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- Java, JavaFX, Rich Internet Applications
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JavaFX and SteelSeries gauges using FXML
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…
ContinueJavaFX 2.2 Canvas
Posted on June 3, 2012 at 8:11pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
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…
ContinueGroovyFX, Getting started.
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 4:51pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
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…
ContinueHappy 10th year, JCertif!
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JIm,
Thanks for the great presentation last night. We all enjoyed it!
All the best,
Mike