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Oracle OpenWorld 2009: Observations and Impressions
I’m attending a couple days of Oracle OpenWorld 2009. This won’t be quite live-blogging, but I’ll be updating this entry with more notes and observations as I get chance to add them. Update: Sections...
View ArticleThat Infernal Scene Graph Warning Message II
In my earlier post on this topic I hinted that we had found a resolution to the issue surrounding the warning message, I hinted further in some of my replies to comments, and I even left it as sort of...
View ArticleFunction Return Type Inference
A recent exchange on the JavaFX Forums (see here and subsequent messages) has prompted me to write a note about function return types and type inference in JavaFX Script. JavaFX Script is a...
View ArticleSVJUGFX Talk Tonight!
I’m talking at the Silicon Valley JavaFX Users Group tonight. The topic is Hands On JavaFX — Scripting The Scene Graph. Time and location information is available at the SVJUGFX website. If you’re not...
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Applying Styles to Scenes
There’s been some confusion about styling scenes and what it means to have a CSS rule that uses “.scene” as the selector. For example, the caspian.css file that’s included in JavaFX, the JavaFX...
View ArticleJavaFX API Docs Updated; New CSS Reference
We’ve just updated the JavaFX API documentation. The main documentation is here: http://java.sun.com/javafx/1.3/docs/api/ Probably the most significant change is the addition of a new CSS Reference...
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Missing Listeners and Local Overrides
Anyone who’s used any of the JavaFX UI Controls (in javafx.scene.control) has probably noticed that most of the controls don’t have any listeners. Why is this? Without listeners, how can you detect...
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JavaOne 2010 days 1 & 2
I’m currently attending JavaOne, the first JavaOne hosted and sponsored by Oracle. So far the biggest change is that technical sessions start at 8:00am. I know, was speaking at one. I had to get up at...
View ArticleJavaOne 2010 day 3 update
One thing I forgot to mention from day 2: the technical general session with Mark Reinhold and others. I was mainly interested in Reinhold’s stuff. He gave a brief overview of JDK7 and JDK8 roadmaps,...
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JavaOne day 4, recap and commentary
JavaOne is over! But before we cover the last day, back to day 3. I’m still marveling about the Treasure Island party. Terri Nunn of Berlin said that “Oracle gives the best f*****g corporate parties!”...
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