http://eclipse.sys-con.com/ Latest articles from Robert Blackburn en Copyright 2008 SYS-CON Media SYS-CON Media Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:00:06 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss 10 http://eclipse.sys-con.com/node/230507 Developers are no different, yet I see 'improv developing' all the time. A project manager will just describe what's needed - the outlines of a plot - and let the developers work it out. The results are often what you'd see with a movie. However, designing an application with UML can act as a script for developers. They're still free to use their own creativity and experience when implementing the design, but the UML documents provide them with a map of what the final product should be.<p><a href="http://eclipse.sys-con.com/node/230507" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:00:00 EDT http://eclipse.sys-con.com/node/230507 http://eclipse.sys-con.com/node/317564 A few months ago I stumbled on an IDE named Aptana and I instantly recognized that it was the perfect IDE for developers who have found it difficult to convert to CFEclipse. And why is it such a great replacement? For starters Aptana is actually based on Eclipse. That means it has all the great features that you've heard of about Eclipse, including the ability to use the CFEclipse plug-in with it.<p><a href="http://eclipse.sys-con.com/node/317564" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Wed, 08 Mar 2006 11:30:00 EST http://eclipse.sys-con.com/node/317564