Interesting Reads
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December 3, 2018
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Web-based modeling tools built with Eclipse technologies
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Strategies towards web/cloud-based tools and IDEs
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Mission Statement
The Eclipse Cloud Development Working Group (ECD WG) is a vendor-neutral open source collaboration that focuses on defining, promoting and implementing tools for cloud-native development.
The ECD WG is driving the evolution and broad adoption of emerging standards for cloud-based developer tools, including language support, extensions, marketplaces, and developer workspace definition. In addition, the group will explore the impacts and optimizations for running developer tools in a cloud environment, including scale out / scale-to-zero execution of compute-intensive tasks like CI and testing.
Projects
The ECD WG serves to advance, promote, and drive community participation in a broad portfolio of Eclipse projects.
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Eclipse Che
Eclipse Che® is a developer workspace server and cloud IDE. It is a next-generation Eclipse IDE.
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Eclipse Codewind
Eclipse Codewind will start by providing an IDE-agnostic library for tools required for cloud application development: Generating projects from templates Creating a template or example from...
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Eclipse Dirigible
Eclipse Dirigible is an open source project that provides Integrated Development Environment as a Service (IDEaaS) as well as runtime containers integration for the running applications. The...
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Eclipse Theia
Eclipse Theia is an extensible platform to develop full-fledged, multi-language, cloud & desktop IDE-like products with state-of-the-art web technologies. It is implemented in TypeScript, CSS...
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Eclipse EMF.cloud
Eclipse EMF.cloud comprises a set of components that facilitate and simplify the adoption of the Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) in cloud-based applications. Thus, the overarching theme of EMF...
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Eclipse GLSPThe GLSP provides extensible components to enable the development of diagram editors including edit functionality in (distributed) web-applications via a client-server protocol. By applying the...
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Eclipse JKubeCloud-Native Java Applications without a hassle Eclipse JKube is a collection of plugins and libraries that are used for building container images using Docker, JIB or S2I build strategies....
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Eclipse Open VSX
Eclipse Open VSX is a vendor-neutral open-source alternative to the Visual Studio Marketplace. It provides a server application that manages VS Code extensions in a database, a web application...
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Eclipse OrionThe Eclipse Orion Project's objective is to create a browser-based open tool integration platform which is entirely focused on developing for the web, in the web. Tools are written in...
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Eclipse Sprotty
Eclipse Sprotty is a next-generation, open-source, web-based diagramming framework. Instead of using a cross-compiler or an existing framework, we decided to start from scratch with web...
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Eclipse Tools for Cloud Foundry
Eclipse Tools for Cloud Foundry (CFT) provide an extensible framework and common UI to deploy applications to different Cloud Foundry targets, and it is a framework that closely integrates with Web...
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Current initiatives
We are working on initiatives to standardize a cloud developer workspace definition, language support, extensions, and more. Click below to learn more about our current initiatives.
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Testimonials
EclipseSource
"As a service provider for the design and implementation of domain-specific tools, modeling tools, and IDEs, EclipseSource is very excited to actively participate in the ECDT working group,” said Dr. Jonas Helming, principal software architect / general manager of EclipseSource Munich. “In our customer projects around the globe, we can observe an increasing demand for web-based and cloud-based tooling. Quite a number of interesting technologies have already been emerged within the Eclipse ecosystem to support this use case, e.g. Eclipse Theia, Eclipse Che or the Graphical Language Server Protocol (GSLP). Coordinating these efforts in the scope of the working group will help contributors, service providers, and adopters to get the most benefit out of great open source technologies. We believe the Eclipse ecosystem has the potential to be a core ecosystem for web-based tooling in the upcoming decade as it is for desktop-based tools."
IBM
"Application development is evolving rapidly to take advantage of the innovation in the multicloud ecosystem. Developer tools are critical in accelerating adoption of new technology and enabling enterprise developers in the modernization journey to the cloud,” said Danny Mace, vice president, Hybrid Cloud App Platform, IBM. “We are proud to join the Eclipse Cloud Development Working Group working to drive the evolution and broad adoption of cloud development tools. Working at Eclipse will expand tools communities for containerized applications on Kubernetes and offer developers the tools needed for cloud-based scenarios. Developers will benefit, as will our customers."
Red Hat
"Developers today are building applications for the hybrid cloud. They are focused on the speed of collaboration and development in order to out-flank their competitors. However, the hybrid cloud operating environment can be complex, with Kubernetes, containers, microservices and service mesh’s adding a host of new considerations to application design and implementation,” says Brad Micklea, VP of Developer Tools and Advocacy at Red Hat. “Red Hat is working with the Eclipse Cloud Development Working Group to provide new open source alternatives to these technology stacks while giving developers the tools they need to get their software to market faster."
SAP
"For the past 5 years SAP has provided cloud development tools, while aligning with the latest technologies, standards, and open source trends,” said Michael Wintergerst, senior vice president, head of SAP Cloud Platform Core. “As a strategic member of the Eclipse Foundation, SAP actively participates in Eclipse Cloud Development projects. This participation includes an involvement in the Eclipse Che, Dirigible,Theia, and Orion projects. As a next step, the proposed Eclipse Cloud Development Tools Working Group aims to create a stimulating environment to collaborate on cloud development tools. The working group will increase the synergy between all relevant parties by creating shared concepts and standards, and foster further collaboration in an open environment."
TypeFox
"At TypeFox’s, we build software tools and IDEs for experts,” says Dr. Jan Köhnlein, co-founder TypeFox. ”As a response to the growing demand to run these tools in the Cloud, we joined forces with Ericsson and initiated the open-source projects Theia, a framework for cloud-based or rich-client IDEs, and Sprotty for web-based diagramming. Moving these projects under the umbrella of the Eclipse Foundation allowed other big players to join in a common endeavor to build the solid foundation for the next generation of web-based tools. The Eclipse Cloud Development Tools Working Group stands for the commitment to keep these frameworks industrial strength, truly open-source and vendor neutral."
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is the Eclipse Foundation creating this working group now? How do I join? Get answers to all these questions and more in our FAQ.
