The Kaptain on … stuff

In my continuing exploration of FEST testing using Groovy and the Griffon framework, I’ve added some tests for the ability to change the JXBusyLabel coloration on the fly. Since FEST allows you to alter the properties of the widgets directly, I didn’t have to do anything special to trigger actions on the JXColorSelectionButton. At first […]

This is the third installment of my Griffon SwingSet experiment. If you’re coming late to the party (and would like to know just what the heck I’m talking about) you can catch up by reading this and this. So the SwingX demo has 3 sliders that affect integer values on the JXBusyLabel. Using the Groovy […]

The first demonstration panel in the SwingLabs demo is for the JXBusyLabel, a simple component that does exactly what it says – inform Users of the application that progress is occurring. The setup is highly configurable, allowing changes to the color, shape and size of the rendered label. The SwingX demonstration makes use of an […]

… means I don’t have to remember all of the available Griffon commands. My primary development platform is a Mac, so I used MacPorts to install the bash-completion package long ago. This script is based entirely on the excellent maven completion script documented here on willcodeforbeer. It does the same job for Griffon and includes […]

So as  as learning experience, I’ve decided to try cutting the  SwingSet demo application over to Groovy and Griffon. To make it a little more interesting, I’m going to base it off of the SwingX version. The SwingX widgets have been a pleasure to work with in the past, and with the swingX plugin, it […]

Today was a pretty great day, I must say. I got a chance to work with the brand new Griffon framework and must say – the combination of clear MVC architecture, Grails style convention over configuration and already powerful plugin selection make it pretty sexy. The early support for cobertura code coverage and fest GUI […]