Category Archives: e(fx)clipse
This somehow looks familiar – Kepler SR1 on SWTonFX
I know it looks completely crashed but well this is what you get when running Kepler on BestSolution.at SWT port which delegates to JavaFX. So there’s still a long long long way to go but to me this screenshot marks … Continue reading
e(fx)clipse runtime recipes
This is just a short notice to all user of e(fx)clipse runtime bundles. e(fx)clipse runtime provides many cool features most people don’t know about yet (e.g. our DI support for FXML-Controllers, the adapter system, …). So I started collecting them … Continue reading
Introducing SWT on FX
In my last few presentations I’ve introduced what I named “SonF” which is short for SWT on FX. What is it? SWT on FX is an SWT implementation which instead of using the native widget it use JavaFX controls under … Continue reading
What IEclipseContext#declareModifiable is good for
There was a comment on IEclipseContext less code Rene asked how the publishing into parent contexts is done. IEclipseContext provides 2 ways to publish information: IEclipseContext#set IEclipseContext#modify I think 99% of the people are using IEclipseContext#set because they could make … Continue reading
Writing IEclipseContext-less code
The problem The IEclipseContext is the center of the the e4 DI system. One can think of it as observable hierarchical key-value map. One of the major idea of e4 was that people should write code which does not depend … Continue reading
Stay away from JDK8b115 if you want to use e(fx)clipse
JDK8b115 has a major regression in that it does not hold the SWT-Integration – If you use e(fx)clipse or integrate JavaFX into SWT wait for b116 which brings it back.
e(fx)clipse + SWT + JavaFX JDK8b113
Starting with build 113 of Java8 the FX-Team made the wise decision to move the SWT integration into its own jar which is not on any default classpath. This is a very wise decision because the javafxrt.jar is on the … Continue reading
Develop a JavaFX + iOS app with RoboVM + e(fx)clipse tools in 10 minutes
The latest nightly builds include support to easily develop JavaFX applications that run on iOS with the help of RoboVM. I’ve written a tutorial on our wiki and recorded a video how this is done. All the pieces (JavaFX, RoboVm) … Continue reading
JavaFX on iOS with the help of RoboVM
The last few days I’ve preparing: myself 🙂 e(fx)clipse for EclipseCon Europe where I have a talk in which I show how e(fx)clipse allows you to develop applications for embedded and mobile. The runtime stack is not there yet (animation … Continue reading
e(fx)clipse nightlies include JDT-Beta8
The big news yesterday was that the JDT-Team announced that they are publishing nightly EA builds of their Java8 branch. Many/most people who use JavaFX are useing Java8, so I went a head and packaged it directly into our nightly … Continue reading
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