Back in the day I wrote some small dialogs and simple user interfaces with Swing, but I never became proficient with it. I just never had the need to do so - especially after I became a supervisor, manager, and director at the software company I was working for.
So, now that I've gotten back into coding in Java from the Android side of things, and now that I'm teaching Programming and Problem Solving I and II at Pima Community College which uses Java as the teaching language, I have more reason to dive deeper into Java.
To my surprise, JavaFX seems to be reasonably easy to learn and use. Check out my BattleShip game I created to try out some JavaFX concepts. It's rather simple, but not too bad for a first effort.
The problem with creating software for others to use is that the fun coding part of it is only a small part of the entire process. I like designing and writing and testing code, but I don't care for creating the graphical elements, the sound, or the user interface. Each of those areas is a full time career in themselves. So I'm focusing on the coding and the user interface you see will be simple and usually text-based just so I can keep moving and learning and enjoying myself.
So, now that I've gotten back into coding in Java from the Android side of things, and now that I'm teaching Programming and Problem Solving I and II at Pima Community College which uses Java as the teaching language, I have more reason to dive deeper into Java.
To my surprise, JavaFX seems to be reasonably easy to learn and use. Check out my BattleShip game I created to try out some JavaFX concepts. It's rather simple, but not too bad for a first effort.
The problem with creating software for others to use is that the fun coding part of it is only a small part of the entire process. I like designing and writing and testing code, but I don't care for creating the graphical elements, the sound, or the user interface. Each of those areas is a full time career in themselves. So I'm focusing on the coding and the user interface you see will be simple and usually text-based just so I can keep moving and learning and enjoying myself.
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