A while ago I released the new version ReduxFX 0.2. For this release, I completely rewrote the view-builder API to make it more “IDE-friendly”. In addition, ReduxFX now supports applications with several windows.
A new Java User Group is in town: JUG Freiburg
Recently we have founded a new Java User Group in my home town, the JUG Freiburg. If you happen to be in the area, we would be happy to welcome you in one of our meetings – either as an attendee or to give a talk yourself.
Logo JUG Freiburg
New features in ReduxFX 0.1 release – Part 2
As mentioned in my previous post, I added two important new features to ReduxFX 0.1. While the previous post focused on the ability to communicate with the outside world from ReduxFX application, this post focuses on the second new feature: the ability to write standard JavaFX components.
The architecture of a ReduxFX component is very similar to a regular ReduxFX application that talks to the outside world via drivers
New features in ReduxFX 0.1 release
Last week I released version 0.1 of ReduxFX, which added two important features to the library. Now ReduxFX has support for the development of UI-components and it is possible to communicate with external systems. In this post I will give a short introduction into the latter.
The ReduxFX Updater sends commands to the Driver, which communicates with external components. Notifications are sent back via Actions.
Top 40 Java Blogs Award
Mike’s Blog was selected as one of the Top 40 Java Blogs by FeedSpot. I feel very honored to be part of that list. Please go ahead and check out the other featured blogs, there is a lot of great content.
MVC is dead – what comes next? – Part 2
The first part of this series gave an overview of the key concepts and listed some of the main advantages of using functional reactive programming techniques in UI development. Future articles we will focus on different components that are involved, starting today with the State component, a key ingredient of functional reactive UI programming.
In MVC we differentiate between domain model and UI state, in functional reactive UI programming everything is part of the State.
MVC is dead – what comes next?
React.js, Elm, Cycle.js, and other UI frameworks introduced a new way of building user interfaces. By applying principles from functional reactive programming to UI development, they even changed how we think about user interfaces. In no time, these approaches have simply smashed the seemingly inevitable dominance of MVC and its siblings (MVP, MVVM etc.). This article, which is the first in a series, will give a brief introduction into this new way of building UIs and list some of the advantages it has over traditional approaches. These factors are so strong, that in my opinion there is a good chance that we are right now witnessing the end of the MVC-era.
Concept of functional reactive UI development
Our JavaFX RefCard was published
Hendrik and myself created a RefCard for JavaFX 8, which was published today. A big thanks goes to the people at Dzone, who made this happen, and to my colleagues at Canoo, who were also a big help. You can download the RefCard over at JavaFX 8 RefCard.
Čaj – expect(yourTests).to.be(“simple”);
Today I release an initial version of Čaj, a Java library that allows you to formulate expectations about your code in your tests.
Expectations formulated with Čaj are straightforward to read and simple to understand. Here are a few examples:
You can find out more on Čaj’s GitHub page.
JavaFX in the browser – an update
I have uploaded a new version of the sample page for JavaFX in the browser, which demonstrates the functionality that was added lately: gradients, fonts, and mouse-events. http://jfx8web.netopyr.com/playground/