Fx questions

[Steve Hannah]

There are some missing javascript APIs in the JavaFX web view.  Here is a
blog post I wrote a while back on some of my experiments with it.
http://sjhannah.com/blog/?p=404

Steve

On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 3:27 PM, Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com
> wrote:

> One correction. We do not use Nashorn as the JS engine for WebView. There
> is an RFE to switch to Nashorn, but it is untargeted. See
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8091505
>
> Also, the roadmap is a bit out of date. We'll update it in the next few
> days with the information we presented at JavaOne.
>
> -- Kevin
>
>
>
> Benjamin Gudehus wrote:
>
>> Hi Brian!
>>
>>
>>
>>> for unit testing on Linux servers, is monocle a good bet?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> In case you simulate user input (mouse, keyboard, touch) you need to use
>> the Glass robot instead of AWT robot when using Monocle. I observed some
>> different behaviour and timing problems in my tests with Glass robot.
>>
>>
>>
>>> when embedding html5 pages into fx apps, should we expect it to
>>>
>>>
>> render/behave similar to popular browsers like chrome?
>>
>> AFAIK JavaFX just uses the Webkit rendering engine, so rendering should be
>> more or less exactly like Chrome (they use their fork Blink, but there are
>> not that much differences, yet). For JavaScript execution the Nashorn JS
>> engine is used.
>>
>>
>>
>>> do you have a public roadmap for fx?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I guess there is some information on the OpenJFX project page.
>>
>>
>>
>>> what is status of scenebuilder? Is it supported, and still worked on?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I saw some commits in the SceneBuilder repository in the last few days.
>> Binaries are provided by Gluon.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Benjamin
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 10:58 PM, Brian Harris <brianfromoregon at gmail.com
>> >
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hi fx devs, a few questions.
>>>
>>> - for unit testing on Linux servers, is monocle a good bet? I got it
>>> working by adding monocle jar to ext classpath
>>>
>>> - when embedding html5 pages into fx apps, should we expect it to
>>> render/behave similar to popular browsers like chrome? I'm wondering if
>>> we
>>> can expect this to just work or if things may be a bit wonky.
>>>
>>> - do you have a public roadmap for fx?
>>>
>>> - what is your recommendation for lifecycle management, ie creating
>>> controllers with injected dependencies. I saw afterburner looked nice, we
>>> have spring working too.
>>>
>>> - what is status of scenebuilder? Is it supported, and still worked on?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Brian
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>


-- 
Steve Hannah
Web Lite Solutions Corp.