Launching www.eclipse-tips.com ...

Its due for a long time :-) Ever since I purchased this domain, I wanted to create a site as a resource for Eclipse Plug-in developers. With little bit of hacking over the two weekends, the website is up and running with bare minimum content. I'll be adding more content from this blog and elsewhere, meanwhile you can check out the layout and other stuff.

Coolest and most useful thing for the visitors would be Eclipse Search. Even though the results portion occupies a significant space in the prime area, I decided to have it because its very handy if you want to search for something. And the whole interface is very nice (courtesy: Google Ajax APIs) Whether you want to search for a particular class in the repository or search for an xml editor plugin or a blog entry about Tray Item, its available in  few clicks.

Every article has a pdf & print icon. So if you need an offline copy, its available. This was not possible earlier with this blog.

And last, but not the least, for international visitors, the translate option is available in the bottom bar. With just two clicks you can translate to a language of your choice - without reloading the page. Again, done thru Google Ajax APIs. (you got to love this web stuff - esp when you can implement a feature without writing a single line of code :-) )

Mail me/leave a comment if you have any comments/suggestions

Eclipse Day in Bangalore

About

Last year we had a successful Eclipse Demo Camp in Bangalore. In a post-event survey, many people said that they are willing to attend a full day event, and here we are.

Me and Ankur are planning for an Eclipse Day in Bangalore on April 9th. This year's theme would be "Eclipse Plug-in Development". It will be a full day event. Unlike the Demo Camp, there will be three types of talks (Long talk, Short talk and Lightning talk) and we have a committee (Ketan from ThoughtWorks, Anshu Jain from IBM & Madhu, an Independent Eclipse Consultant) to review the proposals. So you will get to attend only the best out of the proposals.

Want to attend?

Just like the Demo Camp, the entry is free. However you have to pre-register and the registrations open on Feb 1st. There are only 100 seats available, so you want to register as soon as its opens. Registrations can be done from here.

Interested in presenting?

Fill in this form and submit your proposals. The review team will get back to you.

Sponsoring:

Last but not least, sponsors. We are reaching out various companies for sponsorship. Your company can support the event by sponsoring it. It also had added advantage of:

* 5 reserved attendee seats
* One lightning talk
* Ads & stall space in the venue (banners and contact booth at sponsor's cost. We will help provide as much space possible.)
* Mention in various promotions on Eclipse websites as mentioned here.

Do contact me or Ankur if you have any questions.