JavaFX

[madoar]

Just a little brainstorming on my side: I believe it would be useful to change the GUI implementation to JavaFX. In my opinion JavaFX has multiple advantages:

• JavaFX is a newer framework compared to Swing/AWT, which looks more up to date and is easier to program, especially with tools like the SceneBuilder (see: https://gluonhq.com/products/scene-builder/)
• JavaFX in theory should be relatively easy to port to IOS and Android (see: https://gluonhq.com/products/mobile/javafxports/)

What do you think?

[blentz]

I'm not opposed to the idea of updating the UI.

If you want to create some pull-requests to help show your ideas, go ahead.

[jklap]

@madoar the current FXStockChartWindow implementation is acting as a singleton and starting a JavaFX Application. Can you please revisit this? My understanding is that you can mix JavaFX and Swing components together-- do we need to create this Application?

If we do then it should be independent of the FXStockChartWindow class.

Can you please either:

• remove the use of the Application if that is possible (suspect not but thought I'd ask) or
• refactor the code such that the Application is independent and separate from the actual FXStockChartWindow implementation

I realize that you originally wrote this as a POC to show as an example idea but given this is now becoming the main-line branch think this code needs to be cleaned up to make it production ready

[madoar]

It should be possible to integrate a JavaFX component in a Swing JFrame. To do this we would need to make use of a JFXPanel. For more details see here and here.

I'm currently not sure when I will have the time to work on this. It may take a while.

[erik-vos]

See also issue #297. JavaFX is not for me.

[neutronc]

[neutronc]

Is that what you wanted Erik ?

[erik-vos]

Yes, that is great.