‘Font Awesome’ Icons with JavaFX: minor updates

Refer for latest updates here. Hi, some minor FontAwesomeFX updates: The AwesomeDude now provides convenience methods to add an AwesomeFont-Icon to existing Labeled-controls and MenuItems by setting the graphic node: labeled.setGraphic(createIconLabel(icon,iconSize)); Recall that direct subclasses of Labeled are ButtonBase, Cell, Label, TitledPane and their friends (by now I have not tested all combination). setIcon(Labeled labeled,… Continue Reading ‘Font Awesome’ Icons with JavaFX: minor updates

‘Font Awesome’ Icons with JavaFX revisited

Refer for latest updates here. Hi, while melting away during the day in the office, it is now cool enough to revisit FontAwesome and to adjust my little project to support FontAwesome version 3.2.1. Thus: Major Changes: Added all new version 3.2.1 icons (now 361 icons in total). Removed leading “ICON_” from AwesomeIcon Enum (AwesomeIcon.GEARS… Continue Reading ‘Font Awesome’ Icons with JavaFX revisited

RasPi does the Home Automation (Part IV): Cut the ‘rope’

Hi all, until now all UI-Actions to control my wireless gears had to run directly on the Pi which controls the remote as e.g. deviceControl.turnOn(device); is called. But now I’d rather make a web service available for this purpose to be more independently. Question is: Which server should I use? Apache/PHP: too less Java 😉… Continue Reading RasPi does the Home Automation (Part IV): Cut the ‘rope’

RasPi does the Home Automation (Part III): ‘Let’s Put It All Together’

Hi, now it’s time to put it all together: 1st: a mini Custom Control for each gear, looking like this: Its controller takes a Device to trigger DeviceControl to switch the radio controlled gears: public class DevicePane extends AnchorPane { @FXML private Button offButton; @FXML private Button onButton; @FXML private Text deviceNameText; public DevicePane(Device device)… Continue Reading RasPi does the Home Automation (Part III): ‘Let’s Put It All Together’

RasPi does the Home Automation (Part II): Crossing the bridge to JavaFX

Hi, before JavaFX can take over, I need some bottom-up stuff to control my Intertechno-Devices. Basically this is the schema: Right now I have 2 radio intermediate adapters to switch the lights of my terrace/garden and the fountain. And one of these to control the lights in front of my house (cool: can be combined… Continue Reading RasPi does the Home Automation (Part II): Crossing the bridge to JavaFX

JavaFX 8 embedded currently ‘untouchable’?

[UPDATE] Solved: eGalax Touch Screen issues with JavaFX (on Raspberry Pi) Hi all, yesterday I recevied my 7″ touch screen. I immediately started to give it a try. In the end spend the night with getting it work with my RasPi. First with X11 Installed pre-configured kernel with eGalax touch screen support: Works! startx: Works!… Continue Reading JavaFX 8 embedded currently ‘untouchable’?