RSD and UPDM: Enterprise Architecture for Systems Wed, 2007.12.19
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Steve Hovater has just published to developerWorks a great article on using the new UPDM functionality in RSD 7.0.5. The article takes you through a short introduction to UPDM, followed by the creation of a small model, and concluding with the use of Eclipse BIRT to create the associated DoDAF views.
If you are into systems development or enterprise architecture, I would recommend you take a look!
Using Eclipse CDT with PurifyPlus Thu, 2007.04.26
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Having worked in real-time, multi-threaded applications, there are some tools that are just too good not to use as they provide a lot of very useful information. One of these tools is (of course) made by IBM Rational: PurifyPlus. I have always used it in make-driven toolchains (in the good ole days of C++) and it was fairly to configure. But now, there is an article on IBM developerWorks that describes how to do this from within Rational Systems Developer (and therefore, within the Eclipse CDT). If you need to look at memory usage, profiling, or coverage using the C++ on Eclipse platform (or RSD), this is an article to read. Note that the article deals with Linux, but it should work in the same way on other platforms.
It’s been a while… Thu, 2007.04.26
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Wow! Has it ever been a long time since I last posted! Fear not, I am yet to die!
Since the last post, I got back to work where, after almost three weeks, I have about 600 email patiently waiting for me! And I had pretty much cleared my inbox before I left. I did think of declaring email bankruptcy (look towards the middle of that page), but for just two weeks?!? At lease, I did manage to clear off quite a few…
And then, for the last three weeks, I have been averaging 107 a day. That is ridiculous!
On the other hand, I have been trying the new Lotus Notes 8 Beta. This one is an Eclipse RCP application. As such, it does have a slightly different look and feel. It also has some very nice integrations, and I think that is what is keeping me on the beta for now, even with some of the issues in day-to-day usability. I am sure everything will be resolved…
In case anyone wonders, I did have a nice vacation in Turkey and I will post pictures as soon as I can get to use my home computer…
Eclipse is 5! Mon, 2006.11.06
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Would you believe it has already been five years since Eclipse was first released to the (unsuspecting) world at large? I wounder how old that would be in human years?!?
If you are a fan of this great open-source platform, you can put your name in a virtual birthday card. I wonder if that card will be printed? I would certainly go to the Eclipse office here in Ottawa (the birthplace of Eclipse) to see it!
To see indications of the success of Eclipse, you can have a look at the statistics for people who have already signed the card, either by country or by first version adoption (I hope they fix the percentage columns…). You can also look at a the Eclipse product wall of fame (49 products/companies listed as I was writing this). For those who do not realise this (where have you been?!?), many of IBM’s tools are now created around this platform – understandable since we originally built it and gave it to the world.
Of course, no birthday would be complete with a birthday party! Go have a look, there are some all around the world so there is bound to be one close to you!
The one closest to me is at:
Ottawa, Canada
The Prescott, 2nd Floor, 379 Preston St.
November 7, 2006 from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
RSVP to Lynn Gayowski, Eclipse Foundation at birthday-ottawa@eclipse.org
