Author Archives: Tom Schindl
Eclipse DI and OSGi-Services and dynamics
Most people who use Eclipse DI know that they can simply use and the system will inject the service as desired but there are multiple problems with that: What happens if the there’s a newer higher ranked service registered? What … Continue reading
“Strange” things about java byte code and consequences for API evolution
Eike posted lately about interesting problem when changing the return type of a method with respect to callers of the method. In his sample he switched from a void to a String return type and suddenly old byte code was … Continue reading
TextEditor Framework with e4 and JavaFX (including jdt and nashorn)
Tonight I had some time to hack on a research project which uses the StyledTextControl provided by e(fx)clipse. Syntax highlighting for the basic languages like Java, JavaScript, XML and groovy has already been implemented since a long time. So next … Continue reading
Flexible calendar control in SWT
I’ve been in need for Week-Calendar view to display appointments but could not find anyone that completely fit my needs to I implemented a custom one. This short screen cast shows what I’ve today. The control is backed by a … Continue reading
Strategy of wrapping C++ libraries in Java
This blog post is more of a question to others (probably much more knowledgeable people than me) who have already wrapped C++ libraries in Java. So if you have and the strategy I document as part of this blog post … Continue reading
Animated path morphing in JavaFX
Inspired by a new feature available on Android Lollipop named AnimatedVectorDrawable I found in this blog post and the availability of the Twitter Emoji I tried to recreate the same using JavaFX. The result can be seen in this short … Continue reading
e(fx)clipse 1.1.0 released
I’m happy to announce the general availability of e(fx)clipse 1.1.0! The release I’ve blogged in the last few days up the new features you’ll get with 1.1 Improved internationalization support Improved internationalization support – tooling API to restart your e4 … Continue reading
e(fx)clipse 1.1 – New features – Generate controller from FXML
Although we have a very feature rich FXML-Editor with a live preview many users are using SceneBuilder to define their UIs. In case you have an FXML you want the possibility to generate a controller who references: elements marked with … Continue reading
e(fx)clipse 1.1 – New features – Easier runtime consumption through special features
The more people are adopting our core OSGi-Support inside the IDE (e.g. STS, GEF4, …) the more important it is that they depend on the same basic feature so that you can install and update them side by side. Easier … Continue reading
e(fx)clipse 1.1 – New features – CSS-Editor improvements
Having a clever CSS-Editor at hand is crucial when developing JavaFX applications so we once more worked a bit in this central utility for e(fx)clipse 1.1 CSS-Editor improvements Support for @font-face The 1.0 CSS-Editor completely freaked out if you tried … Continue reading
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