JavaFX – DLSC

JavaFX Tip 32: Need Icons? Use Ikonli!

Motivation I have been coding JavaFX applications and libraries since 2013 and one thing they all had in common was that I needed to find good icons / graphics that I could use for them. As a former Swing developer I started by using image files, GIFs or PNGs. Normally I would license a library like the "O-Collection" from IconExperience (www.incors.com). But soon it became apparent to me that using image files is too painful. Just imagine for a moment that you want to support different pseudo states of your nodes (e.g. "hover", "pressed", "focused"). You end up with [...]

By Dirk Lemmermann|2021-02-18T13:42:23+01:00March 11th, 2020|JavaFX, Tips & Tricks|0 Comments

OpenJFX 13 Interview

I have given another interview to JaxEnter regarding OpenJFX 13. Read it here: German: https://jaxenter.de/openjfx-13-javafx-13-lemmermann-86883 English: https://jaxenter.com/openjfx-13-interview-dirk-lemmermann-161967.html

By Dirk Lemmermann|2019-10-30T15:47:56+01:00October 30th, 2019|JavaFX|0 Comments

JavaFX / OpenJFX 11 Interview Series

I was recently interviewed by jaxenter.com regarding JavaFX 11 / OpenJFX. The interview was done together with Johan Vos, Jonathan Giles, and Donald Smith. The interview was published in three parts. They can be found here: Part 1: JavaFX 11: First impressions, a look back and a leap forward Part 2: JavaFX 11: What’s changed, and what’s stayed the same Part 3: JavaFX 11 under the microscope: “There’s a lot more going on with JavaFX than anyone gives it credit for”