for Series 40 devices. The combination of Ovi Browser and Nokia Web Tools for developers are key ways that we plan to achieve this. Today, Nokia introduces Nokia Web Tools for Series 40 enabling developers to create rich, light weight web apps easily and quickly. Let’s take a look at Ovi Browser, the proxy browser that powers the web content and apps first.

BonitaSoft, the leading provider of open source BPM solutions, today announced that Bonita Open Solution, their signature end-to-end BPM suite, won "Best Modeling Tool" at EclipseCon 2011. The Eclipse Foundation's annual Community Awards recognize the top individuals, projects and technologies in the ecosystem. Out of the thousands of open source and commercial applications and tools built on Eclipse, a panel of judges from the Eclipse community recognized a select few products based on their user interfaces, innovation and completeness of their solutions.

BREDEX GmbH announced today that version 5.0 of GUIdancer, their automated functional testing tool, has been released and is available for immediate download. The new version includes code coverage for Java applications using the JaCoCo code coverage agent. Version 5.0 also offers test specification help in the form of Test Style to provide hints and tips about writing readable, well-structured tests.

Eclipse has invited developers to sign up for access to the beta version of the OrionHub service. Orion is a new Eclipse initiative to define a platform for building and integrating Web development tools. An early release of Orion provides Web developers with an editor for JavaScript, HTML and CSS that runs in popular browsers and the ability to easily link with popular Web-based tools. The OrionHub service provided by the Eclipse Foundation will allow developers to experiment with Orion and provide feedback to the Orion open-source community.

As an Eclipser, testing matters to you! But when and why do you adopt a given testing approach? How do you test the integration of multiple plug-ins? Please take some minutes and share your experience in the Eclipse Testing Survey!

Tasktop Technologies, creators of the Eclipse Mylyn open source tools and a leader in Agile Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) integration and productivity, today announced Tasktop Enterprise 2.0, which features new Task Federationâ„¢ capabilities. Task Federation includes bi-directional task synchronization between ALM components (such as HP Quality Center and IBM Rational Team Concert) and cross-repository Agile planning. Additionally, this release includes several new Mylyn connectors and the general availability of Tasktop for Visual Studio.

Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation, was in the Bay Area last week ahead of this week's EclipseCon Conference to attend the first ever Orion Planning Summit. The event brought together a range of interested parties and companies who gathered in Palo Alto, Calif. last Thursday and Friday to establish the scope and roadmap of Eclipse's nascent Orion project.

Project Orion is a browser-based development effort run by the Eclipse Foundation, but it has nothing to do with the Eclipse Framework, a workbench favored by enterprise Java developers for connecting lots of different third party tools into a common and open framework. Orion does not squeeze the Eclipse Framework into the browser, and it doesn't try to plant an IDE in the cloud. It's not even built on the same language as Eclipse. Orion is built on JavaScript while Eclipse is mostly written in Java.

froglogic GmbH today announced that it will exhibit and participate in the Hot New Products Showcase at the EclipseCon 2011 conference in Santa Clara, California from March 21st until March 24th. froglogic's booth will show Squish, their market leading automated GUI testing tool.

Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced the availability of Adobe® ColdFusion® Builder™ 2 software for public beta, enabling ColdFusion developers worldwide to test the new features and functionality that will be made available in the final release of ColdFusion Builder 2. ColdFusion Builder is an Eclipse-based integrated development environment (IDE) used for rapidly developing ColdFusion applications.

Tasktop Technologies, creators of the Eclipse Mylyn project and a leader in Agile Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) integration and productivity, and SmartBear Software today announced the Eclipse Mylyn Connector for SmartBear CodeCollaborator. Available in Tasktop Enterprise, the new connector brings task-focused interface technology to code reviews managed in CodeCollaborator, making code reviews a regular part of Eclipse-based development activities.

Cheryl McKinnon, who is chief marketing officer at Nuxeo, says this project could provide companies access to an open source content repository on which they can build custom content applications. "This is a significant step in the evolution of ECM because the core content repository services are openly available to any organization or software vendor needing to build a content rich application--with CMIS support inherently available. ECM can now become pervasively adopted and incorporated anywhere, any time," McKinnon explained.