Web Tools Platform (WTP) Project

WTP 3.1 has been released!

Like clockwork, Eclipse Web Tools Platform version 3.1 has been released along with Eclipse Galileo. The past year has seen over 800 bugs fixed, collectively providing improvements to, and polishing of, end-user function, as well as offering new APIs and increased flexibility for our many adopters. In addition to the numerous changes invisible to the eye, here are some notable changes to explore in WTP 3.1:

• Better support for workspace projects you've already created through the new standard Configure context menu, with more to come in the future.
• Updated perspectives that take advantage of additional Eclipse projects included in our featured Galileo package, the Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers, as well as new features in WTP itself.

See our complete New and Noteworthy for full details. You can see WTP 3.1 in action at a local Galileo DemoCamp, and get your own copy at WTP's download page, or included in selected Galileo packages.

WTP 3.0.5 has been released

Version 3.0.5 of the Web Tools Platform has been released. Release 3.0.5 is the final scheduled maintenance release for WTP 3.0, improving on its stability and performance. More than 100 fixes have been added since the 3.0.4 release, and it can now be updated to from Ganymede SR2. Stay tuned for our 3.1 release as part of Galileo, both expected later this month.

The seventh development milestone for WTP 3.1 has been declared. Check out what's New and Noteworthy and download it now!

Amazon announced their Amazon Web Services Toolkit for Eclipse, which extends WTP to run Web applications on the Amazon Cloud. The AWS Toolkit for Eclipse is a plug-in for the Eclipse WebTools platforms that makes it easier for developers to develop, deploy, and debug Java applications using Amazon Web Services. With the AWS Toolkit for Eclipse, developers are able to get started faster and be more productive when building AWS applications.

The WTP project is excited to release the first of the open courseware that will be a part of the WTP Education curriculum: WTP-101 Developing Web Applications with Standards. This open courseware covers developing Web Applications with Standards using W3C standard technologies, such as HTML, CSS, XML, XSD and XSL. The goal of WTP Education is to enable and educate WTP end-users by providing them quality resources for self-learning and to increase WTP awareness and usage by obtaining, creating and coordinating materials for tutorials, articles, webinars and other digital mediums. WTP Education offers courses designed to teach anything from XML, HTML and standards based Web development, to advanced topics such as Java Server Faces and Java Persistence. In the spirit of open source, you can contribute to WTP Education in many ways. Please provide your feedback, comments and corrections using Bugzilla and select Education as the component. Your contributions are important to us. For more information visit the WTP Education page.