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Tuesday December 09, 2008 Two things that came as a complete surprise to me this weekend:
Malta versus Prague
The island (and country) of Malta is smaller than Prague.
The NetBeans Cube is alive! OK, we already knew the Japanese community created NekoBean. And yes maybe a video, a wallpaper, and a logo or two. But... the plush toys and pendants were news to me! Way to go, Japanese community!
PS: Et tu, James Gosling!
Posted by seapegasus ( Dec 09 2008, 11:20:48 AM CET ) Permalink Comments [1]
Thursday December 04, 2008 We just spent haaalf of our afternoon refreshing netbeans.org and javafx.com in our browers -- and lo, here it is, JavaFX 1.0. :)
If you've already got NetBeans 6.5, go to the update center (Tools > Plugins > Available Plugins) to install the plugin(s). If you don't have 6.5 yet, you can download the IDE including JavaFX support here.
I say plugins above because there's also a special Mac SDK, a debugger, and a sample project on the update center. At minimum you need JDK 6_10, the JavaFX 1.0 plugin (and the SDK if you are on Mac OS).
You can use JavaFX for webstarting apps (JNLP), desktop apps, mobile apps, and Applets ("They are baa-aack!"), just like Java. You can keep your existing Java code and use JavaFX to spice up the user interface if you like. Look at these tutorials and sample applications online. Download the sample code to get started -- That's at least what I'm doing right now. :)
Posted by seapegasus ( Dec 04 2008, 05:03:07 PM CET ) Permalink Comments [1]
