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JavaFX is one of the main themes of webtechie.be. You’ll find tutorials, ecosystem roundups, interviews with JavaFX developers, library discoveries, performance experiments, and practical desktop application techniques.

JavaFX Links of May 2023
Again a busy month in JavaFX-world! Here is a nice list with links for your reading and clicking pleasure! This is the summary of the #LinksOfTheWeek as published on …
Interview with Paul Kocian aka OrangoMango
Some time ago on Twitter, I discovered @OrangoMango , who shared his progress in creating a 3D engine with JavaFX. The shared videos started with a Rubik’s cube in January ’23 , …

JavaFX Links of April 2023
This is the summary of the #LinksOfTheWeek as published on jfx-central.com . JavaFX Core Gluon announced JavaFX update releases : 20.0.1 (latest release), 17.0.7 (latest LTS), and …
Interview by Bazlur Rahman: Unlocking Java Secrets with Frank Delporte - Insights, Stories, and Tips for Success
On Foojay.io , Bazlur Rahman is publishing a series of interviews with various people from the OpenJDK community. I had the honor to be included in this series, and this is a …

JavaFX Links of March 2023
This is the summary of the #LinksOfTheWeek as published on jfx-central.com . JavaFX Core Johan Vos is working on backports for JavaFX 17.0.7 to guarantee quality and long-term …

JavaFX Links of February 2023
February is a short month, but this list seems to be longer than ever… A lot of game development, releases, interesting ongoing development, and so much more to read. Enjoy …

JavaFX Links of January 2023
2023 has taken off with a flying start in JavaFX-world! Here is a summary of the Links Of The Week that were published in January on jfx-central.com .

JavaFX Links of December 2022
If anyone needs a reminder Java and JavaFX are “alive and kicking”, you can not only check out jfx-central.com , but also the list below.
Foojay Podcast #9: The State of JavaFX Framework, Libraries, and Projects
Plenty of developers still think Java only lives on the server. JavaFX tells a different story, from desktop tools to CAD apps to a brain-computer interface visualizer. To map out …

JavaFX Links of November 2022
Time flies when having fun… So here we are again, another month has passed and this is a summary of the Links Of The Week that were published on jfx-central.com during …
Shopping list for JavaOnRaspberryPi
After my talk at J-Fall I got the question what is required to get started with #JavaOnRaspberryPi. In my book I list the components that are used, but indeed a short overview was …

JavaFX Links of October 2022
When I (re)started the JavaFX Links Of The Week on jfx-central.com in September, I was wondering if there would be enough material to share every week.
Book review - Learn JavaFX Game and App Development with FXGL 17
This summer I read the book “Entreprenerd” by Bruno Lowagie . It tells the story of how he started with the iText PDF Java library and turned that into a company …
Devoxx Belgium and J-Fall The Netherlands - Links
Links used in my talks at Devoxx 2022 (Antwerp, Belgium) and J-Fall (Ede, The Netherlands).

JavaFX Links of September 2022
The JavaFX links of the week are back on jfx-central.com , and here we collect the complete month for you in an excellent overview.
Starting a new JavaFX projeect in IntelliJ IDEA
On the OpenJFX website you can find a lot of getting started documentation . But as one image/video says more than a thousand words, I created this short movie to show you that …
3D printed Raspberry Pi Arcade box
As part of the Pi4J project, we created an example game with JavaFX and FXGL that uses an Arcade kit with a Joystick and big push buttons. The test setup for this project was …
HiveMQ Cloud, part 2 - Using MQTT and Raspberry Pi to Visualize Sensor Data on a TilesFX Dashboard
In the previous post we started our discovery of HiveMQ Cloud with Java on the Raspberry Pi. We created an application to send measurements of various sensors to the HiveMQ Cloud …
Foojay Podcast #2: Embedded Java - Robots and FX
Java runs on far more than servers and laptops. It powers ocean robots, garden mowers, hobby boards, and mobile devices. This episode of Foojay Podcast #2 gathers James Gosling, …
JavaFX running in kiosk mode on the Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi in combination with an inexpensive touch screen, makes a perfect controller for a machine or game console. Let’s see how we can use Java and JavaFX to build …