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 […]
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 recently upgraded its client plugins to version 1.0. It marks a milestone in terms of the work Gluon has been doing to make Java(FX) available across platforms. One of the major changes that went into this release has been the renaming of the plugins from “client” to “gluonfx”. The […]
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 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 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 […]
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 […]
This article was originally posted in Java magazin (in German). In September 2020, JavaFX 15 was released, which makes an ideal occasion for us to philosophize on why JavaFX is more relevant than ever. In this article, we’ll go beyond JavaFX on the desktop, and even beyond JavaFX on mobile. […]
While developing a Gluon Application is easy and fun, building and releasing a native image for every supported platform can be a real time waster. This is of course where build automation tools come into play. But it can still be hard to find the right build platforms and setup […]
A key advantage of JavaFX is that it allows Java developers to write client applications, including a user interface, in a platform-independent way. The same JavaFX code that is written for desktop platforms also works on mobile and embedded devices. In order to achieve this, the JavaFX implementation itself needs […]
