Microsoft announced funding last October for a project by Soyatec, a
French IT solutions provider and Eclipse Foundation member, to develop
an open-source plug-in called Eclipse4SL which enables advanced
Silverlight development capabilities in the Eclipse integrated
development environment (IDE). The Soyatec Eclipse4SL plug-in works with
the Eclipse IDE and Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) to enable both
Silverlight development and better interoperability between Silverlight
and existing Java investments in Web sites and Web services. Eclipse4SL
features wizards to help developers build a Silverlight project, a
Silverlight Web project, UI components and import Visual Studio projects
into Eclipse. The plug-in also provides resource and program management,
a code and Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) editor, as well
as code patterns and interoperability guidance.
Microsoft has been consistently showcasing its gentler side to Open
Source software and Java development communities. At the Mix09 conference in
Las Vegas in March this year, Microsoft had revealed several moves intended
to bolster its Windows Azure cloud computing platform, adding support for
PHP application development and native code as well as full trust
capabilities. The Redmond software major has also in the past, reached out
and collaborated with JBoss. More specific to the Eclipse community,
Microsoft is also assisting the Eclipse SWT team to enable Java developers
to create applications that look and feel like Windows Vista in addition to
their plan on supporting Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) application
development with Eclipse SWT.
One of the largest user bases for Eclipse in the world, the Indian
ecosystem of software/tool developers and technology companies are
benefiting from quick time-to-market and standardised user experiences by
building their tools using Eclipse technology. Produced by Saltmarch Media,
Eclipse India Summit 2009 will feature four core tracks that hold relevance,
immediacy and impact for the Eclipse ecosystem in India - Product
Development Essentials, Modeling Techniques, eDevelopment, Cool & New. "The
mandate at Eclipse India Summit 2009 (EIS 2009) is to nurture the Eclipse
ecosystem in India, empower it with information, and eventually create
proactive committers and contributors who can plough back their efforts to
global Eclipse development," said Indu Britto, Group Publisher, Saltmarch.
For more information on Eclipse India Summit 2009 look up
http://www.eclipsesummit.com.
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