vJUG - The JavaFX Ecosystem. https://www.meetup.com/virtualJUG/events/235903314/

1. THE JAVAFX
ECOSYSTEM
ANDRES ALMIRAY
@AALMIRAY

3. DISCLAIMER

4. 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.

5. LAYOUT

6. 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>

7. WIDGETS

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

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

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

11. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

17. LOOKS

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

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

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

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

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

23. TESTING

24. 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"));
}
}

25. 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));

26. 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));

27. FRAMEWORKS

28. 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

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

30. 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

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

32. 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

33. 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

34. Basilisk - https://github.com/basilisk-fw/basilisk
• Targets Desktop and Mobile platforms
• 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

35. PLATFORMS

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

37. LIBRARIES

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

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

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

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

42. MISC

43. 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'
}
}
}

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

47. THANK YOU!
ANDRES ALMIRAY
@AALMIRAY