Focus Group Open Source 28.4.2010 Paolo Maresca

OBIETTIVI E PROGETTI
DELLA COMUNITÀ ECLIPSE
ITALIANA

Prof. Paolo Maresca
Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica
Polo Scientifico e Tecnologico
Università di Napoli “Federico II”
http://eclipse.dis.unina.it/
paolo.maresca@unina.it

P. Maresca - Obiettivi e progetti
della comunità Eclipse Italiana 28
Aprile 2010 - Roma

Outline
 Cosa è Eclipse ?
 Eclipse ed i suoi “diversi cappelli”
 Le comunità eclipse come ecosistema di
cooperazione e sviluppo di software open source
 La comunità eclipse italiana
 Challenges
 Projects
 What can help us ?
 Accomplishments
 How do measure progress ?
 Goals and future developments
 Conclusioni P. Maresca - Obiettivi e progetti
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Mission

Eclipse Community = The beef

My first task = The beef
advertisement

Do not confuse the two
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What Eclipse is really ?
Originally Today

"An open, extensible platform for tool
"An open extensible IDE for
integration built by an open community
anything and nothing in
of tool providers."
particular."
From Eclipse.org

Now being used as a platform for non-IDE tools (Lotus,
Rational, Workplace, for example)
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Eclipse is…
 A powerfull
architecture  Open source projects
 A Java IDE  A community
 An IDE framework  An ecosystem
 A tools framework  A foundation
 An application
framework  projects
 Runtimes platform


Eclipse architecture
 The most important part of the Eclipse
architecture is the plug-in.
 Eclipse provides the base functions of an IDE.
You can add as many plug-ins as you need.
 This architecture lets vendors (and everybody
else) extend Eclipse.
 Your plug-in contains only the code for its
unique function; everything else comes from
Eclipse (or other plug-ins).

Eclipse architecture
YOUR
plug-in

C++
Help
Workbench plug-in
system

GUI builder
Team
Workspace plug-in
components

Modeling
plug-in


Eclipse is a Java IDE
 Language aware
editors, views, …
 Refactoring support
 Integrated unit
testing and
debugging
 Incremental
compilation and build
 Team development
support

Eclipse is an IDE framework
 Eclipse + JDT = Java IDE
 First class framework for Java, language aware editor,
 incremental build, integrated debugging, ...
 Eclipse + CDT = C/C++ IDE
 First class framework for C/C++, language aware editor,
 refactoring, search
 Eclipse + PDT = PHP IDE
 Eclipse + JDT + CDT + PDT = Java, C/C++, PHP IDE
 Ruby, TCL, JavaScript, ...


Eclipse is a Tools Framework
 Plugins make Eclipse
whatever you need it to
be
 Platform of frameworks
and exemplary tools
 Tools extend the platform
using bundles/plugins
 Business Intelligence
and Reporting Tools,
Web Tools Project,
Data Tools Project,
Eclipse Modeling
Framework


Eclipse is a Application
Framework
 Remove the IDE
elements; you’re left
with a general purpose
application framework
 Linux, Windows, Mac OSX,
UNIX, embedded
 Rich widget set, graphics
 Native OS integration (drag
and drop, OLE/XPCOM
integration)
 A platform for rich
clients


Eclipse is a Runtime Framework
 Equinox generally useful component model
 Headless applications, servers
 Application Server on Equinox
 WAS 6.1 is based on Equinox
 BEA’s micro kernel architecture based on Equinox


Twelve Top Level Projects
 Eclipse project
 Eclipse Modeling Project  Data Tools Platform
 Eclipse Runtime Project  Device Software
(Equinox) Development Platform
 Tools projects  Eclipse Technology
project
 Eclipse Web Tools
Platform (WTP)  Service Oriented
Architecture
 Eclipse Test &
Performance Tools  SOA Tools
Platform (TPTP)
 Business Intelligence
and Reporting Tools
(BIRT)

Eclipse is an Open Source
Community

 All Eclipse projects are available for free download
 ~1 million downloads/month
 Contributors number in the thousands
 Committers number in the hundreds
 Hundreds of plugins provided by commercial
companies, organizations, and individuals
 Enthusiastic blogger community
 Numerous Eclipse portals, etc…


Eclipse is an EcoSystem
 Eclipse is focused on nurturing the ecosystem
to complement, and enhance the Eclipse
Platform
 Hundreds of organizations build Eclipse plugins
 Companies collaborate on Eclipse projects
 Companies compete with products based on Eclipse
technology
 Many members, including major Java,
Enterprise, Linux, and Embedded vendors
 http://www.eclipse.org/membership/


