JavaDesktop FeaturesItems from java.net's JavaDesktop Community homepage.JavaOne Conference 2008: Call for Papers- October 31, 2007 It's that time again! The deadline is November 16, just around the corner.http://weblogs.java.net/blog/marinasum/archive/2007/10/javaone_confere.html Ben Galbraith: More on Leopard's Java 1.5: The Release Notes Michael Urban Should Have Read- October 31, 2007 A journey through OS X 10.5 Leopard's release notes shows some pretty interesting tidbits.http://weblogs.java.net/blog/javaben/archive/2007/10/more_on_leopard.html Charles Ditzel: JavaFX Script Second Tutorial, Groovy, Apple and NetBeans 6 GPLv2- October 30, 2007 There is a bunch of stuff happening. For starters, James Weaver's second tutorial on JavaFX Script is out. There are two new Groovy intro tutorials and Apple has caused a firestorm amongst Java developers. Finally - NetBeans 6 has been GPLv2'ed.http://cld.blog-city.com/bits__javafx_script_second_tutorial_groovy_apple_and_netb.htm Kirill Grouchnikov: Why i don't care about Java 6 on Leopard- October 29, 2007 It looks like anywhere you go in the Java blogosphere, people are only talking about Java 6 (or lack of thereof) on Leopard. Some say that the only reason they bought Leopard was for Java 6, some say that their honeymoon with Apple is over, and some say that Java 6 will be available shortly ...http://www.pushing-pixels.org/?p=178 Kirill Grouchnikov: Java desktop wishlist for 2008- October 26, 2007 While the Java blogosphere is raging with debates on closures, properties and other negligible language-level features, the client-side battle is still fought between Microsoft, Adobe and Apple. And while finally Sun decided to step in with JavaFX and improved applet handling, this will change little without the tools for content handling.http://www.pushing-pixels.org/?p=175 Swing Sighting: Paralog- October 26, 2007 Paralog is the world's leading skydiving logbook and flight analysis software made by skydivers for skydivers. Paralog downloads jump details from most electronic freefall loggers. Paralog also supports direct downloads from most GPS units.http://www.paralog.net Patrick Keegan: Binding JComboBox and Getting a Reasonable Display Value- October 26, 2007 Just a few days after I published my first major foray into explaining Beans Binding in NetBeans, I received some feedback asking how to populate a JComboBox with reasonable display values from a data source. I had been wondering the same thing. With the help of Honza Stola (explanation plus code snippet) and the trusty Beans Binding Javadoc (available from NetBeans by choosing Help > Javadoc References > Beans Binding), here's my stab at it.http://weblogs.java.net/blog/pkeegan/archive/2007/10/binding_jcombob.html Kirill Grouchnikov: Better visuals for the JRibbon component, part I- October 23, 2007 I;s been more than two years since i first started working on all-Java version of the Office 2007 ribbon component (see part 1, part 2 and part 3). Since then, there have been quite a few visual improvements in the Substance look-and-feel...http://www.pushing-pixels.org/?p=162 Chet Haase: Move It!- October 23, 2007 Introducing Animated Transitions, a new library for the easy creation of animated segues between application states. Begin here, but then check out the java.net article and project sites, and then go use the darn thing.http://weblogs.java.net/blog/chet/archive/2007/10/move_it.html Swing links of the week: October 21, 2007- October 22, 2007 Here are some Swing links that you might have missed during this week: A three-part series by Eric Burke on do' and do not't of scroll panes. Read part 1, part 2 and part 3. A good rule of thumb would be to never use scroll panes for wrapping UI controls. Only use them for wrapping...http://www.pushing-pixels.org/?p=161 |