JDeploy – Deploy desktop Java apps as native bundles on Mac, Linux, and Windows

Re:JDeploy – Deploy desktop Java apps as native bundles on M... by whartung on Monday February 14, 2022 @11:57PM (#30342958)

I haven't seemed to be running into any problems ... yet ... with JavaFX maven dependencies. It pretty much Just Works(tm).

A single main dependency (org.openjfx/javafx-control) and a plugin (org.openjfx/javafx-maven-plugin) and you're off to the races. I don't install JFX into the JDK at all (not even sure, honestly, if that's still a thing).

I have more problems with JDK 9 modules (which modern JavaFX seems to support, but good luck with much of anything else of size).

Since I am pretty much awful at GUI programming, I've made a lot more progress with FX on my home projects than Swing. It's no panacea, but it's been working for me.

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Re:JDeploy – Deploy desktop Java apps as native bundles on M... by invalidname on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @02:43AM (#30343801)

Did you actually ship the app or is it something small scale?

The pain of JavaFX becomes apparent at deployment time. Installing in a small closed ecosystem is fine. Mass market with all the variance. Ugh.

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