JavaFX In Action #19 with Gerrit Grunwald, Creator of Many Amazing JavaFX Libraries

Gerrit Grunwald, also known in the Java community as HanSolo on social media, created many JavaFX libraries and blog posts. I wanted to talk with him about his work with JavaFX, but I also learned more about SVGs and how the garbage collectors in the JVM are working, thanks to the amazing visualizations he creates with ... JavaFX of course. About Gerrit Gerrit Grunwald loves coding for around 40 years already. He is interested in desktop, mobile and IoT projects based on all possible technologies. But above all, he loves all-things-Java. He is the founder and leader of the Java User Group Münster (Germany), JavaOne rockstar and Java Champion. As Developer Advocate at Azul, he speaks a lot at conferences and user groups all around the world. You can find him on: LinkedIn Bluesky Mastodon JavaFX Work by Gerrit In the video, we discuss some of the libraries Gerrit has created, but there are a lot more! Check his GitHub repositories and blog... GitHub repositories TilesFX: A JavaFX library containing tiles for Dashboards. Medusa: A JavaFX library for Gauges. Charts: A library for scientific charts in JavaFX. and much more... Personal blog Harmonic Code Blog posts on Foojay.io Video content 00:00 Who is Gerrit? 01:56 Why Gerrit creates JavaFX libraries 03:39 Medusa gauges library 03:51 How the TilesFX dashboard library started 04:21 TilesFX demo and code 10:18 How Gerrit creates complex vector drawings with JavaFX Blog: Friday Fun XXVIII Blog: Touch me... 12:47 Animated application: Zoom background with 3D lights and cameras 17:43 Animated application: Visuzalize how Java Garbage Collectors work Recording of one of his Trash Talks Source code of the visualizations Blog: What Should I Know About Garbage Collection as a Java Developer? 25:22 Tips for maximum graphical performance with Canvas Blog: JavaFX Nodes versus Canvas 27:40 The future of JavaFX More JFX In Action... Click here for more posts with JFX In Action videos.

Apr 10, 2025 - 07:33

JavaFX In Action #19 with Gerrit Grunwald, Creator of Many Amazing JavaFX Libraries

Gerrit Grunwald, also known in the Java community as HanSolo on social media, created many JavaFX libraries and blog posts. I wanted to talk with him about his work with JavaFX, but I also learned more about SVGs and how the garbage collectors in the JVM are working, thanks to the amazing visualizations he creates with ... JavaFX of course.

About Gerrit

Gerrit Grunwald loves coding for around 40 years already. He is interested in desktop, mobile and IoT projects based on all possible technologies. But above all, he loves all-things-Java. He is the founder and leader of the Java User Group Münster (Germany), JavaOne rockstar and Java Champion. As Developer Advocate at Azul, he speaks a lot at conferences and user groups all around the world.

You can find him on:

JavaFX Work by Gerrit

In the video, we discuss some of the libraries Gerrit has created, but there are a lot more! Check his GitHub repositories and blog...

GitHub repositories
- TilesFX: A JavaFX library containing tiles for Dashboards.
- Medusa: A JavaFX library for Gauges.
- Charts: A library for scientific charts in JavaFX.
- and much more...
Personal blog Harmonic Code
Blog posts on Foojay.io