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= eTrice Newsletter 02-November-2010 =
== Current Status ==
* The project is in the incubation phase now
* The initial contribution will be made in november
* The current prototype contains:
** ROOM grammar for static structure and behaviour
** XText editors
** codegenerator and middleware for Java
** first graphical editor (Actor Structure)
Here you will find the Presentation of the Eclipse Summit Europe 2010 about eTrice: http://www.slideshare.net/hrentz/etrice


== First Release in March ==
The initial release 0.1 is planned for march 2011. It will contain:
* XText Editors for ROOM Models
* codegenerators and middleware for Java
* graphicals editors for structure (Actors) and behavior (Statemachines)
* first model level debugging: generated Message Sequence Charts (MSC) for target application
* language features:
** hierarchical Actors for static Structure
** Protocols for Ports
** Layering (SAPs and SPPs)
** Hierarchical Finite Statemachines (FSM)
** Actor inheritance including inheritance of statemachines
** Java runtime with thread deployment, message passing, lifecycle, debugging infrastructure
** Java codegeneration for all modeling features

== eTrice Presentations and Events ==
If you want to get an impression about the current status, you can meet the committers in November in various places:
* [[ETrice/Presentations | All Events and Presentations]]


== eTrice Resources ==
* Project Homepage (will be filled with content soon): http://www.eclipse.org/etrice/
* Project Proposal: http://www.eclipse.org/proposals/etrice/
* Wiki: http://wiki.eclipse.org/ETrice
* Forum: http://www.eclipse.org/forums/eclipse.etrice
* Mailing Lists:
** User mailing list (infos about releases and project status): https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/etrice-users
** Developer mailing (eTrice Committers and Contributors): https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/etrice-dev