Eclipse Press Releases

Eclipse SDK 4.0 Now Available for Early Adopters

Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 15:44 by EclipseWeb Web
The Eclipse Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of Eclipse SDK 4.0, the next generation Eclipse platform. Eclipse has a very large and successful ecosystem of plugin providers and RCP application developers. Eclipse 4.0 introduces new features that make it easier for the members of the ecosystem to build and assemble Eclipse plugins and RCP applications.

Attend Eclipse Testing Day in Darmstadt

Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 14:17 by EclipseWeb Web
Bredex, MicroDoc and the Eclipse Foundation are pleased to announce Eclipse Testing Day in Darmstadt, which takes place September 8, 2010. Eclipse Testing Day is a day-long event for technical developers, testers, architects and managers to learn more about testing with Eclipse and OSGi technology.

Eclipse Helios Annual Release Train Has Arrived

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 10:00 by EclipseWeb Web
Today the Eclipse community delivers its annual release train, a coordinated release of the major Eclipse projects. For the seventh year in a row, the 2010 release train, code named Helios, arrives on time and is now available for download.

Join the Helios in Action Virtual Conference

Friday, June 4, 2010 - 14:55 by EclipseWeb Web
On June 24, the Eclipse Foundation is presenting Helios In Action - a virtual conference where you can interact with project leads involved in the release and see demos of the new features. The annual simultaneous release has now grown to 39 projects with over 33 million lines of code, contributed by committers around the world. With such a large global community, Eclipse wants to bring Helios to you! See the Helios in Action page for more details and to register.

Eclipse Embedded Day in Stuttgart

Friday, June 4, 2010 - 14:45 by EclipseWeb Web

MicroDoc and the Eclipse Foundation are pleased to announce Eclipse Embedded Day in Stuttgart, which takes place June 24, 2010.

Eclipse Embedded Day is a day-long event for senior technical developers, architects and technical managers in the automotive, consumer electronic, medical, mobile and telematics industries to learn how to better leverage Eclipse technology and the Eclipse community as part of their development strategy.

Celebrate Helios at an Eclipse DemoCamp

Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - 16:48 by EclipseWeb Web
Members of the Eclipse community will be celebrating the Helios release at DemoCamps around the world from the last week of May until June 30. Typically a DemoCamp consists of a series of short demos and presentations from developers building new and interesting solutions with Eclipse. It is a great way to discover and learn about new Eclipse technology. There is also lots of time for informal conversation and networking, so DemoCamps are a great way to connect with colleagues and friends.

Eclipse Announces New SOA Initiative

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 10:10 by EclipseWeb Web
The Eclipse Foundation is pleased to announce the creation of a new SOA Industry Working Group. The working group is a collaboration of industry players, including Engineering Group, itemis, Obeo and Sopera.

Register for Eclipse Banking Day in Copenhagen

Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 17:15 by EclipseWeb Web
Eclipse Banking Day in Copenhagen is being held in Denmark on June 1, 2010. This full-day event will provide an opportunity for senior technical developers, architects and managers in the finance industry to learn how to better leverage Eclipse technology and the Eclipse community as part of their development strategy. Eclipse experts and leading financial institutions such as Danske Bank, JP Morgan and Nordea will present what work they are doing with Eclipse.

Eclipse Community Survey: Tell Us What You Are Doing

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 15:07 by EclipseWeb Web
The Eclipse Foundation wants to better understand how you develop software, use Eclipse and interact with open source communities. Therefore, we are asking people to give us their feedback by participating in the Eclipse Community Survey 2010. The results will be published by the Eclipse Foundation in June 2010.

EclipseRT Community Continues to Grow with New Projects and Contributors

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 10:04 by EclipseWeb Web
This week at EclipseCon 2010 two new Eclipse projects, Eclipse Gemini and Eclipse Virgo, join the EclipseRT community. These two projects provide important functionality required by organizations building enterprise solutions. Both projects represent important milestones in the continued growth of the EclipseRT community.

Eclipse Community Awards Winners Announced

Monday, March 22, 2010 - 22:30 by EclipseWeb Web
The Eclipse Foundation congratulates the winners of the annual Eclipse Community Awards, which recognize the top individuals, projects and technologies in the ecosystem. Recipients were honored at an awards ceremony March 22 on the opening day of EclipseCon 2010. See the results at the 2010 winners page. Congratulations!

Mylyn Enables Agile ALM for Eclipse

Monday, March 8, 2010 - 09:20 by EclipseWeb Web
The Eclipse Foundation today announced new initiatives to support the ongoing growth of the Eclipse Mylyn ecosystem. The open source Mylyn project is a widely extended framework for integrating task and application lifecycle management (ALM) tools with the Eclipse IDE. The project will create new sub-projects representing key IDE/ALM integration categories.

Register for the Eclipse Spring Training Series

Monday, March 8, 2010 - 04:25 by EclipseWeb Web
The Eclipse Foundation and Eclipse member companies are pleased to announce the spring 2010 training class series. The training is an excellent opportunity for software developers and architects to learn more about Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP), Equinox & OSGi and Modeling technologies. Eclipse experts will lead the sessions, providing practical experience through classroom instruction and hands-on labs. Virtual and on-site classes have been scheduled in several countries from April 12 to May 28, 2010.

Eclipse Awards Finalists 2010

Friday, March 5, 2010 - 14:20 by EclipseWeb Web
The Eclipse Foundation congratulates the finalists for the 2010 Eclipse Community Awards. Winners for each category will be announced at an awards ceremony on March 22, 2010 at EclipseCon. See the finalists here.

e4-Rover Mars Challenge at EclipseCon

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 11:00 by EclipseWeb Web

Do you have what it takes to be a rocket scientist? EclipseCon 2010 will be your opportunity to play with the top guns. The Eclipse Foundation, in collaboration with NASA JPL, are organizing the e4-Rover Mars Challenge. EclipseCon attendees will participate in a contest to create the very best robotic control system to drive a robot across a prototypical Mars landscape. The grand prize winner will be receive an opportunity to visit the NASA robotics lab in Los Angeles, CA