Eclipse News

Java 8 is going to be released this coming March. In this edition of the newsletter we have a number of articles to get you ready! Read it now.

Join us in Munich on Febuary 4, 2014 for the Eclipse Special Day at OOP. Propose a demo and show us the cool things you've been doing with Eclipse. Call for demos deadline is January 24.

We are very pleased to announce that we have added a Java 8 Day to EclipseCon 2014. Java 8 is scheduled to be released in March, close to the same time as EclipseCon, so we thought it would be great to have EclipseCon attendees participate in the launch of the new Java release.

At EclipseCon Europe 2012 (November, 2012) we first announced the creation of the Eclipse M2M Working Group. IBM, Sierra Wireless, Eurotech and Band XI had the vision to create an open source community for M2M software development.

The third edition of the Eclipse Day Florence will take place May 23, 2014, in Florence, Italy. Submit a session proposal here.

The early-bird registration deadline is tomorrow. Register Now and save $700!

Discover cool projects, emerging trends, top plugins and talks in this issue of the newsletter. Read it here.

Last chance to register for the Eclipse Day at the Googleplex, taking place tomorrow, December 18, 2013. Register now.

The technical program for the upcoming EclipseCon 2014 conference had been announced and includes 120 different technical talks and 14 in-depth tutorials. Register now and save $700.

The Eclipse Foundation, the host of the Eclipse M2M Working Group, is pleased to welcome three new companies as members of the working group. 2lemetry, Bitreactive, and M2M Alliance have all joined the working group to participate in building a collaborative M2M and IoT community.

Starting today we are going to display some of the new designs on eclipse.org. Visitors to the web site will have an opportunity to +1, 0, or -1 on the design and provide comments.

DevelopIntelligence would like your feedback for their 2014 Developer Training Assessment Research Survey. Complete the survey now.

The keynotes speakers for EclipseCon 2014 have been announced. This year they will touch upon topics important to the future of the software industry and the future of Eclipse.

We have a very short survey on your usage of Eclipse. Let us know your preference for line numbers and compiler warnings. Complete the survey now.

This month, the newsletter features Sirius. This new Eclipse project is a field-proven technology that allows you to create and represent information in a visual way. Read it now.

The M2M Alliance, the world’s largest professional machine-to-machine association, has joined the Eclipse Foundation, one of the most important organizations in the field of software solutions.

MQTT comes from the world of M2M (Machine to Machine) and the Internet of Things. There, devices can be as small as a sensor and controller connected over a wireless system. This environment drives the need for any protocol's implementation to be lightweight in terms of code footprint and system load, while taking care of that variable reliability connection problem.

docfacto Beermat is a simple and easy to use SVG graphics editor for Eclipse that allows users to create and edit SVG (scalable vector graphics) diagrams in real-time and provides both a design and source (XML) view.

Attend the Eclipse Finance Day is Zurich on November 5. Check out the program and register here.

The Eclipse Foundation has announced the creation of a European subsidiary, Eclipse Foundation Europe GmbH (EFE). (FR) (DE)