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When to use JavaFX instead of HTML

The one question that JavaFX aficionados like myself are facing over and over again is the question when (or why) to use JavaFX instead of HTML (5). Here are my two cents on it: You should use JavaFX if .... ... you are interested in robustness / quality. JavaFX is Java! You will be able to implement your entire application with the same language / technology. This has a direct impact on the people and the skill sets that you have to have in your team and also on the robustness and quality of the application. The more you have to switch between different languages [...]

By Dirk Lemmermann|2021-02-18T13:42:28+01:00November 16th, 2015|Java, JavaFX|14 Comments

JavaFX Real-World Apps: EIZO CuratOR Caliop

JavaFX Real-World application number four is called Caliop. It is the frontend of the CuratOR solution developed by EIZO for operating rooms in hospitals. The frontend runs on wall-mounted consoles and allows the operating team to look up information about a patient, control the routing of various video sources to different monitors, record videos, take photos / stills. For this software I was asked to implement the UI in JavaFX based on an already very sophisticated HTML mockup. Even though the mockup made heavy use of animations and CSS styling it was a straight forward port to JavaFX. The following [...]

By Dirk Lemmermann|2021-02-18T13:42:28+01:00October 23rd, 2015|Java, JavaFX|4 Comments

JavaFX Real-World Apps: Emirates Airlines Network Capacity Optimization

Emirate Airlines' "Network Capacity Optimization" (NCO) is the subject of this fourth installment of the "Real World Apps" series. For reference here are the first three: Mint Media: Training and Resource Management AISO: HRC-Matic European Broadcasting Union: NEOS NCO was developed to allow the dispatchers at Emirates Airlines to optimize the usage of their plane fleet. In this application the user creates requests for new flights, cancelled flights, delayed flights, upgraded flights, etc.... NCO can then be used to create different scenarios to fulfill the requests. Each scenario is evaluated and associated with its impact on costs. I had only [...]

By Dirk Lemmermann|2021-02-18T13:42:29+01:00October 22nd, 2015|FlexganttFX, Java, JavaFX|2 Comments

JavaFX Time Spinner Hack

A while ago I hacked the JavaFX spinner control to use it for entering a time (hour and minute). When doing so I noticed that the spinner API actually already had most of the stuff needed to do this but support for entering time was never finished. If I remember correctly I only had to change the visibility of some of the methods in the spinner code (skin) and voila! I posted a video on YouTube showing this "amazing" control and several people asked for the source code. Unfortunately I had lost it but today I found it again. [...]

By Dirk Lemmermann|2015-10-19T15:27:31+02:00October 19th, 2015|Java, JavaFX|1 Comment

CalendarFX at ComponentSource

I am very happy to say that CalendarFX is now also available for licensing via ComponentSource, a global vendor for software components. They have also been distributing FlexGantt for Swing and FlexGanttFX for JavaFX for some time now. CalendarFX page at ComponentSource

By Dirk Lemmermann|2021-02-18T13:42:29+01:00October 8th, 2015|CalendarFX, Java, JavaFX|0 Comments

CalendarFX Released

Finally! After one and a half years of on and off development work on CalendarFX I finally managed to wrap it up today and to make it available for download and licensing. If you want to take it for a spin simply visit http://www.calendarfx.com and download the distribution. The download is feature complete and only requires a license key after the trial period of several months. To start coding I suggest that you take a look at the online developer manual. It is currently quite "compressed" but will be extended over time. Ideally developers tell me which aspects of the framework [...]

By Dirk Lemmermann|2021-02-18T13:42:29+01:00September 24th, 2015|CalendarFX, Java, JavaFX|4 Comments

JavaFX Real-World Apps: AISO HRC-Matic

Application number three in the "Real-World JavaFX Apps" series is a heavy-duty data entry application backed up by a relational database called HRC-Matic. It is being developed by AISO in Geneva. AISO is a company specialised in developing business applications based on JavaFX. They are also working on the application presented in my first blog in this series (European Broadcasting Union). HRC-Matic is used by Swiss authorities to register businesses (ownership, legal status, funding, contacts). The application will be used by approximately 20 users in each canton where it is installed. The software is currently going through the final approval [...]

By Dirk Lemmermann|2021-02-18T13:42:29+01:00September 21st, 2015|Java, JavaFX|4 Comments

JavaFX Real-World Apps: MINT TRMS

The second real-world JavaFX application that I was involved with was developed by MINT Software Systems, a company located in Kiel, Germany. The focus of their application is on training and resource management for companies in the aviation industry (airlines). MINT is actually the reason why I got involved in JavaFX development. In early 2013 they asked me to create a version of FlexGantt for JavaFX. Until then only a Swing version existed. When they first approached me I was somewhat resistant to sign up with them because of what I had heard about JavaFX until then. But once I got into it [...]

By Dirk Lemmermann|2021-02-18T13:42:29+01:00September 16th, 2015|FlexganttFX, JavaFX|3 Comments

JavaFX Real-World Apps: European Broadcasting Union

I have the privilege to present several JavaFX Real-World Apps at JavaOne this year together with Alexander Casall, who works for Saxonia Systems in Dresden. In preparation of this talk we sent out a questionnaire to our customers and partners and asked them a few questions related to their project, their application, and their use of JavaFX. I thought it would be a good idea to publish their answers ahead of JavaOne to give attendees a chance to prepare themselves for the talk and also to maybe get some more feedback related to JavaFX projects out there, their size, [...]

By Dirk Lemmermann|2021-02-18T13:42:29+01:00September 10th, 2015|FlexganttFX, JavaFX|6 Comments

JavaFX Tip 21: Animate!

When developers try to sell the switch from Swing to JavaFX to their superiors they often say that the user interfaces will look better and more modern. However, to really deliver on this promise I believe that one can not just rely on the improved look and feel of the built-in controls of JavaFX but that some extra effort has to be made to make the UI really stand out and to make everyone say "yeah, this is really an improvement". One of the things that can be done to spice up the UI is to animate some of its [...]

By Dirk Lemmermann|2021-02-18T13:42:29+01:00June 18th, 2015|CalendarFX, JavaFX, Tips & Tricks|1 Comment