Eclipse Hackathon

Announcing the first-ever Eclipse hackathon!

Eclipse Foundation is holding a party to improve the Eclipse ecosystem, one of the largest and most vibrant open-source communities.  Their goal is for all attendees to find coding joy: to work on a real problem faced by an Eclipse-based project, successfully create a patch, and submit it by the end of the evening.  You will work hand-in-hand with Eclipse project leads and committers who will help to guide you through the process. You will work in groups of 2 or 3, and hope to have enough small-ish bugs and feature requests with enough hands-on support from project veterans that everybody can submit a patch.

For more information and to register, see the hackathon wiki page.
If you are project lead of an Eclipse-based open source project, and you have some bugs that you want hacked on, please contact one of the organizers (see the wiki).

Where: Tides Renewal Centre, the Hollyhock room

400 – 163 West Hastings St Vancouver

When: November 15, 2011 5:00 pm until late (with a break for dinner)

What we’ll supply: Drinks, hors d’oeuvres, cake, and facilities (including power and Internet)

What you should bring: Your laptop and a can-do attitude!

Who should come: Any Java coder who wants to make a difference

Who is sponsoring the hackathon: The Eclipse Foundation, Tasktop Technologies, VMware

Please register here