EclipseCon: Here I come (Update)
EclipseCon is one of my favorite conferences. Tomorrow morning I'll take a flight from Munich to Dulles, US. I'll plan to be at the EclipseCon location around 5:00 pm. I…
Eclipse 4 got some UI Love
I am a UI guy, meaning UI is very important to me. Both in terms of usability as well as in terms of design. I have to admit that I…
Eclipse 4 Talk for Java User Group Munich
Today (March 12th 2012) I am going to give a talk for the Java User Group Munich. Title: "Das Eclipse 4.x Rendering Konzept: Trennung von Application Model und UI Toolkit"…
JavaFX 2.1 Beta: Improved Font Rendering
In the current JavaFX 2.1 Beta preview (Build 12), the font rendering on LCD screens improved a lot due to sub-pixel font anti-aliasing. Here are 2 screen shots from my…
Eclipse 4.x talk for JUG Ostfalen
If you are interested in the Eclipse 4.x Application Platform and happen to live close to Braunschweig (Germany), join my talk for the JUG-Ostfalen: "Was ist neu bei der Eclipse…
GWT Contacts Demo with MVP and Testing
On Monday, January 23th, I am going to talk about some cool features of the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) at the OOP 2012 conference in Munich. To have a live…
My Upcoming Events & Sessions
In the next months I am going to give sessions/trainings at several conferences and other events, mostly Eclipse related. I'd be happy to meet you there. January 20th, 7:00 pm…
JavaFX 2.0, Swing & SWT Renderers for the Eclipse 4.x Application Platform
I wish you all a Happy New Year! During the last weeks I had a bit of spare time and started experimenting with new rendering engines for the Eclipse 4.x…
Eclipse 4.x RCP + JavaFX Renderer
Recently I have ported my e4 Contacts Demo to Tom Schindl's e(fx)clipse. Besides a very nice JavaFX tooling integration into the Eclipse IDE, Tom also started a JavaFX 2.0 based…
Java FX 2.0 CSS Styling
Inspired by Tom Schindl's e(fx)clipse (see his blog), I have spent some time investigating the CSS styling capabilities of JavaFX 2.0. I have to admit I like it a lot!…