Yearly Archives: 2021


Gluon Mobile – Next Iteration

Gluon is proud to announce the release of Gluon Mobile 6.1.0, as well as updated versions of our Gluon IDE plugins for IntelliJ IDEA, NetBeans, and Eclipse. The primary focus of this release has been to simplify the integration of Gluon Mobile into existing JavaFX applications. Overview Gluon Mobile is […]


JavaFX 17 is here

Almost 3 years ago, Gluon announced the JavaFX 11 release. Today, we are excited to release JavaFX 17. When we released JavaFX 11, we explained the path forward. That path includes a new feature release every 6 months, and 4 CPU releases per year. This predictability is very much appreciated […]


Preparing Gluon Maps v2.0.0

Gluon has been making improvements to its Maps library as we gear up for the 2.0.0 release. Some of the features and bug fixes for this release are listed below: Features JDK 11 support A new API has been added to allow setting a placeholder image for tiles ThreadFactory and […]


Gluon and JavaFX status update

At Gluon, we’re working very hard to make sure Java developers can easily create client applications, run them on any platform, and connect them to cloud and enterprise systems. In this video, we give a status update about some recent work we did.     If you have any questions, […]


JavaFX for Apple M1

JavaFX is a cross-platform product. At Gluon, we work hard to make sure that JavaFX can be used on a wide variety of platforms. That means we make sure the OpenJFX code base keeps working on existing operating systems, CPU’s and architecture. Every now and then, a new system pops […]


Scene Builder 16 release

Scene Builder is a very popular drag & drop user interface designer tool for JavaFX. It allows for rapid iteration and separation of design and logic for team members to quickly and easily focus on their specific layer of application development. With over 1.5 million downloads since Gluon started distributing […]


New Scene Builder 15 release

Scene Builder is a very popular drag & drop user interface designer tool for JavaFX. It allows for rapid iteration and separation of design and logic for team members to quickly and easily focus on their specific layer of application development. With over 1.5 million downloads since Gluon started distributing […]