Filthy Rich Clients Demos as NetBeans Plugin
Geertjan sent us a great plugin for NetBeans 6. When installed, this plugin lets you open any of the examples from our book directly into NetBeans. Just click on the File > New Project… menu item, select your demo, and you’re done! To add this feature to NetBeans, you first need to download the plugin [...]
Translucent shaped Windows (Extreme GUI Makeover)
When we showed off the REALiTY demo for Extreme GUI Makeover 2007 at JavaOne, I demonstrated translucent shaped windows in Java. The code behind this effect is a lot like other effects from the same demo. In REALiTY, translucent shaped windows are used to show more details about the selected table row. You can see [...]
Filthy Rich Samples in NetBeans
Geertjan recently asked Chet and I to choose a few of our Filthy Rich Demos to be included in the NetBeans Sample Catalog. Geertjan also started working on a new NetBeans module that lets you create a New Project template from one or more samples. This module can now be used to add all of [...]
Another Free Chapter
InfoQ just published a review of Filthy Rich Clients. This review contains a link to chapter 14 of the book, Timing Framework Fundamentals. Enjoy!
Beautiful Swing
Palantir guys are doing the kind of applications I wish I worked on (at least on the UI.) Check out their screenshots.
The Secret Behind Nimbus
Jasper just posted a blog entry in which he explains that Nimbus is almost done. That is exciting. Even more exciting is how Nimbus was implemented. Nimbus was built entirely with shapes and vectors in a visual editing tool built as a NetBeans module. This let Jasper and Richard draw every single component, even the [...]
New Look and Feel
Synthetica now supports a new theme called WhiteVision. It’s a beautiful modern theme that I really encourage you to try. Screenshots can be found on Synthetica’s web site but you can also try the new Synthetica Office demo to check it out.
First review for Filthy Rich Clients
If you’re still not sure whether you should buy a copy of Filthy Rich Clients, take a look at our first review by Gregg Bolinger. Thanks Gregg!
TimingFramework 1.0
Chet just announced the release of TimingFramework 1.0.
