On Wednesday 25th November, Braunschweig had its first Eclipse Demo Camp. We organized the camp jointly with brox IT Solution GmbH and, of course, with the help of the Eclipse Foundation, who also kindly sent us Ralph Müller to talk to us about the Eclipse Ecosystem.
The location in the Stadthalle was perfect: enough space for the 48 participants with room at the back for drinks and snacks in the break.
Networking in the break
We were treated to five demos over the course of the evening, starting with Ralph’s contribution – complete with mandatory audience participation! He was followed by Sebastian Voigt from brox, giving a demo of SMILA and Eccenca. Just before the break, we presented our role play of an agile development team working with GUIdancer.
Benjamin Muskalla, who had joined us all the way from Karlsruhe in an elaborate demo-swap between EclipseSource and Bredex (Markus Tiede will be heading to the Karlsruhe demo camp on December 3rd), welcomed us back from the break with his demo of the Eclipse Memory Analyzer and RAP. We even saw some spontaneous community spirit when Frank Fauth from IT-Region 38 lent Benny a power cable for his slowly dying computer. The final demo of the evening was from Prof. Dr. Kreyssig from Ostfalia, who showed us how he uses Eclipse to program embedded systems. The demo culminated with the words “Eclipse Demo Camp” being shown on an LED display.
Eclipse Demo Camp
After the camp we were grateful for Ralph’s invitation to have a drink in a local restaurant and for the chance to get to know some of the participants a little better.
I think that the success of this demo camp shows us that we have the makings of a strong Eclipse community here in the Niedersachsen area. I hope that you all enjoyed it as much as we at Bredex did, and I look forward to seeing you at the next Stammtisch or Demo Camp!
Slides for all the demos are available on the Bredex website.