At the annual EclipseCon conference, Eclipse users and other open source fanatics gather to discuss the present state and flesh out the future of Eclipse, OSGi, open source tools, and more. Check out EclipseCon event coverage from 2012 and past years:
ARTICLES:
Best practices for OSGi in enterprise integration
At EclipseCon 2012, OSGi expert Timothy Ward told the audience how to tame the wilder side of OSGi
development for enterprise Java applications. Among a set
of OSGi development tips from Ward are these: Version everything; avoid tight coupling; and
don’t try to do too much. OSGi’s bundle structure – which pairs JAR components with manifest
headers, is meant to help, but it needs at least as much forethought as object design, if it is to
succeed.
APIs for cars at EclipseCon 2012
At EclipseCon 2012, we heard from T.J. Giuli, a technical expert at Ford Motor Company's
Research and Advanced Engineering organization, about Open XC platform, an API for the car. The new
venture is an effort by automaker Ford and embedded tool maker Bug Labs to connect aftermarket
software and hardware for cars and trucks. Given issues of safety, we asked whether automobiles can
really become
an app market place for innovation and software development.
Cloud computing, virtual image sprawl and labor costs
Are labor issues overshadowing the benefits of cloud adoption? Some experts have suggested that
cost and management problems make cloud an unsustainable practice. We caught up with Skytap’s Brian
White at EclipseCon 2012 to hear his take. From development tasks to agility benefits, undertaking
a cloud approach today has its advantages and challenges.
Eclipse organization’s browser-based Orion tool gets on-line hub
At EclipseCon 2011, we learned that the JavaScript
editor known as Orion is getting a makeover. Orion uses the browser as the basis for building
tools for web developers. While it is an Eclipse Foundation effort, it is said to represent a fully
new code base. Now it is available via an online hub.
OSGi updates Java bundling spec
Modular OSGi is seen as being more for systems programmers than mainstream application
developers. New resolver hook updates do not shy away from complexity, and may still prove
difficult for mainstream developers. Is a Jigsaw
modular Java alternative in the wings?
IBM joins Oracle in OpenJDK 8 effort at EclipseCon 2011
Software technology leaders from Oracle
and IBM appeared together on stage here at EclipseCon 2011 to announce plans to work to revive
the long-stalled OpenJDK for Java. Both IBM and Oracle have large Java businesses, and both in fact
made moves in 2009 to purchase Sun Microsystems. Now the two industry giants are working
together.
Enterprise OSGi spec rolls out at EclipseCon 2010
At EclipseCon 2010, the OSGi Alliance announced approval of its long-brewing OSGi
Enterprise Specification (Release 4, Version 4.2). That release of the OSGi bundled component
standard was targeted at a broad group of Java application server developers. Greater modularity
and increased component re-use are main OSGi goals.
VIDEOS:
Hans-Jurgen Kugler on Eclipse working groups and more
In this two-part interview from EclipseCon 2011, open source advocate Hans-Jurgen Kugler talks
about open source working groups, overcoming challenges with open source, working with Eclipse
tools, the productivity
of open source versus traditional development projects, and more.
OSGi modularization and the cloud: Benefits and challenges
In these two quick videos, Paremus CEO Richard Nicholson talks about the growth of OSGi over
recent years and the benefits and challenges of modularizing
applications with OSGi. He also has some good advice on making OSGi modularization easier, the
connection between OSGi and the
cloud, creating synergies between the two technologies, and the benefits of doing so.
Jason van Zyl on the benefits of open source and support for open source tools
In this couplet of videos, Jason van Zyl, the creator of Apache Maven, talks about his career
in open source, the Eclipse Foundation and the benefits
of open source in the enterprise. He also discusses open source tools like the Eclipse toolset
and support for open
source tools within the enterprise
This was first published in April 2011