ACM all-day seminar on "Using Eclipse": this Saturday, 1/28

   An all-day seminar on installing and using Eclipse
<http://www.eclipse.org/>, "the Swiss army knife of software tools,"
will be held:

    When: *This Saturday*, January 28, from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
   Where: Palo Alto, SAP Labs
    Cost: From $70 to $105; see below for more information

   To register - some places are apparently still available - please
visit the following page on the website of the local chapter of ACM,
the Association for Computing Machinery:

   http://sfbayacm.org/events/2006-01-28_PDS.html

   For an idea of some of the many, many things you can do with
Eclipse, see the list of categories of free and commercial Eclipse
plugins at <http://www.eclipse-plugins.info/eclipse/plugins.jsp>.
Eclipse is used by some software developers here on campus and in a
number of courses, as well.

FYI,

Aron Roberts
Workstation Software Support Group

===== A very low cost & high value seminar. No trans-fats. =====
San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of ACM
  <http://www.sfbayacm.org>www.sfbayacm.org
presents
USING ECLIPSE
A Professional Development Seminar

SIGN UP NOW at <http://www.sfbayacm.org/pds.html>www.sfbayacm.org/pds.html
Date: Saturday, January 28, 2006
Time: 8:30a.m. To 5.00p.m.
Location: SAP Labs U.S., 3410 Hillview Ave., Building D, Palo Alto, California
Note: This location is a change from where previous PDS's have been held.

Overview

"Eclipse is a kind of universal tool platform - an open extensible
IDE for anything and nothing in particular." It is truly the Swiss
army knife of software tools. Sound too good to be true? Most of us
know that when a tool tries to do everything, it ends up doing little
well. But that's just not so with Eclipse!

Eclipse is industrial strength open software, being increasingly
popular in development shops. Eclipse plug-ins support work with
different programming languages, support software libraries and
platforms, and support additional functionality such as design,
documentation, and testing. Some plug-ins are free, others are not,
so plug-in writing can be a business opportunity. Many software
packages are creating Eclipse plug-ins to simplify the use of their
platforms. Eclipse is becoming the leading alternative to Microsoft's
Visual Studio.

This seminar will first look at Eclipse as an IDE for building Java
projects, covering installation, basic use for Java, and features of
the platform itself. It will then examine some Eclipse plug-ins,
looking at a few in depth and at resources available for finding
plug-ins. The seminar will end with an overview of designing and
implementing Eclipse plug-ins.

The Speaker

Gary Pollice is a professor of practice at Worcester Polytechnic
Institute, in Worcester, MA. He teaches software engineering, design,
testing, and other computer science courses, and also directs student
projects. Before entering the academic world, he spent more than
thirty-five years developing various kinds of software, from business
applications to compilers and tools. His last industry job was with
IBM Rational software, where he was known as "the RUP Curmudgeon" and
was also a member of the original Rational Suite team. He is the
primary author of Software Development for Small Teams: A RUP-Centric
Approach, published by Addison- Wesley in 2004. He holds a B.A. in
mathematics and an M.S. in computer science.

Who Should Attend

Software professionals who want to
. learn how to install and use Eclipse
. learn about finding and using plug-ins for Eclipse
. learn the basics about plug-in development.
Technical managers who want to understand the resources available to
their development staff.

Fee (includes lunch, a set of notes, and chapter membership for one year)
Member: National & Local chapter of ACM $90
Member: National ACM Only $95
Student - Full Time $70
Member: Local chapter of ACM Only $95
Non-Member $105
Note: these fees are only $10 more than we changed in 1990.

Registration
To pay by mail or PayPal, see
<http://sfbayacm.org/events/2006-01-28_PDS.html>http://sfbayacm.org/events/2006-01-28_PDS.html

Schedule

8.30-9.00
Registration
9.00 - 9.15
Introduction
9.15 - 10.45
Session 1
10.45 - 11.00
Break
11.00 - 12.30
Session 2
12.30 - 1.30
Lunch
1.30 - 3.00
Session 3
3.00 - 3.15
Break
3.15 - 4.45
Session 4
4.45 - 5.00
Questions, Summary

Directions

. From 280
o Take Page Mill Road Exit towards the bay.
o Turn right onto Deer Creek Road.
o Turn left at stop sign onto Arastradero Road.
o Turn left onto Hillview Avenue. 3410 Hillview is located on the
left hand side of the road.
. From 101
o Take San Antonio Road exit towards the hills.
o Turn right at the first light onto E. Charleston Road.
o Turn right Continue past El Camino Real where Charleston becomes
Arastradero.
o Continue past Foothill Expressway and turn right at the stop sign
onto Hillview Avenue.
o 3410 Hillview is located on the left side of the road.

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