The microService Architecture (mSA) Backplane is an OSGi-based infrastructure that will be the basis for many future software products from BEA. This project has been in development for about a year, and currently consists of about 100 different OSGi bundles that encompass functions such as logging, thread management, HTTP servlets, web services, and transaction management.

In the course of our work, we have learned a great deal about the process of breaking down existing, production-quality software into individual modules, and we have learned how to effectively use some of the best features of OSGi, such as the class loading infrastructure and the service registry. We also continue to be challenged by other aspects of OSGi, such as the security infrastructure and the mechanisms for starting and launching bundles.

In this talk, we will describe the mSA Backplane, and we will concentrate on the lessons we have learned about OSGi in the process of building it. We will assume that attendees are familiar with fundamental OSGi concepts.

Total running time 46:25 minutes

The Eclipse Rich Client Platform provides a feature rich framework for the development of rich client applications. This talk presents tips and tricks for the development of such applications. Kai introduces some general development tricks that are helpful for all users of the Eclipse SDK, such as the usage of extension locations in combination with links, conditional breakpoints, and some logging tips.

XML contributions vs. code
Eclipse RCP offers several ways of contributing UI elements to the application: Pure Java code, predefined actions and declarative extension points. Kai introduces these different approaches with pros and cons and will give recommendations.

Package and Plug-in Structures
In the Java world we often see best practices regarding how to structure the software. Kai will introduce common practices from the Eclipse world covering how to create package and plug-in structures.

Deployment & Update
One of the building blocks often reused in domain specific rich client applications is "update". Kai discusses several ways how a developer could leverage the update functionality of the Eclipse RCP. Also several deployment options are discussed.

Issues when using 3rd Party Libraries
With 3rd party libraries there are some typical issues in the Eclipse world: How to package them so they could be reused in an OSGi based environment, and how to deal with dynamically created classes that often lead to ClassNotFound exceptions or NoClassDefFound errors.

Total running time 46:06 mintues

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Daniel Steinberg stops an attendee at EclipseCon 2007 to gather his impressions of the conference and what projects he found most interesting.

Total running time 02:31 minutes

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Romel Lefkowitz, keynote speaker at EclipseCon 2007, talks to Daniel Steinberg about learning to read and write programs, and the difference between the two.

Total running time 06:38 minutes

The power of Eclipse is a direct result of its capability to embrace new technologies. Here we present a unique approach to embrace Swing, which might determine the future of Eclipse on all levels, such as Client, Embedded, RCP and RIA.

Wouldn't it be great, if one had the choice between SWT and Swing not only at the beginning of a project but throughout development? How about using the familiar APIs to develop Eclipse-Plug-ins, RCP-applications or a JFace/SWT-GUI and still keep the option to switch back and forth between SWT and Swing without changes to your code?

The sister projects SWTSwing and Eclipse on Swing (EOS) by Christopher Deckers and Dieter Krachtus offer this solution. The prerequisites needed to understand and successfully use this technology are minimal since the EOS-Project offers a plug-in that hooks into the preferences of Eclipse or any RCP-based application and allows switching between SWT and Swing. Since it is easy to understand how, it is more important to understand when, where, and why to use this new technology. We both explain the technical details and advantages a Swing implementation of SWT offers already today.

Unlike most parts of Eclipse, SWT is a unique and irreplaceable element right at the root of Eclipse. Therefore, we also focus on the motivations behind the EOS project, which is not only about offering a whole new set of possibilities, but also about flexibility and security considering the future of Eclipse. At last we demonstrate the quality of our solution by running popular applications like Azureus, Bioclipse and even Eclipse itself on Swing.

Total running time 47:05 minutes

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In this podcast, Jeroen Leenarts discusses the use of Eclipse Rich Client Platform and other Eclipse technology at Dutch Railways.

Total running time 06:25 minutes

In this podcast, Scott Delap talk about his experiences bringing Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) to his clients.

Total running time 05:00 minutes

In this podcast, Alex Tarachanowicz discusses the current state of PHPEclipse, motivation for building tools on top of Eclipse, and more.

Total running time 02:21 minutes

In this podcast, Robert Elves, committer on the Mylar project responsible for Bugzilla integration, talk about the value of using Mylar.

Total running time 08:53 minutes