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Cédric Brun

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Eclipse Technologies and Community

Here I explore the diverse world of Eclipse technologies and open-source communities. Through this journey, I share insights from my experiences with Eclipse tools, discussions about the vibrant Eclipse community, and reflections on key events like EclipseCon.

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2018

SiriusCon 2018 is SiriusCon Live!

Event announcement: SiriusCon 2018 goes online as SiriusCon Live; for modelers and tool makers using Eclipse Sirius; highlights community momentum, deep tech...

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2013

Eclipse @Devoxx

I’m back from a full week at Devoxx in Antwerpen- Belgium. I was there to present the Sirius project and Eclipse Modeling at the Eclipse Foundation booth. (b...

Will you be Sirius at EclipseCon Europe ?

We’ve been in some sort of “Stealth mode” since the proposal for Eclipse Sirius got accepted. It did not make sense to us to communicate on Sirius as long as...

Learning from the source

I don’t know about you, but at Obeo we’re preparing for EclipseCon North America. Eclipse Conferences are great; so many things are built on top of Eclipse o...

On being open and transparent

We always intend to run our Eclipse projects as real open-source projects. Being open, transparent and so on. The Eclipse Development process forces you to d...

2012

Upcoming Events

With Juno’s arriving to the end of the release cycle, Eclipse Day’s are popping up everywhere in the world.

2011

Eclipse Day Paris 2011

Eclipse Day Paris took place a few weeks ago; every year it is scheduled the week after Eclipse Con Europe. I had the chance to attend the 2011 edition and i...

Obeo @ Eclipse Con Europe

Obeo invests a lot in Eclipse projects (yes, we are a Strategic Member of the Eclipse Foundation); we’re building, in the open, the modeling platform we need...

Collaborative Modeling : the New Deal

Want to know how we tackle collaborative modeling @ Obeo? Want to see live demos of consistent optimistic or painless pessimistic strategies? Want to see mor...

Measuring Performances

Performance is a feature — your users need it and so does your product. The code is changing, always; keeping track of the effect of those changes on perform...

Eclipse Modeling Package : SDK or not ?

The indigo release will be the first year the Eclipse Modeling package is no more marked as “incubating”. As I’m checking the status of every component I’m w...

Mylyn Intent @ EclipseCon 2011

In case you’re not aware (yet ;) ) the Mylyn Intent proposal is going forward — if everything goes well we’ll be able to get a shiny git repository on Eclips...

2010

Eclipse Modeling Survey results

What the Eclipse Modeling survey revealed—documentation and examples top the list, plus size trade‑offs and ideas to crowdsource improvements.

Eclipse Modeling Package Survey

Quick 6‑question survey to shape the Eclipse Modeling Package for Indigo—what you use, what’s missing, and where to invest next.

I'm a poor, lonesome cowboy ..

Post‑EclipseCon 2010 notes: highlights across EMF Compare, e4, CDO, Mylyn, ATL, and the Modeling package—community energy in one place.

Modeling Project Runaway : ATL

ATL gets a major tooling refresh—refining mode, improved editors, and a Java API—highlighted in the ‘Modeling Project Runaway’ session.

Eclipse Amalgamation 2.0

How Amalgamation reshaped the Eclipse Modeling Package into a lean Modeling SDK with P2 discovery—what changed and why it helps adopters.

Its time already !

Call for Google Summer of Code 2010 contributors on Eclipse—ideas from EMF Shell to CuteGEF, and how students and committers can jump in now.

2009

Eclipse Summit : here we come !

Heading to Eclipse Summit Europe—slides and session on Acceleo’s journey—for community members planning their ESE agenda this week.

The 09/09/09 09:09 0.9.0 Release

A numerically auspicious Acceleo 0.9 I‑build and ESE talk lineup—for Acceleo users tracking milestones and planning to meet in Ludwigsburg.

Let's take a step back ...

Taking stock of web‑app vs. desktop trends and Eclipse’s path to easy install, updates, and collaboration—for platform builders deciding where to invest now.

Award Winning Acceleo moving to Eclipse

Award‑winning Acceleo joins Eclipse—for template‑based code generation users who care about open governance, roadmaps, and community momentum right now.

Eclipse Modeling Summer of Code 2009

Google Summer of Code ideas across EMF/Acceleo/Modeling—for students and mentors eager to build practical tooling and 3D diff visualizations this season.

2008

Back from ESE 2008 : WOW !

I’m now back to France after this great conference. Ed covered the “modeling events” quite well already but I can’t prevent myself from sharing my pleasure a...

Amazing forest

Open-source projects are similar to trees in some ways. They live through time and slowly but steadily grow, becoming much more impressive and at some point ...

2007

Modeling at ESE 2007

Eclipse Summit is almost over now; a lot of things happened and the Modeling project is, for sure, really lively.