Eclipse Development News


Open Source Eclipse Turns 10: Mike Milinkovich Looks Back at a 'Novel Idea'

In November 2001, IBM open sourced an internal project focused on creating a common component framework for developers -- and open source Eclipse was born.

Eclipse 'Indigo' Maintenance Release Adds Java 7 Support to JDT

The Eclipse Foundation's release last week of Eclipse "Indigo" 3.7.1 was more than the usual maintenance release.

Mylyn-Based Tasktop Sync Aims To Bring Together Agile ALM

Tasktop Sync is designed to provide "real-time ALM server synchronization" for Agile enterprise shops.

ZK Studio Java IDE Now Available as Eclipse Plug-In

Potix Corporation has just made its ZK Studio integrated development environment (IDE) available as an Eclipse plug-in.

MyEclipse Blue + Spring = Bling IDE

Genuitec and Skyway Software today released a new IDE -- MyEclipse Bling -- aimed at IBM shops adopting Spring in their WebSphere-deployable applications.

Eclipse Release Train 'Indigo' Launches 62 Projects

This year's synchronized simultaneous launch of multiple Eclipse projects is the biggest yet, involving the work of 408 developers and 49 organizations contributing to 62 projects.

Sonatype Donates Maven Integration Source Code to Eclipse Hudson Project

Hot on the heels of Oracle's decision to move Hudson to the Eclipse Foundation, Sonatype disclosed plans to open source all of its Maven and Eclipse integration work and donate "significant architectural improvements and key commercial features" to the proposed Hudson CI project.

Oracle Proposes Hudson Become Eclipse Foundation Project

Oracle today announced that it has proposed moving the open-source, Java-based continuous integration (CI) server Hudson -- including all the code, the domain name and the trademark -- to the Eclipse Foundation.

Tasktop Integration Tool Aids Eclipse-Based Agile Development

Tasktop Technologies recently announced an update to Tasktop Enterprise, which synchronizes tasks between Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) elements and cross-repository Agile planning.

New Java Integration Framework Launches

Open source integration and messaging company FuseSource this week unveiled a new Eclipse-based IDE for the Apache Camel integration framework.

Mylyn-Based Tasktop 2.0 Brings Together ALM Tools

Agile application lifecycle management (ALM) tools vendor Tasktop Technologies this week announced a major release of Tasktop Enterprise, its commercial implementation of the Eclipse Mylyn task-focused interface.

AccuRev Touts Agility of Eclipse Plug-In

AccuRev highlighted the benefits for Agile development when it announced improvements to its plug-in for the popular Eclipse development environment.

Eclipse Foundation Launches Open Beta for Web-Based Orion Project

The Eclipse Foundation today unveiled an open beta version of a new hosted implementation of its nascent Orion project -- its proposed browser-based Web development platform.

Milestone Release of GWT 2.2 Now Available

The first milestone release of the 2.2 version of Google Plugin for Eclipse (GPE) is now available for download.

Google Donates Two Eclipse Projects Worth $5 Million

Google today announced plans to contribute the source code and IP for two new open-source Eclipse projects: WindowBuilder and CodePro Profiler.

New Tool Suite for Maven-Centric Java Development Released

Sonatype today released an integrated development suite for Maven-centric Java development featuring Maven, Nexus Professional, Hudson and m2eclipse, plus integration with Maven Central.

Oracle To Offer Free and Paid 'Premium' Versions of JVM

Oracle is planning to offer two versions of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) sometime in the future, one free and one a commercial "premium" version, a company spokesperson said last week.

Code2Cloud: Tool Suite To Smooth Cloud Path for Java Devs

VMware last week announced an upcoming suite of cloud-based ALM tools for Spring developers.

MyEclipse for Spring Released

The new MyEclipse for Spring STS Edition is designed to allow developers to use their code anyway they want without vendor or aspects lock-in.

Maven 3.0 Release Switches to Google's Guice Framework, Adds Aether

Version 3.0 of Maven, a free, open-source Java build tool, is now available for download.