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Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:30pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Gerrit Grunwald, aka @hansolo_ on twitter, has just ported his Swing based gauges and meters framework known as SteelSeries to JavaFX as part of the JFXtras-lab project. I can't tell you how many times since Java AWT first came out, that I have had to use meters…
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One of the cool new features of the JavaFX 2.2 developer preview release is a new Canvas node that allows you to do free drawing within an area on the JavaFX scene similar to the HTML 5 Canvas. You can download this release for Windows, Mac, and Linux from JavaFX Developer Preview.
Being adventurous, I decided to take the JavaFX Canvas for a spin around the block. In doing…
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Dean Iverson and I have been working on an open source project called GroovyFX that provides a Groovy binding that sits on the new JavaFX 2.0 platform. Dean has written a good blog on how to get started with GroovyFX here. It is already a little dated, but if you ignore the JavaFX build numbers and just download the…
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Tom Akehurst explains strategies for overcoming microservice pain points like environment dependency and slow development. He advocates using realistic API simulation at scale, supported by contract testing , API observability, and GenAI integration. Learn to compose observations, simulations, and contracts to maximize confidence and reduce the toil of maintaining realistic, up-to-date mocks.
By Tom Akehurst
A recent 9-hour Azure Front Door (AFD) outage was triggered by a faulty control-plane configuration change that bypassed safety checks due to a software defect, leading to a massive blast radius and affecting M365 and Entra ID via Identity Coupling, exposing a critical architectural anti-pattern in centralized edge fabrics.
By Steef-Jan Wiggers
Voices, an open-source text-to-speech project, was designed for applications running on Java 17 or newer. The library requires no external APIs or manually installed software. Audio files can be generated for various languages based on dictionaries or OpenVoice. InfoQ spoke to Henry Coles, creator of Voices and Pitest.
By Johan Janssen
Meta's PyTorch team and Hugging Face have launched OpenEnv, an open-source platform for standardizing AI agent environments. The OpenEnv Hub features secure sandboxes that define the necessary tools and APIs for safe, predictable AI operation. Developers can explore, contribute, and refine environments, paving the way for scalable agent development in the open-source RL ecosystem.
By Robert Krzaczyński
Cursor has launched version 2.0 of its AI-driven code editor, featuring Composer, a new model that enables developers to write and modify code through natural language interaction.
By Daniel Dominguez
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JIm,
Thanks for the great presentation last night. We all enjoyed it!
All the best,
Mike