The first version (1.0.0.alpha) of the OpenEJB Eclipse Plugin has now been released! This release includes:

* WTP support for the OpenEJB standalone server
* EJB 2.1 deployment descriptor to EJB 3 annotation conversion wizard
* Error highlighting and quick fix for problems with EJB3.1 @DependsOn annotation
* OSGi wrapper to use OpenEJB in Equinox, to help build RCP applications

The plugin is available for download here: http://apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/openejb/eclipse-plugin/openejb-eclipse-plugin-1.0.0.alpha-deployable.zip (you can unzip this to a dropins folder) or you can use the update site in Eclipse: http://apache.org/dist/openejb/eclipse-plugin/update-site/

A video demonstrating how to get started with the Eclipse Plugin is available here: http://vimeo.com/7393498

Getting started with the OpenEJB Eclipse Plugin from OpenEJB on Vimeo.

(video made with ScreenFlow)