ECLIPSE AS AN ECOSYSTEM


The Eco System
 Eclipse Eco System consists of
 Developers - develop and submit code
 Members – provide funding and guidance; use
what the developers have developed to build
products
 Foundation – provides services to developers and
members (e.g., IT infrastructure )

(naïve view)


foundation
Eclipse Members 2007

2009 2001


Eclipse Members


Global ECLIPSE Eco System

is a “Constellation” of communities

Local ECLIPSE Ecosystem
Technological
Communities Firm
University B 1
Firm 2

University A

Users Committers

Plug-In
Developers
Local
Government Local
Government


Eclipse is a Foundation
 The Eclipse Foundation
 Manages and directs the
ongoing development
 Provides IT infrastructure
required by development
teams
 Independent not for
profit foundation
formed in 2004
 Does not directly
employ developers for
Eclipse projects

The Eclipse Foundation
 An open source group that provides royalty free
source code and world wide redistribution rights
 Launched in November 2001
 Originally led by Borland, IBM, Merant, QNX,
Rational and others
 Today dozens of vendors participate, including Intel,
BEA, Oracle, HP, SAP, Hitachi, Telelogic and
Ericsson.
 The Eclipse Foundation is non-profit and not
controlled by IBM or others.


Eclipse is… all these things
 A powerfull
architecture  Open source projects
 A Java IDE  A community
 An IDE framework  An ecosystem
 A tools framework  A foundation
 An application
framework
 Runtimes platform


ECLIPSE ITALIAN COMMUNITY


What is Eclipse Italian Community
itself ?
Goals Government

" community is born around "An open, extensible craftmans
the objectives " renaissance studio for tool integration
built by an open community of idea
providers”


Scope
 The Eclipse Italian Community has the
scope:
 to coagulate the Italian resources around
to the objective of the open source
through the improvement of the
platform.
 To create one occasion of cooperative
job for students, researcher, industries
 To create and sustain a community

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Three actors

Research
Universities Formation

End user

Students Expert user
Researcher
s

Improve
knowledge
Improve product
Industries
Acquire man
power
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comunità Eclipse Italiana 28 Aprile
2010 - Roma

Community Vision: The Renaissance Craftman
Studio Metaphora
Eclipse UK
Community

Eclipse US
.... ecosystem

Eclipse UK
ecosystem

Eclipse.org
Eclipse US
Community
Python ....
Community
.... Linux
Community
Eclipse Italian Eclipse Brasil
Community Community

Java Community

Eclipse Brasil
ecosystem
Eclipse IT
ecosystem


Challanges
 Local eclipse ecosystem
 Community development model.
 i.e. Mc Dermott or IBM life cicle ?
 FLOSS success factors
 Innovation Framework model
 Formation Framework model
 E-Government model
 …


Community Development Model -1
Mc Dermott’s Five stages of community development


Eclipse italian community is…
 Renaissance Craftman
Studio Metaphora  Open source projects
 A three actors paradigm  A community
 An open and extensible  An ecosystem
lab
 A part of eclipse overall
 An open framework
innovation example
 An open formation
framework
 An high formed global
team


A taste of Eclipse italian community projects
http://eclipse.dis.unina.it

PROJECTS

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Seventheen Projects
 The Eclipse – Learning and
 EifFE-L meets ECLIPSE Cooperative environment
 Caddie on Eclipse with
(Eclipse-LCE)
Ruby  The Multimedia
Knowledge Eclipse
 Eclipse and Mash-up Environment (MKEE)
 Eclipse e Jazz nella  The Eclipse- Db2 on
didattica universitaria competition project
 Cinderella project
 The Eclipse Italian
 Eclipse Documentation
community with Second
 J-Meta
Life projects (Eclipse-IT-
 BEE
SL)
 Ecli-Law
 The Eclipse – Web Services  OTRE
Project (Eclipse-WS)  Open source licensing


What can help our new community?
 Sharing knowledge and sinergies
 To involve the industries and PA
 Channels to make the eclipse community
visible and appreciated
 An help in the ECLIPSE-IT 2010 (30
Settembre- 1 Ottobre) – Savona diffussion
and publicizing.
 Sponsorship would be greatly appreciated
 Eclipse observatory
 Finding ways to leverage the experience of
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Accomplishments
 Academic day –IBM Tivoli Lab dicembre 2005
 Started in January 2006, document of the attempt March 2006
 Web application site http://eclipse.dis.unina.it/
 Community presentation to conferences and event
 Opening Cerimony & Tecnical Meeting – IBM-Tivoli lab Roma 1 dicembre 2006
 DIDAMATICA (may 2006 - Cagliari)
 AICA (september 2006 – Cesena)
 Raleigh IBM laboratories (August 2006)
 DET’06 (Grand Canyon- USA September 2006)
 DET’07 (San Francisco- USA – september 2007)
 Eclipse invited session
 Alcatel-Lucent, Battipaglia 21 settembre 2007
 DET’08 (Boston- USA – september 2008)
 DET’09 (S. Francisco USA – september 2009) Det’10 (
 Eclipse-IT national workshop
 Napoli (2007), Bari (2008), Bergamo (2009), Savona (2010)


