http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joconner/ en-us 2009-06-27T12:22:35-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joconner/archive/2009/06/link_and_run_bi.html The Flex guys have enjoyed this for a long time. When I discussed JavaFX with a friend who is familiar with Flex, he shrugged the feature off, clearing unimpressed with JavaFX despite his appreciation for the feature itself. Still, for... Programming joconner 2009-06-27T12:22:35-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joconner/archive/2009/06/javafx_forloop.html JavaFX for-loops are significantly different from the Java kind. Programming joconner 2009-06-23T20:50:01-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joconner/archive/2009/06/learning_javafx.html Long ago, I started a series called JavaFX Learning Curve Journal. Those articles/journals were on java.sun.com at the very beginning of the JavaFX project. I recently tried to find some of those articles, and I think they've been removed or... Programming joconner 2009-06-14T20:19:45-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joconner/archive/2009/06/javafx_designer.html At JavaOne 2009, Sun demonstrated a new JavaFX designer tool. You can even view the demo online. To shortcut right to the section that shows the tool, move to about 23:00 minutes into the video. There are obvious questions that... Tools joconner 2009-06-10T10:40:26-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joconner/archive/2009/06/communityone_li.html The next best thing to being at CommunityOne today and tomorrow is the live video feed of the sessions! Can't participate directly? Check out the CommunityOne online video feeds.... JavaOne joconner 2009-06-01T10:48:29-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joconner/archive/2009/05/javaone_top_10.html Choices, choices...so many choices and so little time. Here's my list of Top 10 Sessions that you must attend at JavaOne. JavaOne joconner 2009-05-29T00:32:28-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joconner/archive/2009/05/visualvm_one_of.html You update your JDK frequently to get the latest and greatest...but did you know about VisualVM. It may be one of the best kept secrets in the JDK. But now you know too! Community: JDK joconner 2009-05-28T09:19:16-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joconner/archive/2009/05/java_upgrades_u.html Java upgrades its handling of the UTF-8 encoding. Community: JDK joconner 2009-05-21T09:22:17-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joconner/archive/2009/04/will_blog_for_j.html With the corporate cutbacks, I'm out hustling for JavaOne passes...again. JavaOne joconner 2009-04-22T15:26:59-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joconner/archive/2009/04/what_does_oracl.html As Oracle continues to evaluate its new assets, how will it value NetBeans? Community: NetBeans joconner 2009-04-21T01:00:47-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joconner/archive/2009/04/javafx_quick_ti.html JavaFX improves the println method to interpolate placeholder variables. Community: JavaDesktop joconner 2009-04-12T21:30:33-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joconner/archive/2009/03/java_as_an_ince.html If you just knew that Java would perform amazingly better on a Sparc with Solaris, would that convince you to include Sparc and Solaris in your technology stack? Business joconner 2009-03-09T01:19:01-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joconner/archive/2009/03/discovering_res_1.html Have you ever wanted your application to discover new resource bundle localizations at startup time? You can do that, and here's how. Programming joconner 2009-03-06T02:34:34-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joconner/archive/2009/03/is_the_swing_ap_1.html The intention of the Swing Application Framework was to make the barrier to GUI development lower. Is it even necessary now with JavaFX? Community: JavaDesktop joconner 2009-03-03T12:45:32-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joconner/archive/2009/02/netbeans_65_sti.html I've praised NetBeans 6.5 enough that my colleagues would probably adopt it as their IDE, but NetBeans still won't make it easy for us. Community: NetBeans joconner 2009-02-17T23:42:54-08:00