I created my first IntelliJ IDEA plugin to fix a minor, personal frustration… I have a long list of projects I’m working on and need to switch between them frequently. But it’s hard to locate a specific project in such a long list. But this problem is now solved! I created a small plugin that adds a new option to the “File” menu: “Recent Projects (Organized)”. It shows your recent projects, organized by the first word of their project name. When multiple projects share the same first word, they get grouped in a submenu.

There is only one “Links Of The Week” for August thanks to a nice summer break. So this is actually a “Links Of The Month”… ;-)

Earlier this month, I released V0.0.1 of my new Java library to interact with DMX512 devices using (optionally) the Open Fixture Library (OFL). After some more experimenting, I’m able to announce the next (beta) release V0.0.2 with the following major changes:

Here is the overview of the JavaFX LinksOfTheMonth of July 2025. You can find the weekly lists on jfx-central.com. Did we miss anything? Is there anything you want to have included in one of the next overviews? Let us know via links@jfx-central.com.

In this post, I would like to inform you about a new Java library that is now available on Maven Central, allowing interaction with DMX512 devices using (optionally) the Open Fixture Library (OFL). I also published a video with a code walkthrough of my test setup and demo code.

Here is the overview of the JavaFX LinksOfTheMonth of June 2025. You can find the weekly lists on jfx-central.com. Did we miss anything? Is there anything you want to have included in one of the next overviews? Let us know via links@jfx-central.com.

Originally posted on the Pi4J website.

Dieter Holz was experimenting with Pi4J V3 on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2. Because this version requires Java 21 or newer, he upgraded his OS to a newer Java version and found out that no Java code could be executed. He tried with Java 21 and 24, and neither worked correctly, although Java 17 runs without problems.

Here is the overview of the JavaFX LinksOfTheMonth of April 2025. You can find the weekly lists on jfx-central.com. Did we miss anything? Is there anything you want to have included in one of the next overviews? Let us know via links@jfx-central.com.

Dirk Lemmermann has created many open source and commercial libraries for Java Swing and JavaFX like CalenderFX, FlexGanttFX, GemsFX,… He is also the founder of JFX Central, the home to anything JavaFX related. In this interview he shows us some of his work, including applications used in companies, revealing the power of JavaFX to build custom tools.

I’m proud of every podcast I create for the Friends Of OpenJDK website (Foojay.io), but I want to highlight episode #71 here…