atlantafx
wix3
atlantafx | wix3 | |
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679 | 2,111 | |
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7.5 | 5.5 | |
5 months ago | about 2 months ago | |
Java | C# | |
MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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atlantafx
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AtlantaFX 2.0 released
The full changelog is here: https://github.com/mkpaz/atlantafx/releases/tag/v2.0.0
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Any library you would like to recommend to others as it helps you a lot? For me, mapstruct is one of them. Hopefully I would hear some other nice libraries I never try.
AtlantaFX & CSSFX for styling in JavaFX
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Win32 App Isolation
JVM UI isn't so bad. I've written some pretty modern looking UI with it. The sophisticated controls are all there.
Modern JavaFX theme: https://github.com/mkpaz/atlantafx
Modern Swing theme: https://github.com/JFormDesigner/FlatLaf
And these days Compose Multiplatform: https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/compose-multiplatform/
I tend to use Kotlin rather than Java but of course Java is perfectly fine too. You can also use Clojure.
If you use any of those frameworks you can distribute to Win/Mac/Linux in one command with Conveyor. It's free for open source apps and can do self-signing for Windows if you don't want to pay for the certificates or the Store (but the Store is super cheap these days, $19 one off payment for an individual). Also supports Electron and Flutter if you want to use those.
From those frameworks you can then access whatever parts of the Windows API you want. Flutter even has WinRT bindings these days! So it's not quite so bad.
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Podman Desktop 1.0
Objectively by what measure?
Bear in mind that there are alternatives: JavaFX and Compose for Desktop are the ones I know best. They can be used from high level and popular languages. JavaFX is particularly good for desktop apps and can be compiled down to purely native code that starts as fast as an app written in C++ (likewise for Compose but the experiments with that are newer).
There are some downsides: fewer people know them than with HTML. There are a few tweaks like window styles on macOS it could use to be more modern. On the other hand, it's easy to learn and you benefit from a proper reactively bindable widget library, like table and tree views if you need those. For developer tools such widgets can be useful.
There's a modern theme for JavaFX here:
https://github.com/mkpaz/atlantafx
CfD uses Material Design of course, but you can customize it.
Having written desktop apps of varying complexity in all these frameworks, I can't say Electron is clearly superior. It is in some cases (e.g. if I was wanting to write a video conferencing app then it makes sense to re-use Google's investment into Hangouts/Meet for that), but it's also worse in some cases. For instance the multi-process model constantly gets in the way, but you can't disable it as otherwise XSS turns into RCE.
- FlatLaf 3.1 (and 3.0) - Swing Look and Feel
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A new connection manager and remote file explorer created with Java(FX) - X-Pipe Status Update
The JavaFX styling was completely switched to AtlantaFX in order to achieve the best possible look. This library is honestly the best that you can get if you want your application to have a good and uniform look + dark mode support that doesn't look like we are in the year 2010:
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New AtlantaFX themes
I was really inspired of Dracula color palette, so I decided to spend some time to create a couple of new themes for AtlantaFX. They still need some polishing, but now the project supports 7 themes in total. Here's some preview of Dracula theme and the new classic tab style.
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Migrating a JavaFX app to AtlantaFX themes
The video shows different screens of a JavaFX app before and after migrating from a custom styling (left) to AtlantaFX themes (right). In the first step we were primarily focused on colors/borders and dark mode, so many of the controls are still based on JFoenix (obsolete) and will be migrated in the next step.
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Is JavaFX a viable solution for this project?
That said if you like Java and feel productive you absolutely can use it to build great desktop apps. Check out https://github.com/mkpaz/atlantafx for great modern look and feel. Lots of other great resources.
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Dark mode for JavaFX/Swing is out! please leave a star if you like it!
Technically, it's not a theme, because it works on top of Modena, you only recolored some controls. Check AtlantaFX, it supports all JavaFX controls. You can even compile your own theme from it.
wix3
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How to create an Installer for a Winforms application using Wix for Visual Studio 2022
We also need to install WiX Toolset v3.11.2, you can download the latest version from here
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Twenty years maintaining the WiX Toolset
For those like me (I never used Windows) who do not know WiX; https://wixtoolset.org/.
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Creating a windows service application
I don't do Windows installers myself, but I hear WiX is popular: https://wixtoolset.org/
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Win32 App Isolation
I actually like WiX[1] — it has a bit of a learning curve, but, so long as I'm building on Windows and don't stray far from the default UI flows, I haven't found an easier tool for creating Windows installers as part of a product build process, especially those that require Windows-specific bits like COM component registration, Windows service management, setting restrictive ACLs on installed components, etc.
And while I'm not aware of any way to sandbox Windows Installer itself, I'm curious if AppContainer isolation can be applied to applications and services installed via MSI, which would still be quite useful even if the installation process itself is unrestricted.
Alternatively, now that MSIX supports service installation[2], I wonder whether an MSIX including a Windows service and a collection of client applications can be configured so everything runs within one AppContainer, isolated from the rest of the system, and whether permission to access specific external directories chosen by users in a configuration GUI can be transparently (to the user) delegated to the related service.
Alas, none of this is useful to me until it's compatible with at least the most recent version of Windows 10, as very few of my customers are running Windows 11, and I suspect many won't upgrade until Windows 10 is no longer supported (optimistically; as of last year, I was still getting occasional support requests from customers running older versions of our software on Windows Server 2003 R2).
[1] https://wixtoolset.org
[2] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/msix/supported-pla...
- [Windows] Looking for open source program made to install other archived programs and create uninstaller for them
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packaging games
For Windows, in the past, I’ve used the WiX toolset to create installers (https://wixtoolset.org/).
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Can I publish and release a .NET Service with an installation executable on GitHub?
https://wixtoolset.org/ should be able to help you out there.
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How to slipstream NVMe drivers into Windows 7 ISO [Tutorial]
Wix toolset to extract .exe to get the driver or .msi https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/releases
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Production C++ software guide
For windows - store: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-store/register/ - requirements: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/publish/publish-your-app/app-package-requirements?pivots=store-installer-msix - alternatively you can make MSIs and distribute them through your own website or another service. https://wixtoolset.org/ - publishing with chocolatey isn't a terrible option to help users with upgrade/installation automation. https://community.chocolatey.org/packages
- ReactOS
What are some alternatives?
instancio - A library that creates fully populated objects for your unit tests.
winsparkle - App update framework for Windows, inspired by Sparkle for macOS
FlatLaf - FlatLaf - Swing Look and Feel (with Darcula/IntelliJ themes support)
wixsharp - Framework for building a complete MSI or WiX source code by using script files written with C# syntax.
opal - Plays relaxing music in the background
NetSparkle - NetSparkle is a C# cross-platform software update framework for .NET developers compatible with .NET 4.6.2/.NET 6+, WinForms, WPF, and Avalonia; uses Ed25519 or DSA signatures! View basic usage here in the README or visit our website for code docs.
JavaFX-Dark-Theme - A complete CSS stylesheet to set a dark theme in your JavaFX UI.
BruteShark - Network Analysis Tool
flexmark-java - CommonMark/Markdown Java parser with source level AST. CommonMark 0.28, emulation of: pegdown, kramdown, markdown.pl, MultiMarkdown. With HTML to MD, MD to PDF, MD to DOCX conversion modules.
Versions - 📦 A Scoop bucket for alternative versions of apps.
Recaf - The modern Java bytecode editor
algorand-windows-node - Algorand Node Microsoft Windows support