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Java 9 Programming Blueprints

You're reading from   Java 9 Programming Blueprints Master features like modular programming, Java HTTP 2.0, and REPL by building numerous applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786460196
Length 466 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jason Lee Jason Lee
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction FREE CHAPTER 2. Managing Processes in Java 3. Duplicate File Finder 4. Date Calculator 5. Sunago - A Social Media Aggregator 6. Sunago - An Android Port 7. Email and Spam Management with MailFilter 8. Photo Management with PhotoBeans 9. Taking Notes with Monumentum 10. Serverless Java 11. DeskDroid - A Desktop Client for Your Android Phone 12. What is Next?

Creating the desktop application

To build our application, we'll return to NetBeans and JavaFX. As in the previous chapters, we'll create a new Maven-based JavaFX application by clicking on File | New Project:

In the next step, call the project deskdroid-desktop, verify the package name, and click on Finish. While not strictly necessary, let's clean up the naming a bit, changing the controller to DeskDroidController, and the FXML file to deskdroid.fxml. We'll also need to modify the references to the FXML and the CSS in the controller, and the reference to the controller in the FXML. Click on Run | Run Project to make sure everything is wired up correctly. Once the app starts, we can immediately close it so we can start making changes.

Defining the user interface

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