News from the Software Smithy: Version 0.4 released
SoftSmithy news: I recently released a new version of the SoftSmithy Utility Library and the SoftSmithy Development Utility Library.In addition to some small additions, fixes and clean-ups, some...
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Drombler FX: Version 0.2 released
I recently released Drombler FX v0.2. Drombler FX is a modular Rich Client Platform for JavaFX based on OSGi and Maven (POM-first).For this release, a lot of work has been done in the stabilization of...
View ArticleDrombler Commons: Date and Time Controls use Java SE 8 APIs
I recently released Drombler Commons v0.2. In this release I've ugraded the Date and Time Controls and DataRenderers, which I've released earlier this year, to use the latest version of the new Date...
View Article3rd-Party Contribution: ez-vcard + OSGi Support
Recently I wanted to use ez-vcard in one of my projects. The project is OSGi-based but unfortunately ez-vcard didn't provide the OSGi meta data in its Manifest file. So what to do?I decided to go and...
View ArticleDrombler FX: Version 0.3 released
I recently released Drombler FX v0.3. Drombler FX is a modular Rich Client Platform for JavaFX based on OSGi and Maven (POM-first).With this release the Docking Framework and the Context Framework have...
View ArticleDrombler FX: JavaFX 8 support
I recently released Drombler FX v0.4. Drombler FX is a modular Rich Client Platform for JavaFX based on OSGi and Maven (POM-first).With this release Drombler FX as well as Drombler ACP and Drombler...
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Drombler FX: Version 0.5 released
I recently released Drombler FX v0.5. Drombler FX is a modular Rich Client Platform for JavaFX based on OSGi and Maven (POM-first).With this release the Docking Framework becomes more lightweight. You...
View ArticleUsing ControlsFX in a Drombler FX application
Earlier this year I've contributed a patch to ControlsFX to provide OSGi meta data in the Manifest file.This patch allows ControlsFX to be used more or less out-of-the-box in an OSGi environment such...
View ArticleNews from the Software Smithy: Version 0.5 released
SoftSmithy news: I recently released a new version of the SoftSmithy Utility Library and the SoftSmithy Development Utility Library.In addition to some small additions, fixes and clean-ups, SLF4J is...
View ArticleDrombler FX: Version 0.6 released
I recently released Drombler FX v0.6. Drombler FX is a modular Rich Client Platform for JavaFX based on OSGi and Maven (POM-first).This is mainly a bug fix release.You can find the complete list of...
View ArticleDrombler Commons: Conventions to simplify FXML loading
Correctly loading a FXML file in JavaFX usually requires quite some boilerplate code.In my projects I came up with a new naming convention:If a class "mypackage.<name>" loads a FXML file, then...
View ArticleDrombler FX: Version 0.7 released
I recently released v0.7 of Drombler FX - the modular application framework for JavaFX.It has been a while since the last release but a lot of work has been undertaken.Drombler moved from...
View ArticleNews from the Software Smithy: Version 0.6 released
SoftSmithy news: I recently released a new version of the SoftSmithy Utility Library and the SoftSmithy Development Utility Library.It has been a while since the last release but a lot of work has been...
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Drombler FX: Version 0.8 released
I recently released v0.8 of Drombler FX - the modular application framework for JavaFX.This version comes with two new major features: Single Instance Application and an initial version of a Data...
View ArticleDrombler FX: Version 0.9 released
I recently released v0.9 of Drombler FX - the modular application framework for JavaFX.This version is mainly a maintenance release but also provides a new hook for a custom menu item sorting strategy,...
View ArticleNews from the Software Smithy: Version 0.7 released
SoftSmithy news: I recently released a new version of the SoftSmithy Utility Library and the SoftSmithy Development Utility Library.This release consists mainly of some small additions.Note that for...
View ArticleDrombler FX: Version 0.10 released
I recently released v0.10 of Drombler FX - the modular application framework for JavaFX.This version is mainly a bug fix release and especially fixes some issues on Macs. Please note that the Drombler...
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Drombler FX v0.11: modular StatusBar and ProgressMonitor
I recently released v0.11 of Drombler FX - the modular application framework for JavaFX.This release comes with the integration of two new JavaFX controls.StatusBarThe first is a rather simple one: a...
View ArticleThe next generation of Java application deployments
A lot is going on in the Java world. So let's first have a look at where we currently are.Oracle discontinues Java Web Start with Java 11After discontinuing the Applet technology, which required...
View ArticleDrombler JStore News: JRE REST service and JAP packaging
The work on the Drombler JStore, the next generation of Java application deployments, goes on.The way an application is identitfied has been changed to reuse the Maven GA(V) coordinates: groupId +...
View ArticleDrombler FX: Version 0.12 and 0.13 released
Since introducing a modular StatusBar and ProgressMonitor earlier this year, I've released v0.12 and v.013 of Drombler FX - the modular application framework for JavaFX.In this releases some of the...
View ArticleNews from the Software Smithy: Version 1.0 released
SoftSmithy news: after the releases v0.8 and v0.9 last year (I didn't blog about those), I've recently released the version v1.0 of the SoftSmithy Utility Library and the SoftSmithy Development Utility...
View ArticleNews from the Software Smithy: Version 2.0 released
SoftSmithy news: after the release v1.1.1 last year (I didn't blog about it), I've recently released the version v2.0 of the SoftSmithy Utility Library and the SoftSmithy Development Utility Library.As...
View ArticleWhy apps should not render identity provider web sites in-app
Nowadays there are several public identity providers (IdP) such as Google accounts, Facebook accounts, GitHub accounts or SwissId accounts, just to name a few.More and more mobile apps are starting to...
View ArticleDrombler FX: Version 1.0 released
I've recently released the version v1.0 of Drombler FX - the modular application framework for JavaFX.With this release I changed the version policy. I'm using now the major version part as well to...
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