Stephen Chin has announced the release of JFXtras 0.6 Final. JFXtras, the largest third party JavaFX add-ons library, is an open source project hosted at Google Code. There is also a JFXtras Community Site, a central location where people can gather to "develop, discuss, and extend the JavaFX platform."
Stephen opens his JFXtras 0.6 announcement with:
I am pleased to announce the 0.6 release of the open-source JFXtras project, the largest 3rd party library of JavaFX add-ons. This release is a very large undertaking that represents the work of several dozen contributors over the past 6 months.
JFXtras 0.6 will work with any JavaFX release in the 1.2 family. We recommend using the very latest release (currently JavaFX 1.2.3), which can be downloaded from JavaFX.com.
In the announcement blog, Stephen includes Web Start demos that illustrate some of the features provided in the JFXtras libraries, including data driven controls, advance layouts, wipe transitions, shapes, and borders. Here's the XShelfView demo:
But, JFXtras also offers "a whole lot more," including:
XStore Data Storage – Simple persistence of JavaFX primitives and sequences with defaults, auto-save, and save-on-exit.
Asynchronous JavaFX Support (for experts only) – Allows invocation of JavaFX code off the EDT either via a SwingWorker-style callback or a set of closure-driven primitives.
Swing Integration – Via the original SceneToJComponent wrapper or the new, easier to use, JXScene class.
Custom Cursors and Paints – Allows you to use custom cursors and custom paints within your JavaFX application via a special Toolkit as featured in Jeff Friesen’s articles.
Interpolatable and HSB Gradients – Ever wanted to animate a color? This is the perfect solution, complete with support for an HSB color palette.
Bindable XMap – A simplified map syntax for use with JavaFX that includes bind support on gets.
Image Caching – An image caching library that supports high performance, asynchronous loading and sizing of images from URLs.
While the 0.6 Final edition of JFXtras is an important milestone, the project team is not about to take a rest. Stephen says:
Starting immediately, we will be focusing on developing a JavaFX 1.3 compatible JFXtras release. Our plan is to release a 1.3 compatible version of JFXtras within 1 week of the official release announcement from Oracle.
Follow Steve's blog to stay informed about the latest JFXtras release news.
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