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Miscellaneous Musings about RMOUG Training Days 2013

I was only able to attend a portion of Rocky Mountain Oracle Users Group (RMOUG) Training Days 2013, but this was my 13th year to attend all or part of this conference (and my 11th year presenting). I have always enjoyed meeting and talking to the peop… Continue reading

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Styling JavaFX Pie Chart with CSS

JavaFX provides certain colors by default when rendering charts. There are situations, however, when one wants to customize these colors. In this blog post I look at changing the colors of a JavaFX pie chart using an example I intend to include in my p… Continue reading

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JavaFX Coming Soon to an Android or iOS Device Near You?

There has been big news recently in the world of JavaFX regarding many more components of JavaFX being open sourced as advertised at JavaOne 2012. In February Open Source Update, Richard Bair compiled a table of JavaFX projects that have been open sour… Continue reading

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Hello GroovyFX

GroovyFX brings together two of my favorite things: Groovy and JavaFX. The main GroovyFX Project page describes GroovyFX as “[providing] a Groovy binding for JavaFX 2.0.” GroovyFX is further described on that page:
GroovyFX is an API that makes working… Continue reading

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JavaFX 2 XYCharts and Java 7 Features

One of my favorite features of JavaFX 2 is the standard charts it provides in its javafx.scene.chart package. This package provides several different types of charts out-of-the-box. All but one of these (the PieChart) are “2 axis charts” (specific impl… Continue reading

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JavaOne 2012: Mastering Java Deployment

After grabbing an Italian Classic Combo for another JavaOne 2012 lunch, I headed to Hilton Imperial Ballroom B to see the presentation “Mastering Java Deployment.” The speakers, both from Oracle, were Mark Howe and Igor Nekrestyanov.

Howe stated th… Continue reading

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JavaOne 2012: JavaFX Graphics Tips and Tricks

I returned to the Hilton (Imperial Ballroom B) to see Richard Bair’s (Oracle Java Client Architect) “JavaFX Graphics Tips and Tricks.” Bair is associated with FX Experience and obviously knows JavaFX.

Bair said a theme of his talk is on performance… Continue reading

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JavaOne 2012: JavaFX on Smart Embedded Devices

My first trip to Hotel Nikko for JavaOne 2012 came on Tuesday afternoon when I ventured to Nikko Ballroom II/III for David Hill’s “JavaFX on Smart Embedded Devices.” This was my second during-conference change in sessions. I had planned originally to a… Continue reading

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Recent Software Development Posts of Interest – Early June 2012

There has recently been a large number of posts on some of my favorite topics and I summarize and reference a few of them here.

Why Developers Should Blog

I devoted a post to why I believe more software developers should write blogs. Ron Gross’s post… Continue reading

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NetBeans 7.2 beta: Faster and More Helpful

There has been significant excitement about the beta release of NetBeans 7.2. In this post, I look briefly at what makes this release so exciting (including better performance, providing more hints, and integrating FindBugs).

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