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An Introduction to Properties

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 12:00:00 -0500

If you are a beginner with JavaFX and are wondering, “What are all these Property things anyway?”, then this is the article for you. Besides the Properties themselves, we also cover the basics of using them with Bindings and Listeners. Read this article and you should have a good idea how to start out with JavaFX Properties.

Understanding ListView

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 12:00:00 -0500

An introduction to ListView and understanding how to use it to display something more than just lists of Strings.

Getting Started With Styling in JavaFX Using CSS

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Thu, 12 May 2022 12:00:00 -0500

This article contains all of the information you need to get started with cascading stylesheets in JavaFX.

TextFields and TextFormatter - Part 1

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Tue, 11 May 2021 12:00:00 -0500

An introduction to TextFormatter, showing you how to integrate it into a TextField and how to use it to convert the input from String to some other kind of value. Then we’ll look at how to add a filter to prevent the user from entering invalid data.

Guide To the Observable Classes - Part II

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 12:00:00 -0500

This article is about the all of the typed observable classes and interfaces except the ones concerned with List.

You’ll find that all of the relationships and structure found in the generic classes is just about exactly the same, but then there are a few extra classes and interfaces added to the hierarchy depending on the type of data that they hold. We’ll concentrate mostly on two types, String and Integer here, because dealing with the others would just be redundant. String is typical of stand-alone types, and Integer is typical of types that are included in Number.

Using ListView Cell Layouts

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500

Looking at ListView as a scrolling region of customized layouts, not just a list of String.

TextFields and TextFormatter - Part 2

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Tue, 11 May 2021 12:00:00 -0500

A more in-depth look into how to build a TextFormatter that can be used to turn a TextField into sophisticated input field. We’ll look at designing a TextFormatter that is tailored to handle fixed place decimal input, using the decimal point itself as a control to toggle between the ordinal and mantissa of the number.

TableView Basics

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 12:00:00 -0500

What is a TableView and how do you use it? Here’s enough information to get you started with TableView the right way.

Handling TableView Cell Data

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:00:00 -0500

In this article, we taka a look at how TableView handles data, the mechanism that move data in and out of TableCells, and how to work with it.

Type Specific TableColumns

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:00:00 -0500

Generally, certain kinds of data need to be displayed in TableViews in certain, specific ways. This article will show you how to create custom TableColumns, along with matching custom TableCells, that you can use over and over in every application that you build.

JavaFX Styling Guide: TableView

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 12:00:00 -0500

A comprehensive guide to styling TableView with tutorials and a reference of all of the styling selectors available.

More Beginner Mistakes

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500

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After literally a decade writing JavaFX applications, it can be hard to remember how I thought things were supposed to be done when I started out. Thankfully, there seems to be a nearly endless supply of beginners having trouble, posting their code and giving us a glimpse into their thought processes.

Getting Started with Gradle in Intellij Idea

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500

A quick guide get started with Gradle in the Intellij IDEA IDE.

Common JavaFX Mistakes

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500

Taking a look at a JavaFX application that suffers from some very common beginner mistakes, converting it to Kotlin and sorting out the issues.

Example: Hexadecimal Editor

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500

Here’s a sample application that uses a ListView to display and edit bytes in a data file, showing the values in hex, octal, binary, decimal and as characters.

Is There a Right or Wrong Way to Program Something?

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500

Is there such a thing as a “Right” or “Wrong” when looking at different approaches to solving a programming problem? Can one approach be objectively better than another? Spoiler alert: yes, it can.

Dealing With Dialogs

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 12:00:00 -0500

Dialogs are the basic tools for interacting with the user in a controlled way as part of a procedural flow. They are best thought of as a way to collect and return information from the user.

Introducing the Absolute Beginners Guide to JavaFX

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 12:00:00 -0500

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Most of the tutorial articles I’ve written here have been of the “deep dive” nature. I try to go way beyond the information available in the JavaDocs, and to give some insight into how to get the most out of the tools that JavaFX provides. These articles tend to be on the long side, Jekyll tells me that they average about 13 minutes of reading, and there’s usually lots of code examples and pontification about clean coding and on and on.

How To Build a Hex Map Based Application

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 12:00:00 -0500

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Hex Maps, or hex boards are a popular platform for tabletop games, especially wargames and Role Playing Games. They are uniquely useful because hexagons fit nicely into a grid and there are 6 directions from each hexagon (or just, “hex”), compared to just 4 with a grid made up of squares.

How to Build a JavaFX Application That Does Something

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 12:00:00 -0500

Maybe you’ve figured out how to build a working GUI that looks good. Now, how do you connect it to the rest of the world and make it do something?

Wordle in Kotlin JavaFX

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 12:00:00 -0500

The original Wordle is JavaScript in a browser, here’s an implementation of it in Reactive JavaFX written in Kotlin.

Hangman in JavaFX

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Sun, 15 Aug 2021 12:00:00 -0500

How much code does it take to build a complete Hangman game in JavaFX?
It turns out … Not much!

MineSweeper in JavaFX

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Mon, 03 May 2021 12:00:00 -0500

MineSweeper! Everyone’s favourite time-waster Windows game. Implemented in JavaFX showing how the reactive nature of JavaFX can be used with MVC to create a game.

Javafx on PragmaticCoding

An Introduction to Properties

Understanding ListView

Getting Started With Styling in JavaFX Using CSS

TextFields and TextFormatter - Part 1

Guide To the Observable Classes - Part II

Using ListView Cell Layouts

TextFields and TextFormatter - Part 2

TableView Basics

Handling TableView Cell Data

Type Specific TableColumns

JavaFX Styling Guide: TableView

More Beginner Mistakes

Introduction #

Getting Started with Gradle in Intellij Idea

Common JavaFX Mistakes

Example: Hexadecimal Editor

Is There a Right or Wrong Way to Program Something?

Dealing With Dialogs

Introducing the Absolute Beginners Guide to JavaFX

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How To Build a Hex Map Based Application

Introduction #

How to Build a JavaFX Application That Does Something

Wordle in Kotlin JavaFX

Hangman in JavaFX

MineSweeper in JavaFX

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