Eclipse Training

This fall, the Eclipse Training Series will be offered in over two dozen cities across the globe, including: Ottawa, Amsterdam, Beijing, Boston, Paris, and Munich. The courses offered are:

Basic RCP:

The Basic RCP course will help you understand how to implement your own application based on Eclipse RCP. It will explain the core frameworks in Eclipse, the plug-in architecture, extension points and scenarios for building on the common configurations of Eclipse technology. Participants will begin working with simple examples, which will become more complex as the course progresses.

Advanced RCP:

If you are familiar with the nuts and bolts of developing Eclipse RCP applications and now face a major project requiring specific RCP knowledge, this intensive two-day class will cover advanced RCP development concepts that have proven relevant in challenging large-scale projects. Particular attention will be paid to sharing best practices that the coaches' have derived from their individual project experience. Throughout the training, participants will be given the opportunity to apply theoretical contents in several labs.

Equinox OSGi:

This intensive training will cover fundamentals of OSGi as well as advanced topics and specific features of Eclipse Equinox. You will apply the theoretical knowledge in several labs which will give you the practical experience necessary for your projects.

Modeling:

The modeling class consists of 3 components: Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF), Graphical Editor Framework (GEF) and Graphical Modeling Framework (GMF).

OSBR LinkedIn Group

An OSBR LinkedIn Group has been created with the following description:

The OSBR is for individuals and organizations that contribute to open source projects, academics and students interested in open source, technology transfer professionals, and government employees who promote wealth creation through open source innovation.

If you're a LinkedIn user who reads the OSBR, consider adding the group to your LinkedIn profile. You can join here.

Software Freedom Day

Did you know that Saturday, September 20, is Software Freedom Day (SFD)?

From the SFD website:

Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Our goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about of the benefits of using high quality FOSS in education, in government, at home, and in business -- in short, everywhere! The non-profit company Software Freedom International coordinates SFD at a global level, providing support, giveaways and a point of collaboration, but volunteer teams around the world organize the local SFD events to impact their own communities.

The teams page shows the location and details for events across the globe. Check to see if anything is happening in your city, and if so, consider dropping by to show your support for open source and to meet other open source users in your area. If not, there is still time to arrange an event in your city, so start brainstorming with your local user group!

Carleton University will be hosting the Ottawa team in the Tory atrium. We'd love to see people from the many user groups in Ottawa as those who participated last year had a great time networking with each other and introducing students to open source. I'll be there and hope to see some OSBR readers drop by.

Multimedia Section Added

This morning I added a Multimedia section to the OSBR website. Don't worry, you can still find the audio and video presentations in the table of contents of applicable issues. Now it is easier to find all of the available audio and video in one place.

Thanks to the talented folks at Videotelephony, we'll soon have more multimedia resources, including interviews with past and upcoming authors and guest editors. If you would like to arrange an interview either in person or by telephone, contact the Editor.