How do we measure progress ?
 Number of person registered
 3500, students, researchers employees of industry
 Number of project started
 3 (IBM, Documentation, Chong-IBM, Opera21, etc.)
 Number of course organized
 1 , 2 required, 1 doctoral course on February 2009 at Taranto University (3
CFU)
 Seminars (2009 only) and eclipse evangelism
 6 , Trento, Taranto, Bergamo, Napoli (CNR), Roma, Savona
 Awards
 Best IBM innovation plug-in – Filippo Lanubile Università di Bari - 2006
 Best italian plugin developed Paolo Maresca Università di Napoli - 2006
 IBM country project 2006 best community coordination Paolo Maresca
Università Federico II di Napoli
 IBM country project 2007 best community launching Paolo Maresca
Università Federico II di Napoli
 IBM country project 2008 Università di Bari – Filippo Lanubile
 IBM faculty Award 2008 Università di Bari - Penelope project – Filippo
Lanubile
 IBM faculty Award 2008 Università di Salerno - Coffee project – Vittorio
Scarano
 IBM country project 2009 Università di Bergamo – Angelo Gargantini
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How do we measure progress ?
(II)
 Number of thesis (last year)
 30 (from unina) others…?
 Number of plug-in developed
 7 from Unina (2 MKEE, 1 doc, 2 OHIO state University,1 USBD,
1 Eclipse-LCE, 1 Eclidoole) , 1 from UniBas, 1 from UniBa, 1
from Unisa, others ?
 Number of papers (last 3 years)
 40 in proceedings eclipse-it 07-08-09. From unina 10-15 .
others ?
 9 det’ 07-08-09
 5-7 from det’10
 Others partners …
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Goals (short mid and long term)
 2-4 month
 Recluting partners, meet Eclipse persons & evangelists, present
community to researchers and industries
 Improve web site and back site (http://eclipse.dis.unina.it/, eclipse-
it.org)
 Courses, seminars ( a lot incoming).
 6-12 month
 European projects
 Eclipse Italian observatory on open source and industry
 Start other project with industries
 Evangelism: invited session Eclipse and Jazz for e-learning (DET’ 10)
 Using Eclipse at first level courses (programming , Software Engineering)
 Also managing projects with Jazz/eclipse (Bergamo, Genova, Napoli, Salerno)
 Second technical workshop industries directly involved inside eclipse-it 10
 Internationalization : eclipsecon10, eclipseurope, etc
 1-2 years
 Growing a no profit entity
 Students Eclipse award (from Partners)
 Eclipse doctorate (cofound) P. Maresca - Obiettivi e progetti
 Industry compulsory internship (IBM, Opera 21, others,)2010 - Roma
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Conclusions
 Eclipse drive standards and force open innovation network
 Eclipse (and Open Source projects) are successful if they find consumers
(like any product)
 Eclipse (and Open Source) consumption requires mature organizations
 Eclipse project are high quality products
 Provide cost effective access to base componentry
 Be a mechanism to allow companies and PA to cooperate in the
development of common infrastructure technology as a platform for
innovation (and leave them to compete into their core business)
 Be a mechanism to drive multi-vendor consistency to enhance value to
customers
 Provide a common and flexible base to support multiple HW platforms and
drive and foster the development of a critical mass of SW development
 coagulate the Italian resources around to the objective of the open source
through the improvement of the platform.
 create one occasion of cooperative job for students, researcher, industries
and PA
 create and sustain a community della comunità Eclipse Italiana 28
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Acknowledgement

Ralph Mueller, eclipse.org
Alex Donatelli, Rosario Gangemi, Carla Milani, IBM Italia
John kellerman IBM U.S.A.

… and to all the participants to the initiative
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…. greetings to the
ECLIPSE- IT 2010 SAVONA ….
http://eclipse.dis.unina.it/
eclipse-it.org/2010

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Readings

 Recommended Eclipse reading list
 Eclipse for dummies
 Eclipse distilled
 etc


Any Questions ?

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