[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - Week 3.1 (broken examples, or has the language changed?!)

2009-09-13 Thread Rob Wilson - BabyDuke JUG
Thanks Josh, Well that explains it then ;-) I followed a link from the JavaPassion tutorial and then somewhere off there I found I Java FX for Java programmers tutorial - it was in there, admittedly dated 2007. That link you sent I had found before, but it's awkward because I have no internet

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - Week 3.1 (broken examples, or has the language changed?!)

2009-09-13 Thread Steven Herod
Be careful, there were a lot of pre 1.0 samples on the net and they are worse than useless as so much has changed since 1.0 to 1.2 Stick to javafx.com, sun.com and sites like http://fxexperience.com/ http://learnjavafx.typepad.com/ which are up to date. This may also be helpful:

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - Week 3.1 (broken examples, or has the language changed?!)

2009-09-13 Thread Stephen Chin
To add to Steven's list, we kicked off a new community-based JavaFX samples site at http://jfxtras.org/. Everything has full source code and is BSD licensed so you can re-use it without concern. We try to keep things as up-to-date as possible. Right now I am in the process of validating

[The Java Posse] Re: #277: Not a view from an ivory tower

2009-09-13 Thread Bouhamza Khalil
Since this is my first post on the javaposse, I would like to give my most warm thanks to the posse members, I've been listening to the podcast for a number of years now, you made a terrific job of it, giving a very valuable service to the community. Here's my perspective on java language

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - Week 3.1 (broken examples, or has the language changed?!)

2009-09-13 Thread Sang Shin
Rob Wilson - BabyDuke JUG wrote: Thanks Josh, Well that explains it then ;-) I followed a link from the JavaPassion tutorial and then somewhere off there I found I Java FX for Java programmers tutorial - it was in there, admittedly dated 2007. Hmm. All the example codes and external

[The Java Posse] Re: #277: Not a view from an ivory tower

2009-09-13 Thread Reinier Zwitserloot
I really don't think anybody here is seriously trying to argue the case that the BGGA proposal was a complete no-brainer. The problem of an entirely different nature: A proposal with the effort and momentum of BGGA was simply not reacted on by sun. Sure, a blog here, a blog there, but nothing

[The Java Posse] Re: #278: events as part of the environment

2009-09-13 Thread B Smith-Mannschott
Hello Fabrizio Thanks for your questions. Sorry it's taken so long to reply. I was off-line for most of the weekend.  This gave me plenty of time to compose the reply so I guess I should offer a second apology for its length. (Some might wonder why I bring up museum pieces like Oberon and

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - Week 3.1 (broken examples, or has the language changed?!)

2009-09-13 Thread Joshua Marinacci
Also try www.jfxstudio.org, which is a site full of javafx doodles that various people have created (and a good place to show off your own stuff too). We just started our monthly coding contest back up as well. Do something cool in only 30 lines of code. The deadline is the end of

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - Week 3.1 (broken examples, or has the language changed?!)

2009-09-13 Thread SpikyOrange
Hi Sang Shin, Sorry, I was not implying it was on the JavaPassion Java FX pages, I followed a link from your course that then linked to another resource - I tend to follow many links but unfortunately I can't find the route I took. If I do stumble across it again, I'll let you know. By the way,

[The Java Posse] Re: #277: Not a view from an ivory tower

2009-09-13 Thread hlovatt
BIAS DISCLAIMER - features mention below are favored by me! The tension between backward compatibility and introducing new features seems be the problem, there are ways out of this problem, e.g.: 1. Introduce a source statement before the package statement at the start of the file, e.g. source

[The Java Posse] Re: 278 Feedback

2009-09-13 Thread Massimo
JavaFX wishlist (from a .NET/Java programmer perspective): #1: Stability. Better handling of unresponsive apps. Even just exploring the official samples, I get some crashes, hangs, and minute+ loading times. #2: As a basic barometer of quality/stability, I'd like to see a JavaFX-based

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - oddities in the language? Week 2.

2009-09-13 Thread Joshua Marinacci
not if we find a way around the chicken and egg problem. brainstorm: assume a projection based system and no backwards compatibility issues (an IDE and SCM and code review tool etc. magically exists which supports the new system): then you could do: * locked blocks. Parts of your code

[The Java Posse] Re: 278 Feedback

2009-09-13 Thread Mohamed Bana
Massimo wrote: JavaFX wishlist (from a .NET/Java programmer perspective): #1: Stability. Better handling of unresponsive apps. Even just exploring the official samples, I get some crashes, hangs, and minute+ loading times. #2: As a basic barometer of quality/stability, I'd like to see a