EclipseCon 2006 wrap-up and pictures
All my photos from EclipseCon2006 are now on-line, including the ones from the post-conference wrap party, posters, booths, talks, demos, and more.
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Ed Burnette
Ed Burnette is a software industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience as a programmer, author, and speaker. He has written numerous technical articles and books, most recently "Hello, Android: Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform" from the Pragmatic Programmers.
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Sun blesses Genuitec's effort to bring NetBeans technology to Eclipse users.
Day 4: Callisto, Callisto, Callisto.
The theme of the final session of EclipseCon 2006 was the upcoming Callisto simultaneous release.
Day 4: Madhu: "Eclipse is a 21st century tool, Visual Studio is 20th century"
Consultant Madhu Siddalingaiah has used just about every development environment under the sun including Visual Studio and Eclipse, so which one does he favor? Since he was speaking at EclipseCon 2006 it isn't hard to guess, but he had some criticisms and suggestions for Eclipse too.
Day 4: Borland's Ted Nielson says: "DevCo" will continue JBuilder tradition on Eclipse framework
Ted Nielson, CEO of Borland announced this morning that "DevCo" (the code name for their IDE spin off company) will work closely with Borland and be a very viable effort; they just need to find the right partner.
Day 3: Ward Cunningham: "Trust me, I am not a bozo, I am worth your time"
Ward Cunningham loves programming, and thinks that program "works of art" can change the way people think about the world. Collaboration is key because it lets us do for others in ways they might not even know. The Collaborator's pledge is "Trust me, I'm not a bozo, and I'm worth your time".
Day 3: Stein: "In 5-10 years, most of the software you use will be free"
Greg Stein, chairman of the Apache Software Foundation and currently with Google, delivered Wednesday morning's keynote. He predicts that most software will become free so companies need to learn how to deal with that.
Day 2: Stories along the Eclipse Way
The Eclipse Platform teams deliver code on time and without (many) bugs. How do they pull it off? It's the "Eclipse Way". The same techniques can be useful in your own projects.
Day 2: Scripting Eclipse
This was a great panel discussion between experts, practitioners, and audience members trying to support their RCP users or increase their own productivity. This post is a paraphrased transcript of the discussion.