Articles

November 25, 2012

hendrik

#DataFX

#JavaFX

Maven support for DataFX

Since DataFX is one of the big JavaFX related libraries out there it makes sense to use it in modern Maven based applications. This post gives an overview how you can use DataFX in a Maven based project.

November 21, 2012

hendrik

#JavaFX

gridfx & pagination

With the JavaFX API for pagination it is possible to combine GridFX with the given features and create a grid that supports pagination.

November 17, 2012

hendrik

#JavaFX

Custom UI Controls with JavaFX - Part 1

One thing I often done is Swing was customization of components and the creation of new components types. With the last release of JavaFX you can easily create custom controls with this new UI toolkit, too. This post gives a first overview about the JavaFX APIs to create custom controls.

November 17, 2012

hendrik

#JavaFX

#Swing

Swing is dead

JavaFX is the new UI API for Java Desktop applications and since summer it is part of Java 7. In this post I share my thought about the new UI toolkit and what such move means for Swing development