I’m embarking on a pet project, in short: a Python-based web application using my favourite editor, Eclipse. Being quite new to this, I thought I would poll my readers, especially those Eclipse web app developers among you, for their opinions on the best solutions. I realise I’m giving very few details, but I simply want… [Read more…]
August 28, 2010
Another month, another Saros release. This time around it consists mostly of bugfixes… … but be advised. There are now a couple of dozen youngling programmers busying away at Saros code like worker bees for the next few weeks. Expect a bumper crop of fixes and features in September!
July 30, 2010
A new release of Saros has been released today. A lot of new stuff is packed into this one. Firstly, Saros is now version control system (VCS) aware. You now have the choice of sharing a project by sending SVN repository information to your peers, so that they can interact directly with the repository. More… [Read more…]
July 30, 2010
The kind fellows at the Planet Eclipse community have consented to aggregate this blog as a resource for the dissemination of information on Saros. They have recommended that I author a post to serve as a beginner’s guide. To that end, I’ve put together a new static page about Saros. Enjoy.
July 8, 2010
As an administrator on a SourceForge-based project, I was recently sent this email by SourceForge (SF): SourceForge has project settings to help you comply with regulations governing distribution of software to persons from certain countries (aka Export Controls). We’ve had some recent questions about these settings, so have sent out this note to all administrators… [Read more…]
June 29, 2010
Yup, it’s again time for Saros, the open source plug-in that lets you develop your Eclipse projects with your colleagues over the Internet. The Saros team made another regular release last week, mostly providing bugfixes and internal optimisations, although we did provide a rather nice, new feature for those users with big projects to share…… [Read more…]
June 21, 2010
There’s a little oddity on the GNOME desktop, which you might notice when you unmount a USB device. When you right-click on the USB icon and move the pointer to the relevant option, you’re faced with this: I can either unmount the drive, eject it, or safely remove it. Huh? What questions would go through… [Read more…]
June 17, 2010
The latest release of Saros (10.6.11) is so good we just couldn’t wait until our regular spot to make it available. It includes code that makes the establishment of robust connections much quicker and more reliable, getting around some of those finicky network configurations and more troublesome operating systems. Normal service is now resumed. You… [Read more…]
May 31, 2010
On Friday, the Software Engineering Workgroup of Freie Universität delivered the latest release of Saros, the Eclipse plug-in that enables you to use the editor to perform distributed party programming. Version 10.5.28 brings you, in addition to a host of bugfixes, yet another new feature you won’t find in competing products (how are liking this… [Read more…]
May 14, 2010
ICSE 2010 is over. Those lucky enough to have gone have had their reward of first dibs on the material presented, so now I can present a brief summary of the paper that we in the Software Engineering group at Freie Universität produced for that conference. The paper is both a way of announcing Saros… [Read more…]
August 30, 2010
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