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Dec 1, 2018

Using the Java Packager with JDK 11

With the Java Packager and JDK 11 you can create a self-contained, installable bundle for your application for Mac, Linux or Windows. Update: jpackage is now Production-Ready This article is based on a very early, pre-release version of what has become jpackage. As of JDK 16, jpackage is now production-ready. For that reason, I’d recommend…

Java

15 min read

Java

15 min read

Oct 17, 2017

Migrating to JUnit 5

Introduction I recently took the plunge and switched the VocabHunter Open Source project over from JUnit 4 to JUnit 5. In this article I’ll explain some of the problems I came up against and how I solved them. I particularly focus on the changes made in the Gradle build to support…

Java

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Java

7 min read

Apr 30, 2017

Read (Almost) Any Document in Java

Have you ever wanted to read a Microsoft Word document from your Java program? What about a PDF file? Or maybe a book published in the EPUB format? If so you will undoubtedly have decided that you don’t want to unpick the format yourself just to get at the text…

Java

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Java

3 min read

Jan 15, 2017

Building a JavaFX Search Bar

Lots of desktop software applications such as word processors and web browsers include a search facility to allow the user to quickly find a word in another part of a document. In this article I show how to build the JavaFX user interface for a search bar. You’ll learn about…

Java

6 min read

Java

6 min read

Jul 27, 2016

User Interface Testing with TestFX

In this guide I show how TestFX can be used to automate the testing of an application with a JavaFX user interface. The article is based on the real-world experience of automating the tests for VocabHunter. All of the code is Open Source and GitHub links are provided so that…

Javafx

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Javafx

16 min read