In this article I will discuss the creation of a Maven Archetype that my
students or anyone else can use to begin developing a JavaFX application.
Like so many adventures in programming this process began quickly and then
bogged down in dealing with specific details. If you want to create your own
archetype then this article will be helpful. Don’t forget to read the Sip
of Whine section at the end.
The source code for the sample JavaFX project is at
https://github.com/omnijava/SimpleJavaFX
The archetype folder ready for installation on your system is in the release
of https://github.com/omnijava/ArchetypeJavaFX/releases
Step 1: Write a program
Archetypes can be created using either a bottom up or top down approach. By
far the easiest approach is top down. You begin by writing a very simple
Maven managed JavaFX application. You are providing a skeleton of an
applic... (more)
Performing this task will resolve a problem that occurs when using NetBeans
to configure a JDBC Connection Pool and JDBC Resource for GlassFish. The
default installation of NetBeans and GlassFish results in the naming of the
JDBC configuration file as sun-resources.xml when it should be named
glassfish-resources.xml. This is a Windows only problem.
The first step is to install NetBeans if you have not already done so. I
recommend the Java EE version. Download and install. All the defaults during
install are acceptable. Install GlassFish but it is not necessary to install
Tomcat.... (more)
It is now one week since I upgraded my primary desktop system to Windows 7. I
had been an early adopter of Vista and had a number of problems, even an
occasional BSOD in the early days. I delayed putting Vista on my school
computer because it did not support Novell which is used at Dawson College
where I teach. Today I upgraded my school computer and I am fully integrated
into the Novell structure. Here is the what and why of what I did, part one.
My department at Dawson College subscribes to a program at Microsoft called
the MSDNAA that is a subset of the MSDN subscription progra... (more)
With the installation complete it was time to test the critical software I
use daily. The first was Microsoft Outlook and as I expected it worked
perfectly. So did the rest of the Office suite.
Next on my list were the Java environments that I use, Eclipse and NetBeans.
First I checked at java.sun.com for newer versions of Java and found a new
release 1.6 r15. I downloaded both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions. I
uninstalled the version I currently had, 1.6 r13, and then installed the new
versions. I installed the 32 bit version first followed by the 64 bit
version. Going to a com... (more)
Step 1: Download and install WampServer
Download the latest version of WAMP from here.
As of this writing the current version is 2.0h dated 04/16/09 and file you
will download is called WampServer2.0h.exe
Run the file WampServer2.0h.exe
You will be asked to agree to the software license, approve the choice of
directory, select the default browser, and decide if you want a desktop
and/or quick launch icon. For the directory the default is c:\wamp but you
may change to whatever you like. In later steps in this document it will be
assumed you selected c:\wamp so change this to your ... (more)
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