Announcements (Page 2)
First SvJugFx Meetup - JavaFX with Richard Bair
I am pleased to announce the formation of a new Silicon Valley JavaFX User Group. While this group is rooted in the SF Bay Area, we also plan to make it easy for remote attendees to watch and participate by doing live streaming of our meetings via USTREAM and allowing remote participation through Google Moderator.
WidgetFX 1.2.4 Released - Happy Halloween!
We have an early Halloween treat from the WidgetFX team... a new software release! The 1.2.4 version of WidgetFX includes some new functionality and fixes a number of issues that our user community has requested. New SlideShow Widget The SlideShow widget was completely rewritten from scratch for this release. It makes use of the pre-release JFXtras XShelf component for transitions and paging forward and back. Simply click on the side images to scroll forwards and backwards through your library.
WidgetFX Contest Winners!
I am pleased to announce the winners of the WidgetFX Developer's Contest. There were lots of great entries (22 in total), which made this a very hard decision. You can browse the full set of entries yourself on the WidgetFX Library page:
JFXtras Test and FEST Unite!
I put together the JFXtras Test 0.5 Release today. This release includes full support for JavaFX 1.2, new comparison expectations (thanks to Peter Pilgrim!), and asynchronous testing support.
2009 JavaOne Rock Stars Announced!
Sun finally announced the Rock Stars for JavaOne 2009. http://java.sun.com/javaone/2009/rockstars.jsp
JFXtras Community Site Launched!
Learn WidgetFX with Passion!
Sang Shin has included WidgetFX as part of his 15 week JavaFX Programming Course that is currently underway. This is a free online course that you can take at your own pace based on his excellent training materials.
WidgetFX 1.2 Release Announcement
JFXtras 0.5 Release Announcement
I am pleased to announce the 0.5 release of JFXtras. This release updates the project with JavaFX 1.2 support, plus includes a major overhaul of the Shapes, Borders, and Layouts.
WidgetFX 1.2 Beta Announcement
Update: I have added in some references to WidgetFX 1.2 tutorials below.
JavaFX 1.2 Refcard Released
JavaFX 1.2 officially hit the shelves today, and I have my own announcement to follow it up.
JFXtras Core 0.4 Release - Borders, Scrolling, Constraints, JSON Handler, and More!
I am pleased to announce the 0.4 release of the JFXtras project. This is a pretty significant release for the project, which includes quite a bit of new functionality, as well as a new project subdivision.
Speaking at JavaOne
I just got word back yesterday that the WidgetFX session for JavaOne was approved! Josh Marinacci and I will be hosting the definitive session on desktop widgets for all you JavaFX fans.
WidgetFX 1.1 Release
I have been busy cranking on the Pro JavaFX book, but thanks to Keith Combs, we have a 1.1 release of WidgetFX. Some of the new features include: Improved performance and reduces CPU usage Compatibility with the JavaFX 1.1 release (No promise the version numbers will stay in sync into the future.) New, more permissive, open source license (We are now licensed under the new BSD license, which is very commercial friendly.) The WidgetFX dock will auto-update itself the next time you launch it. Both the dock launch link and the new SDK can be found on the main web site: http://widgetfx.org
JFXtras 0.2 Release - Shapes, Shapes, and More!
I am pleased to announce the JFXtras 0.2 Release! This release features a new custom shape library that came out of a joint effort with the jSilhouette Project. Thanks to Andres Almiray and Dean Iverson for making this happen in time for the release!
WidgetFX 1.0 Release
The WidgetFX project reached a huge milestone today, hitting a production 1.0 release!
JFXtras 0.1 Release - Grids, Dialogs, Testing, and more!
The JavaFX 1.0 release came out a couple weeks ago, but one of the big questions has been about missing UI functionality, such as layouts, menus, and UI components. Future release of JavaFX will support this, but in the meantime application developers are stuck up the river without a paddle.