The JavaFX Ecosystem - Montreal JUG

1. THE JAVAFX
ECOSYSTEM
ANDRES ALMIRAY
@AALMIRAY
ANDRESALMIRAY.COM

3. JCP Executive Committee Associate Seat
Committer
Committer
JSR377 Specification Lead

4. DISCLAIMER

5. THE JAVAFX ECOSYSTEM IS COMPRISED OF
OPEN SOURCE AND COMMERCIAL
OFFERINGS.
ALL PROJECTS LISTED IN THIS
PRESENTATION ARE OPEN SOURCE.
WE’LL ONLY COVER LIBRARIES AND
FRAMEWORKS.
THE JAVAFX ECOSYSTEM IS SO BIG YOU
CAN’T COVER IT ALL IN 1 HOUR.

6. LAYOUT

7. MigLayout - http://miglayout.com
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.*?>
<?import org.tbee.javafx.scene.layout.fxml.MigPane?>
<MigPane xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml"
fx:controller="org.example.SampleController"
layout="fill, wrap 2"
cols="[label, left, pref!][grow, 50::]">
<Label text="Username:"/>
<TextField/>
<Label text="Password:"/>
<PasswordField/>
<Button prefWidth="200.0" text="Login"
MigLayoutPane.cc="span 2, right"/>
</MigPane>

8. WIDGETS

9. Medusa - https://github.com/HanSolo/Medusa

10. TilesFX - https://github.com/HanSolo/tilesfx

11. JSilhouette - https://github.com/aalmiray/jsilhouette

12. JideFX - https://github.com/jidesoft/jidefx-oss
Fields: FormattedTextField, NumericTextField, etc.
Decoration: apply decorators anywhere (like JXLayer).
Validation: custom validators; builds on top of decoration.
Common utilities for animations, tooltips, hints, search, etc.

13. RichTextFX - https://github.com/TomasMikula/RichTextFX
https://github.com/JFormDesigner/markdown-writer-fx

14. CalendarFX - https://github.com/dlemmermann/CalendarFX

15. Charts - https://github.com/HanSolo/charts

16. JFXtras - http://jfxtras.org/

17. ControlsFX - http://fxexperience.com/controlsfx/

18. Gluon Maps- https://github.com/gluonhq/maps

19. OrsonCharts - http://www.object-refinery.com/orsoncharts/

20. LOOKS

21. JFoenix - https://github.com/jfoenixadmin/JFoenix/

22. BootstrapFX - https://github.com/aalmiray/bootstrapfx/

23. FontawesomeFX - https://bitbucket.org/Jerady/fontawesomefx/

24. Ikonli - https://github.com/aalmiray/ikonli/

25. Undecorator - https://github.com/in-sideFX/UndecoratorBis

26. TESTING

27. TestFX - https://github.com/TestFX/TestFX
public class DesktopPaneTest extends ApplicationTest {
public void start(Stage stage) { /* init */ }
@Test
public void should_drag_file_into_trashcan() {
// given:
rightClickOn("#desktop").moveTo("New")
.clickOn("Text Document");
write("myTextfile.txt").push(ENTER);
// when:
drag(".file").dropTo("#trash-can");
// then:
verifyThat("#desktop", hasChildren(0, ".file"));
}
}

28. TestFX - https://github.com/TestFX/TestFX
clickOn("#showSettingsButton");
JFXDrawer settingsPanel = lookup("#drawer").query();
waitUntil(settingsPanel, isShown(), defaultWaitTimeout());
verifyThat("#username", hasText(defaultUsernameValue));
clickOn("#username").eraseText(defaultUsernameValue.length());
clickOn("#username").write(usernameValue);
verifyThat("#username", hasText(usernameValue));

29. TestFX - https://github.com/aalmiray/testfx-dsl/
import static org.kordamp.testfx.QueryChain.$;
$("#showSettingsButton")
.click()
.$$("#drawer")
.waitUntil(isShown(), defaultWaitTimeout())
.$$("#username")
.verifyThat(hasText(defaultUsernameValue))
.click()
.eraseText(defaultUsernameValue.length())
.write(usernameValue)
.verifyThat(hasText(usernameValue));

