A lot of favorable attention is being given to the newly-launched Eclipse Web Tools project. See e.g. http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=27543 . These tools will greatly expand Eclipse.
IBM is contributing a large set of tools. One poster calls it "a huge piece of WebSphere for free." Another says "this is what I have been looking for". Another says it seems better than WebSphere itself!
IBM's developers will give a talk and demo on these IBM contributions to Eclipse tomorrow at the WUG.
The IBM contribution is described at http://www.eclipse.org/webtools/initial-contribution/IBM/Getting%20Started.html
Further details of tomorrow's meeting are attached below. See you there!
Regards,
Don
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New Eclipse Tools and Visual Editor IBM's Major New Contributions to Eclipse
Dr. Gili Mendel and Jim Zhang, IBM IBM Building #500 Cafeteria Research Triangle Park, NC
Tues. July 27, 2004
6:00 p.m. Gather, Networking, Pizza courtesy of Versata http://www.versata.com/
6:15 p.m. Versata Brief Presentation on their products for Automating Mission Critical Systems and Process Transactions Business Logic
6:30 p.m. Main Presentation (45 minutes from each of our two main speakers)
IBM has agreed to release to the open-source Eclipse project key tooling components that until now were exclusively part of the WebSphere Studio product line. This move is being keenly anticipated as it will greatly enrich Eclipse Development. Jim Zhang will talk on the new Eclipse Web Tools.
Visual Editor is also a new Eclipse projects, and it will be discussed by Dr. Gili Mendel.
You can expect demos to be included.
Jim Zhang now works for Portal Tools, but until very recently worked in Web Tools. He has been a key development contact to the ISV enablement team on the JSF/SDO web tooling. He had a part in the web tools presence at EclipseCon
Dr Gili Mendel is the Visual Editor project's team lead.
See the directions below and map at http://www.rtpwug.org/download/RTPsitemap.pdf
The meeting is FREE to all - no RSVP is needed.
Directions to the Meeting
Distance from Raleigh (17 miles) / Durham (8 miles) / Chapel Hill (12 miles)
From I-40, take Exit 280 - Davis Drive. At the end of the exit ramp, take a right (North) onto Davis Drive. Continue straight on Davis Drive for about 0.5 miles. Take a right on Cornwallis road. Go about 1/2 mile, you will cross over railroad tracks. At the IBM gate keep to the right.
If the rightmost gate is down, press on the intercom button and tell the remote guard that you are attending the WebSphere User Group meeting, and give him your name. He will open the gate for you. Go through gate, follow the road around past the first Tivoli Building, looking for signs leading to Building 500 or "Software Group." Our IBM host is Greg Ackerman.
Go through gate, follow the road around past the first Tivoli Building, looking for signs leading to Building 500 or "Software Group." It should be the third road on the left. It can be a little tricky, so please allow some extra time the first time.
It can be a little tricky, so please allow some extra time the first time.
You will see a visitors' parking lot. Turn in and park, and walk to the Building 500 lobby.
Be careful not to go too far (the second Tivoli building is too far) or you will find yourself on a one-way exit ramp and have to drive back around.
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