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The browser has now become one of the most important tools for software development. Bug trackers, documentation and wikis, build servers, and a whole host of special tools run in the browser. 

The relatively new Orion projekt was launched in January 2011 at Eclipse and aims to migrate remaining software development activities to the browser.

• How is purely Web-based software development possible?
• Is the Web platform now good enough to complete core tasks such as editing, navigation and search, version control, unit testing etc. in the browser?
• How are different tools integrated on the Web?
• Why should we even attempt to use the browser as IDE?

Using live demonstrations of Orion’s current status, Dr. Boris Bokowski from IBM will answer these questions. Orion provides a high-performance, scalable code editor, basis functions such as navigation and search, and integration with git. For more information about Orion, please go to: http://eclipse.org/orion.

TechTalk’s target group includes all software developers who are interested in tools and the future of software development.

The event is held at Deutsche Telekom AG, Products & Innovation in Darmstadt. Interested colleagues and external guests can register with a formless e-mail with their name/company to techtalk@remove-this.developergarden.com by May 23, 2011 at the latest. The event begins at 6 pm and ends at around 8 pm. Attendance is free and drinks and snacks are provided as always.

Those unable to travel to Darmstadt on Tuesday evening can follow the TechTalk live stream at: http://ustream.tv/channel/telekom-techtalk.

The facts in brief:
What | The browser as IDE
When | May 24, 2011, 6 pm (closing date: May 23, 2011)
Where | T-Online-Allee 1, D-Darmstadt
How | Presentation, networking & snacks

The speaker:

Dr. Boris Bokowski is the co-lead for the Orion project and works for IBM in Ottawa, Canada. His experience with IDEs and tool integration ranges from Eclipse 1.0, where he worked on CVS integration, to Eclipse 4.x, where he played a decisive role in the development of the new Eclipse programming model. He studied computer science in Darmstadt and completed his PhD at the Free University of Berlin.

Info for getting there and parking:

You can use the visitor parking spaces at Products & Innovation. In T-Online-Allee 1 the entrance to the underground car park is at the end of the street (facing south – stay right at entrance), where you can report as a visitor for the TechTalk and use the signposted visitor parking spaces (follow the magenta arrows in the underground car park; then take the elevator to the first floor).
You will be shown the way into the forum at visitor reception.