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Updating Target Platforms
Target platforms are a mechanism in PDE that allows developers to identify the set of bundles and features that will be available to their application. You can then write bundles and compile against...
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Would you like source with that?
In the winter here (Canada) we don’t just ask, “Would you like fries with that?”, we ask “Would you like poutine with that?” You may not be able to get poutine where you are but now you can get...
View ArticlePDE Target Platform Exporting Improvements
There is a long standing disconnect between PDE Target Platforms and the input you give to PDE Build. With target platforms you can define directories, installs and Software Sites (p2 repositories) as...
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Populate Target Definitions Faster
Cut the download cord and populate your target platforms faster with PDE 3.7M4. Software Site (p2 repository) based PDE Target Platforms are great. Point at a repo, pick some features, click and...
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OSGi TCKs available to Eclipse projects
Open source is good for you. You know it. I know it. Bart knows it. And now Eclipse and the OSGi Alliance agree on how it can work. Many OSGi specs are implemented in open source projects. In fact,...
View ArticleJeff on EclipseCon and RT/OSGi
Earlier today Lynn Gayowski from the Eclipse Foundation and I chatted about the upcoming EclipseCon conference and the its EclipseRT and OSGi content. Lynn just posted the audio track on Eclipse Live....
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Help us make Peter cry…
Unknowingly, today Peter Kriens issued a challenge — to make him cry. In his post Peter extolled the virtues of the up coming OSGi DevCon and EclipseCon conference. Referring to the talk from me and...
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p2 in RCP applications
To date, putting the Equinox p2 provisioning support into an RCP application has been a bit of a chore. Witness the plethora of blog and mailing list posts detailing problems and how to hack the p2...
View ArticleRT BoF @ EclipseCon
Interested in using Eclipse and OSGi as a runtime technology? Already doing that? Come hang out with like minded folks at the Eclipse RT BoF at EclipseCon on Wednesday Tueday evening. We’re shooting...
View ArticleWhat’s going on in Washington DC?
I have been looking at the Amazon sales stats for the OSGi and Equinox and the Eclipse RCP books and see that the Washington DC/Balitimore area is consistently in the lead for purchases of these books....
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