30. LIBRARIES

31. AnchorFX - https://github.com/alexbodogit/AnchorFX

32. VWorkflows - https://github.com/miho/VWorkflows

33. ReactFX - https://github.com/TomasMikula/ReactFX
Flowless - https://github.com/TomasMikula/Flowless
UndoFX - https://github.com/TomasMikula/UndoFX
WellbehavedFX - https://github.com/TomasMikula/
WellBehavedFX

34. RxJavaFX - https://github.com/ReactiveX/RxJavaFX

35. FRAMEWORKS

36. Afterburner.fx - http://afterburner.adam-bien.com/
• High productivity with WYSIWYG editor inclusion
• No boilerplate code
• Highest possible non-intrusion
• No external libraries or dependencies
• Maven 3 build support

37. JacpFX - http://jacpfx.org/
• Spring support
• Maven support
• Workbench and Perspective concepts borrowed from Eclipse
• Messaging
• Light-weight event bus
• View templates

38. JRebirth - http://www.jrebirth.org/
• Simplify Thread Management
• Avoid memory leak
• Maintain a good SoC
• Be the more convenient as possible for developers
• Be lightweight (and modularizable)
• Follow OSS spirit and Java Best Practices
• Maven compatible
• MVC

39. MvvmFX - https://github.com/sialcasa/mvvmFX
• Provides necessary components to implement the MVVM
pattern with JavaFX.
• Maven compatible.

40. TornadoFX - https://github.com/edvin/tornadofx
• Supports both MVC, MVP and their derivatives
• Dependency injection
• Type safe GUI builders
• Type safe CSS builders
• First class FXML support
• Async task execution
• EventBus with thread targeting
• Hot reload of Views and Stylesheets
• OSGi support
• REST client with automatic JSON conversion
• Zero config, no XML, no annotations

41. Griffon - http://griffon-framework.org/
• Application life cycle
• Configuration
• MVC artifacts
• Localized resources (and injection)
• Loosely coupled actions
• Dependency injection
• Event system
• Centralized error management
• Extension points via plugins
• Maven and Gradle support

42. Basilisk - https://github.com/basilisk-fw/basilisk
• Application life cycle
• Configuration
• MVC artifacts
• Localized resources (and injection)
• Loosely coupled actions
• Dependency injection
• Event system
• Centralized error management
• Extension points via plugins
• Gradle support
• Targets Desktop and Mobile platforms

43. PLATFORMS

44. e(fx)clipse - http://efxclipse.bestsolution.at/
Eclipse RCP + JavaFX Views
eFX - https://bitbucket.org/sreimers/efx
NetBeans RCP + JavaFX Views

45. MISC

46. GroovyFX - http://groovyfx.org/
application(title: 'Sample', sizeToScene: true,
centerOnScreen: true) {
scene(fill: WHITE, width: 300, height: 120) {
migLayoutPane(layoutConstraints: 'fill') {
label 'Username:', constraints: 'left'
textField constraints: 'grow, wrap')
label 'Password:', constraints: 'left'
passwordField constraints: 'grow, wrap')
button loginAction, constraints: 'span 2, right'
}
}
}

47. AsciidocFX - http://asciidocfx.com/

48. HTTPS://GITHUB.COM/MHRIMAZ/AWESOMEJAVAFX

49. JSR 377

50. FRAMEWORKS
Many of the listed frameworks offer the following capabilities
implemented in different ways:
application life cycle
localized resources (and injection)
persisted session state
loosely coupled actions
dependency injection
event system
centralized error management
extension points via plugins

51. GOALS OF JSR 377
Target Desktop and Embedded environments
Support several toolkits
Be an standalone JSR, i.e, no need to include it in the JDK
Leverage existing JSRs:
JSR 330 – Dependency Injection
JSR 382 – JavaConfig (?)

52. CORE FEATURES
application life cycle
localized resources (and injection)
configuration (*)
loosely coupled actions
dependency injection
event system
centralized error management
extension points via plugins

53. RESOURCES
Desktop|Embedded Application API
https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=377
https://github.com/jsr377/
http://jsr377.github.io/site/

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ANDRES ALMIRAY
@AALMIRAY
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